SCOTTISH UNDER-16 BOYS
Only three shots cover the leading eight players with one round to go over the deceptively difficult par-70 Bieldside course.
Overnight leader Daniel Fitzpatrick, the 6ft 4in Greenock Golf Club junior champion, has been joined in the pole position on five-over-par 145 by Sam McLaren from the River Tay island golf club, King James VI, in Perth.
Only one shot behind is 14-year-old Mikhail Ishaq from
Within striking range are Ryan Elder (Nairn Dunbar), Euan McLaren (Dumfries & Galloway) and Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) on 147, while Tommy Mitchell, a former Longside Golf Club member who moved to Houston with his parents, and Scott Fraser, one of the top Aberdeen prospects, are sharing seventh place on 148.
“I was just a wee bit nervous being the overnight leader and I bogeyed four holes in a row from the fourth and then dropped more shots at the 10th and 11th,” said 16-year-old, four-handicap Fitzpatrick.
“But I managed to birdie the 13th and 14th and I’m looking forward to the final round.”
Daniel has made up his 145 tally with rounds of 70 and 75.
Sam McLaren, who started with a 71, was heading for a clear lead after 36 holes when he got an eagle 3 at the long 13th but ran up a double-bogey 6 at the last hole for a 74 to keep the door open for the chasing pack.
Ryan Elder double-bogeyed the short fifth - as so many competitors have done - but dropped only two others, at the ninth and 12th, and covered the last six holes in one under par, thanks to a birdie at the 13th in an inward 34 for a 73, one better than on Tuesday.
Scott Fraser was a tiny bit disgruntled to finish with a 75. He double-bogeyed two short holes - the fifth and 12th and could not quite cancel them out with birdies at the sixth and 13th in halves of 38 and 37.
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