DINWIDDIE, GAUNT AND MANLEY TIED FOR LEAD AT ROYAL WATERLOO

                            

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Robert Dinwiddie of England, Australia’s Daniel Gaunt and 

Welshman Stuart Manley are set for a battle of the nations in Royal 

Waterloo Golf Club as they enter the final day of the Telenet 

Trophy tied at the top on nine under par.

On a moving day when the much more favourable conditions were 

not complimented by lower scoring at the top end of the 

leaderboard, Northern Ireland’s Gareth Shaw produced the round 

of the day to join the chasing pack one shot off the leaders thanks 

to a six under par 65.

Manley climbed into a share of that lead courtesy of a four under 

67 - the fifth sub-69 score in his last seven rounds on the Challenge 

Tour, having finishing tied fourth at the Montecchia Golf Open 

presented by POLAROID two weeks ago.

It will be a little bit of history repeating for the 34 year old as he 

was also in the final group the last time he played the beautiful 

Royal Waterloo parkland, set in the leafy suburb of Brussels.

That time out, his playing partner François Calmels emerged 

victorious but the former Walker Cup player is feeling positive 

entering the final round.

“I am pretty confident,” said Manley. “I didn’t seal it on the last 

day the last time around but it’s just nice being in contention. I will 

probably be a bit more positive and aggressive and go for it more 

this time around.

“I played pretty solid today. I was expecting the leaders to pull 

away and have some good scores so when I looked at the 

leaderboard and saw I was at the top I was quite surprised.”

Gaunt, meanwhile, signed for a two under par 69 to move to the 

summit and the Melbourne-born player revealed that he is 

currently benefiting from some big changes in his lifestyle and his 

game, having given up smoking last week while also acquiring a 

belly-putter prior to this tournament.

“I haven’t played badly all year to be honest, even though I’ve 

been struggling to make cuts,” said the 34 year old. “It just makes a 

big difference when putts drop. I was missing two-footers. I've 

been so frustrated. I didn’t want to make the putter change but it’s 

what I needed to do to build some confidence. This is a course I 

know I can handle and it would be good to get a win tomorrow and 

push on from here.”

Dinwiddie struggled to build on the second round 65 which handed 

him a share of the lead going into the weekend but he produced an 

impressive comeback with a two under par back nine earning him a 

level par round of 71 to remain at the top.

With 12 players within three shots of the three-way lead, the home 

course of Nicolas Colsaerts is set for an enthralling finale and 

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton will enter championship Sunday 

brimming with confidence after five birdies in the final six holes 

elevated him to tied second on eight under, alongside Shaw and 

Portugal’s José-Filipe Lima.

THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 213 (3x71)

204 D Gaunt (Aus) 69 66 69, S Manley (Wal) 67 70 67, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 68 65 71

205 J Lima  (Por) 72 65 68, T Hatton (Eng) 71 68 66, G Shaw (Nir) 70 70 65

206 A Otaegui  (Esp) 67 70 69, R Kakko  (Fin) 65 68 73, B Koepka  (USA) 68 70 68, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 71 66 69, D Vancsik (Arg) 66 71 69

207 R McGowan  (Eng) 72 68 67, D Kemmer (USA) 67 68 72, C Russo (Fra) 69 66 72, L Goddard  (Eng) 64 71 72

208 W Besseling  (Ned) 69 68 71, R Davies (Wal) 67 68 73, S Hutsby  (Eng) 69 67 72, D Im (USA) 71 66 71, P Maddy (Eng) 72 66 70, C Kim (USA) 72 67 69, S Kim (Kor) 69 69 70, D Ulrich (Sui) 74 65 69, C Aguilar  (Esp) 71 66 71, T Sluiter  (Ned) 68 67 73, S Tiley (Eng) 71 69 68

209 A Perrino  (Ita) 69 71 69, N Quintarelli (Ita) 72 67 70, D Dixon (Eng) 71 70 68, A Hortal  (Esp) 71 69 69, W Booth  (Sco) 70 68 71, B Etchart  (Esp) 73 68 68, P Dwyer (Eng) 68 69 72, B Hebert  (Fra) 69 70 70, V Riu  (Fra) 68 69 72

210 G Watremez (Bel) 71 70 69, J Ruth  (Eng) 67 71 72, L Weber (Fra) 70 70 70, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 70 71 69, J Guerrier  (Fra) 68 70 72, F Calmels  (Fra) 70 67 73, R Russell (Sco) 70 70 70, D Brooks (Eng) 68 72 70, D Denison  (Eng) 66 73 71

211 S Kapur (Ind) 70 67 74, A Bernadet  (Fra) 69 72 70

212 S Piaget  (Mon) 70 70 72, S Thornton (Irl) 71 70 71, Å Nilsson (Swe) 64 75 73, A McArthur  (Sco) 71 70 71, E Johansen  (Nor) 72 69 71, M Sell  (Eng) 66 69 77, J Doherty  (Sco) 69 72 71

213 J Glennemo (Swe) 69 72 72, F De Vries  (Ned) 70 71 72, A Rota (Ita) 71 70 72

214 A Pavan (Ita) 72 69 73

215 B Parker  (Eng) 70 70 75, T Fournier  (Fra) 70 71 74

216 K Borsheim  (Nor) 70 71 75, E Bertheussen (Nor) 72 69 75

217 M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 70 70 77, O Floren  (Swe) 68 72 77

219 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 71 79

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