Moynihan v LeBlanc for home win in Irish 

open amateur at Royal Dublin on Sunday

Scots Jack McDonald, Craig Ross and Ewen Ferguson are all within the leading 15 players going into Sunday's final round of the Irish men's open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Royal Dublin.

But it looks a straight fight between two Irishmen who are both members of The Island Golf Club, Gavin Moynihan, last year's Scottish open amateur stroke-play champion, and rising young star Kevin LeBlanc for the title.

Locked together on six-under-par 210 after three rounds, they lead the field by four strokes.

Moynihan has had rounds of 69, 76 and 65; LeBlanc 71 71 and 68.

Top Scots Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) (72-75-69) and Craig Ross (Kirkhill) (71-72-73) are sharing ninth place on 216 - six shots off the pace.

Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) is joint 14th on 217 with rounds of 76, 70 and 71.

The only other Scot to beat the cut at 223 was Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) with rounds of 72, 77 and 72 for 221. He is joint 29th among the leading 50 and ties who will play the final round.

Among the Scots who missed the cut was the defending champion Jamie Savage (Cawder) who had scores of 73, 82 and 73 for 228 - five shots too many.
And former Scottish amateur champion Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), in a nine-way tie for the lead on three-under 69 after the first round, followed that great effort with rounds of 76 and 80 to miss the cut on 225 alongside Royal Aberdeen's Nick Macandrew and Connor Syme (Drumoig)

LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

210 Gavin Moynihan (The Island) 69 76 65. Kevin LeBlanc (The Island) 71 71 68

214 Richard James (Wales) 69 74 71, Jonathan Yates (Naas) 72 71 71

SCOTS' SCORES

216 Jack McDonald 72 75 769, Craig Ross 71 72 73

217 Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 76 70 71

221 Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) 72 77 72

MISSED THE CUT (223 and better qualified for final round)

225 Connor Syme 71 81 73, Nick Macandrew 77 74 74, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 69 76 80

226 Gordon Stevenson 78 77 71, Murray Naysmith 82 72 72

228 Jamie Savage 73 82 73, Anthony Blaney 75 80 73

229 Colin Baird 77 76 76

232 Scott Gibson 73 80 80

239 Chris MacLean 75 85 79