Kenya Savannah Classic R3

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R3
March 18-21
Karen Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Justin Harding is 18 holes away from claiming back-to-back titles in the space of five days after the South African opened up a three-shot lead over an otherwise packed leaderboard heading into the final day of the Kenya Savannah Classic supported by Absa.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R3

“Maybe it’s a bit of a surprise to be three clear because I feel like I struggled a bit out there. I couldn’t seem to give myself a good number from the fairway and when you’re playing at altitude and, as hot as the ball is out here, sometimes it’s hard to get the club selection right.”

The 35-year-old lifted his second European Tour title last week in the Magical Kenya Open presented by Johnnie Walker, having converted a two-stroke advantage heading into the final day. Now, in the second successive event at the beautiful Karen Country Club, Harding has an even bigger lead as he targets a third victory in three years on the Tour.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R3

“After I bogeyed 14 unnecessarily it was anyone’s game, I was just happy with the way I finished and I just gave myself a chance. I’ve got no idea, I seem to be having a good gameplan around here and ultimately I’m probably executing more shots. I’ve hit it good off the tee, maybe not quite as good into the greens but I bailed myself out a couple of times with the putter.”

“This morning it felt like everyone was going bananas, so it was a tricky day. I think my par save on eight was a bit of a booster. I think missing a short one on seven but then making that on eight and avoiding the bogey was at least a big plus.”

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R3

Should he win, it would be the third time he was won back-to-back events – which he achieved on both the Sunshine Tour and the Asian Tour in 2018, all in the space of two months. A five under 66 moved him to 17 under par, three clear of a bunch of six players who share second spot on 14 under.

They include five-time winner Darren Fichardt – the South African making his 401st European Tour appearance this week – and five players who have yet to win on Tour, including David Drysdale – playing in his 519th event.

Kenya Savannah Classic 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Justin Harding	-17	64	66	66	196
T2	Marcus Armitage	-14	65	67	67	199
T2	David Drysdale	-14	65	65	69	199
T2	Darren Fichardt	-14	65	66	68	199
T2	Jazz Janewattananond	-14	66	68	65	199
T2	Kristoffer Reitan	-14	69	65	65	199
T2	Daniel van Tonder	-14	65	64	70	199
T8	Ashley Chesters	-13	67	68	65	200
T8	Louis De Jager	-13	71	65	64	200
T8	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-13	66	66	68	200
T8	Calum Hill	-13	67	68	65	200
T8	Sam Horsfield	-13	66	68	66	200
T13	Aaron Cockerill	-12	69	68	64	201
T13	Victor Dubuisson	-12	67	66	68	201
T13	Liam Johnston	-12	66	69	66	201
T13	James Morrison	-12	70	65	66	201
T13	Garrick Porteous	-12	69	68	64	201
T13	Darius van Driel	-12	70	62	69	201
T19	Steven Brown	-11	68	67	67	202
T19	Alejandro Cañizares	-11	64	71	67	202
T19	Masahiro Kawamura	-11	67	64	71	202
T19	Jacques Kruyswijk	-11	70	64	68	202
T19	Niklas Lemke	-11	66	65	71	202
T19	Joost Luiten	-11	64	68	70	202
T19	Matthias Schwab	-11	66	70	66	202
T19	Toby Tree	-11	67	71	64	202
T27	Gaganjeet Bhullar	-10	70	67	66	203
T27	Jonathan Caldwell	-10	65	68	70	203
T27	Rhys Enoch	-10	67	67	69	203
T27	Matthieu Pavon	-10	66	71	66	203
T27	Lee Slattery	-10	66	68	69	203
T32	Maverick Antcliff	-9	67	69	68	204
T32	Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez	-9	70	67	67	204
T32	Julien Guerrier	-9	70	64	70	204
T32	Mathiam Keyser	-9	65	70	69	204
T32	Ondrej Lieser (a)	-9	72	66	66	204
T32	Jack Senior	-9	67	69	68	204
T32	Clement Sordet	-9	64	70	70	204
T39	Nino Bertasio	-8	67	70	68	205
T39	Maximilian Kieffer	-8	68	69	68	205
T39	Hurly Long (a)	-8	69	65	71	205
T39	Adrian Otaegui	-8	68	70	67	205
T39	Aaron Rai	-8	70	68	67	205
T39	Richie Ramsay	-8	71	66	68	205
T39	Jayden Schaper	-8	69	67	69	205
T39	Robin Sciot-Siegrist	-8	66	69	70	205
T39	Sebastian Soderberg	-8	68	67	70	205
T48	Wil Besseling	-7	67	69	70	206
T48	Jens Fahrbring	-7	67	69	70	206
T48	Søren Kjeldsen	-7	74	64	68	206
T48	Romain Langasque	-7	67	65	74	206
T48	Lorenzo Scalise	-7	70	66	70	206
T48	Scott Vincent	-7	67	67	72	206
T54	Emilio Cuartero Blanco	-6	66	70	71	207
T54	Ben Evans	-6	68	68	71	207
T54	Shubhankar Sharma	-6	69	69	69	207
T54	Cormac Sharvin	-6	65	72	70	207
T54	Julian Suri	-6	66	70	71	207
T54	Nicolai Von Dellingshausen	-6	70	68	69	207
T54	Daniel Young (a)	-6	73	65	69	207
T61	Lucas Bjerregaard	-5	69	68	71	208
T61	Dave Coupland	-5	70	68	70	208
T61	Scott Hend	-5	66	70	72	208
T61	David Howell	-5	70	67	71	208
T61	Ricardo Santos	-5	68	68	72	208
T61	David Wakhu	-5	66	68	74	208
T61	Lars van Meijel	-5	68	68	72	208
68	Sihwan Kim	-4	68	70	71	209
T69	Martin Simonsen	-3	70	68	72	210
T69	Dale Whitnell	-3	70	67	73	210
71	Jose-Filipe Lima	-1	68	70	74	212
T72	Daan Huizing	E	68	70	75	213
T72	Ross McGowan	E	65	71	77	213
CUT	Dean Burmester	-3	69	70		139
CUT	John Catlin	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Craig Howie	-3	68	71		139
CUT	Francesco Laporta	-3	70	69		139
CUT	Alexander Levy	-3	69	70		139
CUT	Adrian Meronk	-3	71	68		139
CUT	Carlos Pigem	-3	67	72		139
CUT	Romain Wattel	-3	71	68		139
CUT	Oliver Farr	-2	71	69		140
CUT	Ewen Ferguson	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Lorenzo Gagli	-2	69	71		140
CUT	David Law	-2	71	69		140
CUT	Tae Hee Lee	-2	68	72		140
CUT	Chris Paisley	-2	71	69		140
CUT	Benjamin Poke	-2	70	70		140
CUT	JC Ritchie	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Bernd Ritthammer	-2	72	68		140
CUT	Robin Roussel	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Matthew Southgate	-2	73	67		140
CUT	Johannes Veerman	-2	70	70		140
CUT	Jorge Campillo	-1	68	73		141
CUT	SSP Chawrasia	-1	75	66		141
CUT	Thriston Lawrence	-1	73	68		141
CUT	Richard Mansell (a)	-1	70	71		141
CUT	Wilco Nienaber	-1	72	69		141
CUT	Pep Angles	E	71	71		142
CUT	Adel Balala	E	73	69		142
CUT	George Coetzee	E	70	72		142
CUT	Grant Forrest	E	72	70		142
CUT	Eirik Tage Johansen	E	73	69		142
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	E	69	73		142
CUT	Richard McEvoy	E	71	71		142
CUT	Samuel Njoroge Chege	E	71	71		142
CUT	Marcel Schneider	E	67	75		142
CUT	Greg Snow	E	71	71		142
CUT	Connor Syme	E	71	71		142
CUT	Matt Ford	1	74	69		143
CUT	Garrick Higgo	1	72	71		143
CUT	Edoardo Molinari	1	74	69		143
CUT	Simon Ngige Mburu	1	77	66		143
CUT	Tapio Pulkkanen	1	73	70		143
CUT	Jordan Smith	1	71	72		143
CUT	Robson Chinhoi	3	75	70		145
CUT	Gavin Kyle Green	3	74	71		145
CUT	Dismas Indiza Anyonyi	3	72	73		145
CUT	Rikard Karlberg	3	75	70		145
CUT	Joakim Lagergren	3	70	75		145
CUT	Jastas Madoya Asena	3	72	73		145
CUT	Haydn Porteous	3	76	69		145
CUT	Alvaro Quiros	3	71	74		145
CUT	Oliver Wilson	3	71	74		145
CUT	Richard Bland	4	74	72		146
CUT	Nicolai Højgaard	4	76	70		146
CUT	Anton Karlsson	4	73	73		146
CUT	Mohit Mediratta	4	72	74		146
CUT	Kyong-Jun Moon	4	72	74		146
CUT	Andrew Oche Odoh	4	74	72		146
CUT	Damien Perrier	4	73	73		146
CUT	Ooko Erick Obura	5	76	71		147
CUT	Tyler Koivisto	5	72	75		147
CUT	Zander Lombard	5	75	72		147
CUT	Guido Migliozzi	5	73	74		147
CUT	Max Schmitt	5	77	70		147
CUT	Gavin Moynihan	6	72	76		148
CUT	Pedro Figueiredo	7	76	73		149
CUT	Isaac Ogolla Makokha	7	73	76		149
CUT	Joel Stalter	7	72	77		149
CUT	Cj Wangai	7	73	76		149
CUT	Matthew Baldwin	8	80	70		150
CUT	Adrien Saddier	8	72	78		150
CUT	Riz Charania	9	71	80		151
CUT	Jaydeep Singh Sandhu	9	72	79		151
CUT	Edwin Inana Asuza	10	76	76		152
CUT	Yi Keun Chang	11	74	79		153
CUT	Oliver Fisher	11	75	78		153
CUT	Phillip Kasozi	11	76	77		153
CUT	Michael Karanga	13	75	80		155
CUT	Mathew Omondi	13	78	77		155
CUT	Deo Akope	14	82	74		156
CUT	Njoroge Njonge Kibugu	15	78	79		157
CUT	Taimur Malik	16	82	76		158
WD	Mathew Wahome	E
WD	Jamie Donaldson	1	72			72