Scot David Drysdale sharing fifth place at Leopard Creek

Schwartzel carried three-shot lead into final round 

of Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa

FROM GOLFWEEK.COM
Charl Schwartzel took a three-shot lead into today's final round of the European Tour's season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship after a 2-under 70 moved him to 13 under par on Saturday.
Schwartzel has returned to form at one of his favourite tournaments, which he's won three times before along with four second-place finishes.
The South African is ahead of French pair Benjamin Hebert and Sebastien Gros at Leopard Creek Country Club.
Schwartzel, the 2011 U.S. Masters champion, had opened a five-shot lead after two rounds. He was pegged back by a bogey on his opening hole on Saturday but that was the only dropped shot of his round.
Having just avoided the cut, defending champion Branden Grace carded a 6-under 66 to surge up to a tie for ninth. Grace put himself in contention for a strong finish to his title defense after making birdies on four of his last six holes.
Rookie Gros was playing just his seventh round on the European Tour but his scintillating round of 63 with nine birdies has given him a chance of a maiden tour title already.
He'll have to play well to beat Schwartzel on Sunday, who rates the Leopard Creek course in the wilderness of northern South Africa as one of his favorites.
Should Schwartzel hold onto his lead, he will become the first South African to win a European Tour event four times.
South African Dylan Frittelli was fourth on 8 under, while David Drysdale, Joost Luiten, Gregory Bourdy and Lasse Jensen share fifth, another shot back.

THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD

 

Alfred Dunhill Championship (Nov 26 - 29)

• Course: Leopard Creek Country Club
• Par: 72
• Yardage: 7,287

Pos	Name	1	2	3	.
1	Charl Schwartzel	66	67	70	.				203
T2	Benjamin Hebert	68	70	68					206
T2	Sebastien Gros	71	72	63					206
4	Dylan Frittelli	69	73	66					208
T5	David Drysdale	71	69	69					209
T5	Joost Luiten	68	70	71					209
T5	Gregory Bourdy	70	72	67					209
T5	Lasse Jensen	70	72	67					209
T9	Matt Ford	67	74	69					210
T9	Branden Grace	71	73	66					210
T9	Thomas Linard	72	71	67					210
T12	Jason Scrivener	69	70	72					211
T12	Dean Burmester	71	70	70					211
T12	Shaun Norris	70	70	71					211
T12	Vaughn Groenewald	68	73	70					211
T12	Tom Murray	71	71	69					211
T12	Niclas Fasth	68	74	69					211
T12	Keith Horne	70	72	69					211
T12	Andrew Curlewis	70	72	69					211
T20	Thomas Aiken	72	68	72					212
T20	Christiaan Basson	64	76	72					212
T20	Ryan Evans	71	70	71					212
T20	Callum Shinkwin	74	69	69					212
T20	Jean-Paul Strydom	68	75	69					212
T25	Pablo Martin Benavide	69	69	75					213
T25	Eddie Pepperell	74	65	74					213
T25	Ben Evans	71	69	73					213
T25	Doug McGuigan	69	72	72					213
T25	Jaco Ahlers	72	70	71					213
T25	Darren Fichardt	70	72	71					213
T25	Jbe' Kruger	73	70	70					213
T25	Rhys West	71	73	69					213
T33	Richard Sterne	68	70	77					223
T33	Romain Wattel	73	71	72					223
T33	Clement Berardo	73	69	72					214
T33	Lyle Rowe	69	73	72					214
T33	Mikael Lundberg	71	71	72					214
T33	Justin Walters	73	70	71					214
T39	Jorge Campillo	75	69	75					250
T39	Alex Haindl	71	72	74					242
T39	Felipe Aguilar	70	73	73					228
T39	Louis De Jager	72	70	73					219
T39	Andrew Johnston	75	67	73					219
T39	Erik van Rooyen	72	70	73					219
T39	Jens Fahrbring	71	72	72					215
T39	Andrew Georgiou	73	70	72					215
T39	Ricardo Melo Gouveia	72	72	71					215
T39	Daniel Im	70	74	71					215
T39	Laurie Canter	71	73	71					215
T39	Scott Jamieson	70	74	71					215
T51	Jaco Van Zyl	71	72	74					240
T51	Jacques Blaauw	73	70	74					236
T51	Renato Paratore	73	69	74					233
T51	Brandon Stone	69	75	72					229
T51	Mark Williams	67	72	76					225
T56	Tyrone Mordt	73	71	73					234
T56	Chris Hanson	70	71	75					234
T58	Colin Nel	69	75	75					249
T58	Johan Carlsson	71	70	76					245
T60	Rourke van der Spuy	73	70	77					258
T60	Richard Bland	71	71	76					250
T60	Linus Gillgren	70	74	73					236
63	Lindani Ndwandwe	69	75	74					247
64	Tyrone Ferreira	71	73	76					258
65	Lee Slattery	72	70	75					251
T66	Oliver Bekker	70	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Edouard Espana	73	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Mark Foster	71	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Jared Harvey	72	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Jean Hugo*	71	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Francesco Laporta	74	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Jamie McLeary*	70	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	JC Ritchie	74	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Ryan Tipping	68	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Danie Van Tonder	71	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T66	Tjaart Van der Walt*	74	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	145
T77	Bjorn Akesson*	72	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Nino Bertasio	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Rhys Davies*	69	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	John Hahn	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Richard McEvoy	76	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Edoardo Molinari	78	68	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Garth Mulroy	73	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Louis Oosthuizen	70	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Chris Paisley	76	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T77	Sam Walker*	75	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	146
T87	Magnus A. Carlsson	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Daniel Gaunt	71	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Estanislao Goya	70	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Gregory Havret*	76	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	P.H. McIntyre	73	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Max Orrin	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Kevin Phelan*	70	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Haydn Porteous	78	69	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Neil Schietekat	76	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Chris Swanepoel	76	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Toby Tree	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T87	Ulrich Van Den Berg	72	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T99	Merrick Bremner	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Adilson Da Silva	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	CJ Du Plessis*	78	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Paul Dunne*	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Justin Harding	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Michael Hollick*	70	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Espen Kofstad	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	John Parry*	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Jake Redman*	71	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Matthew Southgate*	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Ockie Strydom	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Borja Virto*	68	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Jeff Winther*	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T112	Heinrich Bruiners*	72	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T112	Trevor Fisher Jr.*	76	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T112	Stuart Manley*	73	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T112	Madalisto Muthiya	74	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T112	Adrian Otaegui	72	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T117	Ryan Cairns	77	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	JB Hansen*	73	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	James Kamte	77	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Peter Karmis	78	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Craig Lee	74	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Ross McGowan	75	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Titch Moore	73	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Nicolo Ravano	71	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	James Robinson	76	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T117	Toto Thimba Jr.	75	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T127	Christiaan Bezuidenhout*	75	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T127	Michiel Bothma	74	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T127	Alexander Levy	79	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T130	Dwayne Basson*	77	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Jens Dantorp*	80	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Pelle Edberg	80	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Jeff Inglis*	69	83	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Thriston Lawrence	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	J.J. Senekal	74	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Divan Van Den Heever*	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T130	Ruan de Smidt	75	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T138	Matthew Baldwin	79	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T138	Lucas Bjerregaard	75	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T138	Wynand Dingle	79	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T138	Jacquin Hess	79	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T138	Callum Mowat	76	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T143	Morten Madsen*	80	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T143		Bradley Neil	77	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
145	Jake Roos	78	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T146	Nacho Elvira	76	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T146	Thanda Mavundla	77	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T146	Makgetha Mazibuko*	75	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T149	Trevor Mahoney*	77	80	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T149	Hennie Otto	72	85	MC	MC	-	-	-	157
T151	Terence Salo	81	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
T151	Steve Surry*	78	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
153	Wallie Coetsee*	86	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
154	Oliver Wilson	85	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	162
155	Werner Van Niekerk	87	86	MC	MC	-	-	-	173
156	Peter Lawrie	79	WD	WD	WD	-	-	-	79
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* player started on back nine.