Grant Forrest, Bradley Neil in top 10 after Turkish Challenge R3 Ryan Evans opened up a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Challenge as the scoring at Gloria Golf Club remained relentlessly impressive for the third day in a row. The Englishman’s sublime eight under par round of 64 took him to 20 under par overall – which, for context, was Clément Sordet’s four- round aggregate when he won around the New Course in Belek 12 months ago. The 30 year old bookended his round with birdies, picking up shots on the first two and the last three holes as he overtook halfway leader Tapio Pulkkanen to end the day at the top of the leaderboard as he bids for a maiden European Challenge Tour title. “I’m delighted,” he said. “I just set a goal to go out and play as well as I have over the first couple of days and I think I played the best today out of the three rounds. “I only missed one shot out there, which in golf is very pleasing – it cost me a bogey, unfortunately, but apart from that I hit the ball really well tee to green and rolled in a lot of putts." Scots Grant Forrest and Bradley Neil are in the top 10, tied eighth on 203, seven behind leader Evans. Neil followed up his second-round 64 with an  65. At last the Blairgowrie player is showing the brilliant form of his junior days. Forrest scored in the 60s for the third day in a row - a 68 after rounds of 69 and 66 Pulkkanen was steady, not dropping a shot all day, but by the time the Finn recorded his first birdie on the fourth hole, his one-shot overnight lead had already become a deficit. Germany’s Heisele, out in the morning, had overtaken the final pair before they teed off, an outstanding nine under par round of 63 taking him to 14 under par. Ultimately that sits six shots off Evans’ lead, with Pulkkanen the nearest challenger on 18 under par, but Antti Ahokas and Max Orrin – each a two-time winner on the Challenge Tour – are well placed on 15 under par, alongside Martin Ovesen, meaning it is by no means just a two-horse race. Scores after Round Three: par 216 (3x72) 196 R Evans (Eng) 66 66 64  198 T Pulkkanen (Fin) 62 69 67, 201 M Orrin (Eng) 69 66 66, A Ahokas (Fin) 69 65 67, M Ovesen (Den) 65 71 65 202 S Heisele (Ger) 69 70 63, J Guerrier (Fra) 65 69 68 203 M Fenasse (Fra) 67 68 68, G Forrest (Sco) 69 66 68, B Neil (Sco) 74 64 65, M Kinhult (Swe) 71 66 66 204 C Sordet (Fra) 70 65 69, J Makitalo (Fin) 71 65 68, A Tadini (Ita) 68 66 70, N Lindstrom (Swe) 71 66 67, E Cuartero Blanco (Esp) 66 70 68, R McGee (Irl) 72 66 66, B Evans (Eng) 69 70 65 205 O Farr (Wal) 69 67 69, B Virto (Esp) 68 70 67, L Van Meijel (Ned) 70 67 68, M Lampert (Ger) 70 67 68 206 J McDonald (Sco) 68 70 68, M Foster (Eng) 69 70 67, R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 73 66 67, R Santos (Por) 69 64 73, E Van Rooyen (SAf) 71 67 68, C Berardo (Fra) 70 65 71, E Di Nitto (Ita) 69 68 69, J Winther (Den) 68 69 69, A Turner (Eng) 65 72 69, C Mivis (Bel) 71 64 71, M Søgaard (Den) 66 67 73, S Brown (Eng) 66 71 69 207 M Lundberg (Swe) 71 67 69, J McLeary (Sco) 71 66 70, P Maddy (Eng) 70 69 68, D Foos (Ger) 71 68 68, 208 N Ravano (Ita) 70 69 69, J Brun (Fra) 70 68 70, M Madsen (Den) 68 67 73, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 70 69 69, T Murray (Eng) 67 71 70, W Besseling (Ned) 69 67 72, M Quiros (Spn) 68 68 72, R Saxton (Ned) 68 68 72 209 T Linard (Fra) 68 71 70, R Davies (Wal) 70 68 71, O Stark (Swe) 75 63 71, M Wallace (Eng) 70 66 73, G Moynihan (Irl) 69 70 70, V Riu (Fra) 67 70 72, 210 J Senior (Eng) 70 69 71, M Lafeber (Ned) 71 66 73, L De Jager (RSA) 72 67 71, M Ford (Eng) 70 69 71, C Ford (Eng) 68 71 71, D Law (Sco) 73 66 71 211 J Mullen (Eng) 69 68 74, H McCullen (Eng) 68 69 74 216 M Cort (Eng) 70 69 77 -

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