South Africa’s Ockie Strydom carded a 63, equalling the course record at Leopard Creek, to move into a share of the lead at 15-under.
He looked set to beat the record after firing eight birdies and an eagle over the first fifteen holes but a bogey at the par-3 16th stopped his momentum.
“I’m just doing the same as what I’ve been doing every day.
“Play golf – if it comes out, it comes out. If it doesn’t, you’ve still got next week to go.”
Ockie Strydom ties the course record and leads in the clubhouse at -15 ✍️#DunhillChamps
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) December 10, 2022
Overnight leader Scott Jamieson closed with a 70 to retain a share of the lead.
“It was a solid day,” said the Scot. “As expected, the course was a little tougher today, the green speeds were up a little bit on yesterday.
“I didn’t get off to the best of starts on the front nine, I hit poor shots on the fourth and fifth which kind of killed the momentum.
“Then you get seven and eight – two really tough holes.
“One over at the turn wasn’t a disaster, I knew there was going to be chances on the back nine – and I hit three in a row on the back nine.
“So yeah, two under was a good day.”
South Africans Oliver Bekker and Dean Burmester both carded 68s for a share of third place at 13-under alongside England’s Dale Whitnell who shot 66.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STRYDOM, Ockie | -15 | 68 | 70 | 63 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | -15 | 68 | 63 | 70 |
| 3 | BEKKER, Oliver | -13 | 69 | 66 | 68 |
| | BURMESTER, Dean | -13 | 65 | 70 | 68 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -13 | 69 | 68 | 66 |
| 6 | GRACE, Branden | -12 | 67 | 70 | 67 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | -12 | 70 | 66 | 68 |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -12 | 70 | 69 | 65 |
| 9 | COCKERILL, Aaron | -11 | 70 | 65 | 70 |
| 10 | RAVETTO, David | -9 | 67 | 67 | 73 |
| PEPPERELL, Eddie | -9 | 69 | 65 | 73 | |
| | DAFFUE, MJ | -9 | 69 | 66 | 72 |
| | FISHER, Ross | -9 | 71 | 65 | 71 |
| | OOSTHUIZEN, Louis | -9 | 70 | 66 | 71 |
| 15 | KIMSEY, Nathan | -8 | 70 | 64 | 74 |
| | EASTON, Bryce | -8 | 69 | 69 | 70 |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | -8 | 68 | 68 | 72 |
| | COETZEE, George | -8 | 73 | 68 | 67 |
| | PRINSLOO, Jaco | -8 | 70 | 68 | 70 |
| | LUITEN, Joost | -8 | 69 | 70 | 69 |
| | NIENABER, Wilco | -8 | 68 | 73 | 67 |
| 22 | SCHAPER, Jayden | -7 | 69 | 68 | 72 |
| | BEZUIDENHOUT, Christiaan | -7 | 70 | 72 | 67 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | -7 | 69 | 69 | 71 |
| | CANTER, Laurie | -7 | 68 | 69 | 72 |
| LEE, Joshua | -7 | 71 | 69 | 69 | |
| 27 | NEMECZ, Lukas | -6 | 66 | 70 | 74 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | -6 | 72 | 66 | 72 |
| | BLAAUW, Jacques | -6 | 73 | 68 | 69 |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | -6 | 72 | 67 | 71 |
| | ELS, Ernie | -6 | 70 | 69 | 71 |
| 32 | BALDWIN, Matthew | -5 | 72 | 70 | 69 |
| | DINGLE, Wynand | -5 | 70 | 67 | 74 |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | -5 | 67 | 70 | 74 |
| | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | -5 | 69 | 69 | 73 |
| | MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard | -5 | 70 | 71 | 70 |
| | MAAS, Christian (AM) | -5 | 71 | 70 | 70 |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | -5 | 68 | 72 | 71 |
| | AHLERS, Jaco | -5 | 67 | 73 | 71 |
| 40 | MCKIBBIN, Tom | -4 | 68 | 73 | 71 |
| | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -4 | 69 | 71 | 72 |
| | HURLEY, Gary | -4 | 73 | 68 | 71 |
| | DU PREEZ, James Hart | -4 | 70 | 69 | 73 |
| | HUGO, Jean | -4 | 70 | 72 | 70 |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew | -4 | 71 | 71 | 70 |
| 46 | HANSEN, Joachim B | -3 | 73 | 68 | 72 |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | -3 | 71 | 70 | 72 |
| | VINCENT, Scott | -3 | 70 | 72 | 71 |
| | AXELSEN, John | -3 | 75 | 66 | 72 |
| 50 | SENEKAL, JJ | -2 | 70 | 70 | 74 |
| BROWN, Daniel | -2 | 71 | 70 | 73 | |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | -2 | 69 | 69 | 76 |
| | SIMONSEN, Martin | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 |
| | MOSTERT, Dylan | -2 | 70 | 65 | 79 |
| | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | -2 | 74 | 69 | 71 |
| | HISATSUNE, Ryo | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 |
| | HANNA, Chase | -2 | 74 | 69 | 71 |
| 59 | BREMNER, Merrick | -1 | 78 | 65 | 72 |
| | DU PLESSIS, CJ | -1 | 72 | 70 | 73 |
| 61 | FORREST, Grant | Par | 72 | 70 | 74 |
| | SCHIETEKAT, Neil | Par | 70 | 72 | 74 |
| 63 | REBULA, Jovan | +1 | 70 | 72 | 75 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | +1 | 74 | 68 | 75 |
| | KRUGER, Jbe | +1 | 71 | 72 | 74 |
| | DE BEER, Kyle (AM) | +1 | 72 | 70 | 75 |
| | BREEN, Adam | +1 | 71 | 72 | 74 |
| 68 | EDÉN, Tobias | +2 | 68 | 74 | 76 |
| | JERLING, Luke | +2 | 70 | 72 | 76 |
| | BACHEM, Nick | +2 | 72 | 71 | 75 |
| 71 | VAN ROOYEN, Erik | +3 | 69 | 72 | 78 |
| | FAHRBRING, Jens | +3 | 70 | 72 | 77 |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | +3 | 67 | 72 | 80 |
| | BESSELING, Wil | +3 | 71 | 72 | 76 |
| | SMIT, Combrinck | +3 | 72 | 71 | 76 |
| 76 | WALTERS, Justin | +5 | 72 | 70 | 79 |
| CUT | |||||
| 77 | ALBERTSE, Louis | Par | 68 | 76 | - |
| | DANTORP, Jens | Par | 72 | 72 | - |
| | PAVON, Matthieu | Par | 76 | 68 | - |
| | HESS, Jacquin | Par | 73 | 71 | - |
| | KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | Par | 71 | 73 | - |
| | VAN DRIEL, Darius | Par | 71 | 73 | - |
| | CLEMENTS, Todd | Par | 69 | 75 | - |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | Par | 73 | 71 | - |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | Par | 72 | 72 | - |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | Par | 71 | 73 | - |
| | POTGIETER, Aldrich (AM) | Par | 73 | 71 | - |
| | GRADECKI, Mateusz | Par | 72 | 72 | - |
| | STERNE, Richard | Par | 71 | 73 | - |
| | REDMAN, Jake | Par | 74 | 70 | - |
| 91 | VAN DER SPUY, Rourke | +1 | 72 | 73 | - |
| | KO, Jeong weon | +1 | 72 | 73 | - |
| | CROCKER, Sean | +1 | 74 | 71 | - |
| | VAN DEN HEEVER, Divan | +1 | 75 | 70 | - |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | +1 | 75 | 70 | - |
| | FERREIRA, Stephen | +1 | 74 | 71 | - |
| | RAMA, Nikhil | +1 | 73 | 72 | - |
| 98 | HIDALGO, Angel | +2 | 71 | 75 | - |
| | SORDET, Clément | +2 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | STRYDOM, Tristen | +2 | 73 | 73 | - |
| MOOLMAN, Pieter | +2 | 76 | 70 | - | |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | +2 | 75 | 71 | - |
| | ERIKSSON, Philip | +2 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | ROHWER, Martin | +2 | 75 | 71 | - |
| | CONRADIE, Estiaan | +2 | 74 | 72 | - |
| 106 | PREMLALL, Yurav (AM) | +3 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | +3 | 79 | 68 | - |
| | HUTSBY, Sam | +3 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | BRING, Christoffer | +3 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | AIKEN, Thomas | +3 | 80 | 67 | - |
| | STRYDOM, Jean-Paul | +3 | 76 | 71 | - |
| | THOMAS, Keagan | +3 | 70 | 77 | - |
| | MURPHY, John | +3 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | SCIOT-SIEGRIST, Robin | +3 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | SPACEY, Matthew | +3 | 73 | 74 | - |
| 116 | JARVIS, Casey | +4 | 79 | 69 | - |
| | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | +4 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | MORRISON, James | +4 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | +4 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | FORSSTRÖM, Simon | +4 | 77 | 71 | - |
| | FREIBURGHAUS, Jeremy | +4 | 75 | 73 | - |
| | KARLSSON, Anton | +4 | 79 | 69 | - |
| 123 | DU PLOOY, Gerard | +5 | 76 | 73 | - |
| | KAMINSKI, Rupert | +5 | 73 | 76 | - |
| | ROWE, Lyle | +5 | 72 | 77 | - |
| 126 | VAN ZYL, Jaco | +6 | 79 | 71 | - |
| | KORB, Ruan | +6 | 79 | 71 | - |
| | LOUBSER, Herman | +6 | 73 | 77 | - |
| | WIEBE, Gunner | +6 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | MICHAEL, Anthony | +6 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | HORNE, Keith | +6 | 76 | 74 | - |
| | STONE, Brandon | +6 | 77 | 73 | - |
| 133 | HUIZING, Daan | +7 | 81 | 70 | - |
| 134 | VILJOEN, MJ | +8 | 75 | 77 | - |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | +8 | 74 | 78 | - |
| | STAL, Gary | +8 | 76 | 76 | - |
| | DAVIDSE, Keenan | +8 | 74 | 78 | - |
| | THIMBA JNR, Toto | +8 | 74 | 78 | - |
| 139 | SCHOTT, Freddy | +9 | 82 | 71 | - |
| | STALTER, Joël | +9 | 77 | 76 | - |
| | MAZIBUKO, Makhetha | +9 | 73 | 80 | - |
| 142 | LOMBARD, Zander | +10 | 76 | 78 | - |
| | VENTER, Albert | +10 | 78 | 76 | - |
| | LINDBERG, Mikael | +10 | 76 | 78 | - |
| 145 | CONRADIE, Ruan | +11 | 79 | 76 | - |
| 146 | BROWN, Luke | +13 | 82 | 75 | - |
| | BAILEY, Brooklin | +13 | 79 | 78 | - |
| 148 | PALMER, Michael G | +14 | 75 | 83 | - |
| | HAINDL, Alex | +14 | 85 | 73 | - |
| 150 | SIMON, Thabang | +15 | 78 | 81 | - |
| | YOUNG, Harvey (AM) | +15 | 88 | 71 | - |
| | DU PLOOY, Henning | +15 | 83 | 76 | - |
| 153 | WARREN, Marc | +17 | 78 | 83 | - |
| | MASHEGO, Jastice | +17 | 84 | 77 | - |
| RETD | WU, Ashun | +3 | 69 | - | - |
| RETD | BRUINERS, Heinrich | - | - | - | - |