Vincent scorches into Waterfall City Tournament of Champions lead
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Zimbabwean Kieran Vincent produced a magnificent 11-under par 61 to surge into a four-stroke lead of the Waterfall City Tournament of Champions supported by Attacq and WCMC at Royal Johannesburg on Saturday.
Vincent didn’t drop a single shot in an incredible round of golf on the famed East Course and over this composite nine-hole set-up specifically designed for this tournament.
The Zimbabwean leads on 16-under par and is chasing his second Sunshine Tour title.
“I’ve been playing some good golf and my team has been working really hard behind the scenes to get to this point and we were talking about how good golf is just in front of me. I think we’re seeing glimpses of this now,” said Vincent.
His nearest challenger is Daniel van Tonder, last season’s winner of The Courier Guy Order of Merit on the Sunshine Tour, on 12-under following a third round of 66.
Vincent made the most of his Saturday and rolled in five birdies on the front nine and then six birdies on the back, including five birdies in a row.
It was a better start than his triple bogey on his first hole in the second round. But thereafter on Friday Vincent made a string of birdies and was clearly still in that frame of mind on Saturday.
“I made a bunch of birdies coming in yesterday and kept that momentum today. I was a bit nervous after the triple bogey start yesterday so I just wanted to get through the first hole and see a putt go in today. We got lucky in that stretch of five birdies in a row and I’m just thankful.”
Pieter Moolman, a winner of the South African PGA Championship, is in third place on 10-under following a round of 69.
Tandi McCallum is the leading Sunshine Ladies Tour professional on one-under following her third round of 69.
Scores
200 - Kieran Vincent 70 69 61
204 - Daniel van Tonder 70 68 66
206 - Pieter Moolman 70 67 69
207 - Jonathan Broomhead 72 65 70
208 - Louis Albertse 71 69 68
209 - Jacques Blaauw 69 70 70
210 - Ruan Korb 70 69 71, George Coetzee 67 70 73
212 - Michael Hollick 71 74 67, Keenan Davidse 73 72 67, Jaco Ahlers 73 69 70, MJ Viljoen 67 71 74
213 - Jean Hugo 70 72 71
214 - Luke Jerling 76 67 71, Jbe' Kruger 70 72 72, Luis Carrera 70 67 77
215 - Tandi McCallum 74 72 69
216 - Altin van der Merwe 79 71 66, Nikhil Rama 74 70 72, Warwick Purchase 73 68 75
217 - Luke Brown 72 72 73
218 - Martin Vorster 80 69 69, Nobuhle Dlamini 73 73 72, Doug McGuigan 71 72 75
219 - Cara Gorlei 76 70 73
220 - Bryan Newman 77 70 73
221 - Danielle du Toit 74 72 75, Nadia van der Westhuizen 74 69 78
222 - Jovan Rebula 75 75 72, Jake Roos 71 75 76
223 - Yurav Premlall 77 75 71
224 - Logan Leisher 76 74 74
227 - Gabrielle Venter 75 70 82
234 - Gia Raad 77 80 77