November 05-08
Aphrodite Hills Resort, Kouklia, Paphos, Cyprus
€1,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Another day of high drama at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown ended with 19 players progressing to the final-day shoot-out in Cyprus, where Johannes Veerman and Matthew Jordan signed for the lowest rounds of the day while Gavin Green was among those players to produce an eleventh-hour salvo to make it through to Sunday.

The tee was moved forward on the par five 18th hole for round three in Paphos, making for numerous nail-biting moments as players chased the third round cut in the unique format - with the scores reset after the opening two rounds and again after the third.

American Veerman and Englishman Jordan will enter the crucial finale brimming with confidence after the duo signed for seven under rounds of 64, Veerman's flawless round finishing with an eagle three and Jordan's score coming despite a bogey six on the third hole.

“I played really well today," said Veerman. "Again, bogey free. Not that many bad shots, I made a lot of putts and my short game was consistent. I played really solidly.

"This format is great. You can make it to the final day, which is what our goal was, then you have a chance to win. That was the first step, making it to the top 32 – which we did – then the next one was making the top 16 – which we did. Now it's just a race to the finish, it's exciting." 

Green produced a moment of magic down the last to ensure his pathway was secured - the Malaysian's drive found the left rough but a stunning approach left him with a simple two-putt to make the cut on the line, having birdied four of the final three holes.

“It feels amazing. The front nine I just couldn't get anything going. Then the back nine, I birdied ten, drove the green on 14 and finally got something going. Then I birdied the next, then unfortunately I had a terrible three-putt on 16. Had a great shot on 17, and another great shot on 18 but I had to do it, it was do or die pretty much. I just went at it.

"I was just thinking birdie-eagle finish. When I pulled the driver on 18 I was thinking, ‘oh man', just hoping for a lie and that I could get something on the green and try make a putt. I walked down 18 and saw the leaderboard at three under and thought there's a chance so make a birdie to have some sort of chance.

Englishman Steven Brown and Jorge Campillo also made it through thanks to dramatic last-ditch efforts, Brown birdieing the final two holes to make it by one while Campillo had a long wait before making it on the cut-line - after the Spaniard lipped out for eagle at the last before tapping in for a crucial birdie.

"I think normally on a Saturday you know that even if you have a slowish day, just to keep going because you've always got Sunday to make a charge as well," said Brown. "Whereas today it's very cut-throat, you're either in or you're not. There's nothing in between, you're either still in it or you're gone.

"It's slightly different and I just tried to stay patient really, because I was playing pretty well and knew there were chances coming in like 18 – I think 18 is going to be key for who makes it and who doesn't because you can easily make a three down there."

As the low scorers on the third day, Veerman and Jordan will tee off in the first group of Sunday's final round alongside Germany's Bernd Ritthammer at 09:50.