Thriston Lawrence started the day one shot off the lead and closed with a 67 to take a three-shot lead into the final day at the Joburg Open,
A win on Sunday would be his fifth on the DP World Tour and his third on home soil.
“I had a game-plan and it was to try and play the exact same golf as I did the first two rounds and I executed it. I stayed nice and patient.
“I could have gone lower, not a lot of made putts, there was a couple at the end that I could have made but it’s job done and I’m happy with it.
“The game-plan is exactly the same tomorrow, I’ll try and make a few more putts than today but I’m very happy with the game, I’m playing really well so same game-plan.”
Dean Burmester moved up into second place at 12-under with a 68 while overnight leader Nikhil Rama suffered from a double bogey at the par-4 first hole, as well as three bogeys and three birdies for a 72, and lies in a share of third place at 11-under alongside Jacques Kruyswijk (69).
Zander Lombard completes the all-South African top-5 at 10-under after carding a 69.
Related: Min Woo Lee extends lead heading into the final day
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -15 | 62 | 66 | 67 |
| 2 | BURMESTER, Dean | -12 | 68 | 62 | 68 |
| 3 | RAMA, Nikhil | -11 | 65 | 62 | 72 |
| | KRUYSWIJK, Jacques | -11 | 66 | 64 | 69 |
| 5 | LOMBARD, Zander | -10 | 66 | 65 | 69 |
| 6 | FICHARDT, Darren | -9 | 66 | 67 | 68 |
| 7 | BROWN, Daniel | -8 | 69 | 68 | 65 |
| 8 | VILJOEN, MJ | -7 | 67 | 71 | 65 |
| | SCHAPER, Jayden | -7 | 66 | 70 | 67 |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | -7 | 67 | 70 | 66 |
| FISHER, Ross | -7 | 70 | 65 | 68 | |
| | GERMISHUYS, Deon | -7 | 68 | 67 | 68 |
| | BEZUIDENHOUT, Christiaan | -7 | 69 | 66 | 68 |
| | FRITTELLI, Dylan | -7 | 68 | 67 | 68 |
| | BRADBURY, Dan | -7 | 66 | 69 | 68 |
| 16 | REDMAN, Jake | -6 | 69 | 70 | 65 |
| | KNAPPE, Alexander | -6 | 69 | 68 | 67 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | -6 | 69 | 68 | 67 |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | -6 | 66 | 70 | 68 |
| | ANDERSEN, Jeppe Kristian | -6 | 70 | 66 | 68 |
| | HANNA, Chase | -6 | 69 | 66 | 69 |
| 22 | AIKEN, Thomas | -5 | 69 | 71 | 65 |
| | FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | -5 | 72 | 68 | 65 |
| | RITCHIE, JC | -5 | 70 | 70 | 65 |
| | JAMIESON, Scott | -5 | 71 | 67 | 67 |
| SCHIETEKAT, Neil | -5 | 70 | 69 | 66 | |
| | MANLEY, Stuart | -5 | 66 | 71 | 68 |
| | VAN VELZEN, Ryan | -5 | 68 | 70 | 67 |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | -5 | 69 | 66 | 70 |
| | MOSTERT, Dylan | -5 | 68 | 67 | 70 |
| | ELVIRA, Manuel | -5 | 71 | 64 | 70 |
| 32 | BLAAUW, Jacques | -4 | 70 | 70 | 66 |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | -4 | 69 | 69 | 68 |
| | GREEN, Gavin | -4 | 70 | 69 | 67 |
| 35 | MITCHELL, Malcolm | -3 | 67 | 73 | 67 |
| | KAMINSKI, Rupert | -3 | 70 | 70 | 67 |
| | NØRGAARD, Niklas | -3 | 71 | 67 | 69 |
| | ROETS, Jason | -3 | 72 | 66 | 69 |
| | EASTON, Bryce | -3 | 69 | 67 | 71 |
| | ARNAUS, Adri | -3 | 68 | 69 | 70 |
| | PRINSLOO, Jaco | -3 | 66 | 66 | 75 |
| 42 | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -2 | 67 | 73 | 68 |
| | MANASSERO, Matteo | -2 | 70 | 70 | 68 |
| | DE VILLIERS, Jacques P | -2 | 70 | 69 | 69 |
| | DU PLESSIS, Hennie | -2 | 71 | 68 | 69 |
| | DAVIDSE, Keenan | -2 | 72 | 67 | 69 |
| | JARVIS, Casey | -2 | 68 | 68 | 72 |
| 48 | VAN ZYL, Jaco | -1 | 67 | 73 | 69 |
| | COCKERILL, Aaron | -1 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar | -1 | 70 | 69 | 70 |
| AHLERS, Jaco | -1 | 69 | 69 | 71 | |
| | SADDIER, Adrien | -1 | 72 | 66 | 71 |
| | BREMNER, Merrick | -1 | 68 | 70 | 71 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | -1 | 66 | 72 | 71 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | -1 | 70 | 67 | 72 |
| | BAIRSTOW, Sam | -1 | 72 | 64 | 73 |
| 57 | WILSON, Oliver | Par | 68 | 71 | 71 |
| | FILIPPI, Luca | Par | 71 | 68 | 71 |
| | NAIDOO, Dylan | PAR | 69 | 69 | 72 |
| 60 | MICHAEL, Anthony | +1 | 69 | 71 | 71 |
| | RAVETTO, David | +1 | 69 | 70 | 72 |
| | JERLING, Luke | +1 | 70 | 69 | 72 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | +1 | 71 | 68 | 72 |
| | SMIT, Combrinck | +1 | 71 | 66 | 74 |
| 65 | CHESTERS, Ashley | +2 | 68 | 72 | 72 |
| | PORTEOUS, Haydn | +2 | 71 | 69 | 72 |
| | LAGERGREN, Joakim | +2 | 68 | 69 | 75 |
| 68 | VACARISAS, Lucas | +3 | 71 | 69 | 73 |
| | BLOMME, Adam | +3 | 70 | 69 | 74 |
| 70 | SVENSSON, Jesper | +4 | 66 | 73 | 75 |
| 71 | BARKER, Kyle | +5 | 71 | 69 | 75 |
| 72 | GOUGH, John | +6 | 71 | 69 | 76 |
| CUT | |||||
| 73 | FISHER JNR, Trevor | +1 | 72 | 69 | - |
| | LAW, David | +1 | 73 | 68 | - |
| | DEL REY, Alejandro | +1 | 72 | 69 | - |
| | PAVAN, Andrea | +1 | 69 | 72 | - |
| | VAN DER SPUY, Rourke | +1 | 71 | 70 | - |
| | FIGUEIREDO, Pedro | +1 | 69 | 72 | - |
| | JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | +1 | 69 | 72 | - |
| | ALBERTSE, Louis | +1 | 70 | 71 | - |
| | PARATORE, Renato | +1 | 69 | 72 | - |
| | NIENABER, Wilco | +1 | 72 | 69 | - |
| | SORDET, Clément | +1 | 67 | 74 | - |
| | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | +1 | 73 | 68 | - |
| | VAN NIEKERK, Danie | +1 | 72 | 69 | - |
| | ROTTLUFF, Maximilian | +1 | 72 | 69 | - |
| 87 | MAZIBUKO, Makhetha | +2 | 73 | 69 | - |
| | ENEFER, Will | +2 | 70 | 72 | - |
| | WILLIAMS, Robin | +2 | 76 | 66 | - |
| | PENGE, Marco | +2 | 71 | 71 | - |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | +2 | 68 | 74 | - |
| | GØTH-RASMUSSEN, Jonathan | +2 | 70 | 72 | - |
| | KO, Jeong weon | +2 | 73 | 69 | - |
| | CANTERO, Ivan | +2 | 74 | 68 | - |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | +2 | 69 | 73 | - |
| | BRADLEY, Sean | +2 | 71 | 71 | - |
| | KARLSSON, Anton | +2 | 72 | 70 | - |
| 98 | COUSSAUD, Ugo | +3 | 70 | 73 | - |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle | +3 | 69 | 74 | - |
| | SCALISE, Lorenzo | +3 | 74 | 69 | - |
| SOUTHGATE, Matthew | +3 | 69 | 74 | - | |
| 102 | GIRRBACH, Joel | +4 | 73 | 71 | - |
| | OTAEGUI, Adrian | +4 | 71 | 73 | - |
| | TARRIO, Santiago | +4 | 70 | 74 | - |
| | ROWE, Lyle | +4 | 71 | 73 | - |
| | RUUSKA, Lauri | +4 | 72 | 72 | - |
| | OTTO, Hennie | +4 | 74 | 70 | - |
| | GARCIA, Sebastian | +4 | 75 | 69 | - |
| | WARREN, Marc | +4 | 69 | 75 | - |
| | VORSTER, Martin | +4 | 74 | 70 | - |
| | HUGO, Jean | +4 | 76 | 68 | - |
| 112 | KARMIS, Peter | +5 | 77 | 68 | - |
| | NORRIS, Shaun | +5 | 72 | 73 | - |
| | BERRY, Joshua | +5 | 73 | 72 | - |
| | ROHWER, Martin | +5 | 74 | 71 | - |
| | VAN DEVENTER, Vaugh | +5 | 74 | 71 | - |
| 117 | BROHOLT LIND, Søren | +6 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | ENOCH, Rhys | +6 | 72 | 74 | - |
| | WEST, Rhys | +6 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | HOLLICK, Michael | +6 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | STRYDOM, Tristen | +6 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | KOFSTAD, Espen | +6 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | PEPLER, Gerhard | +6 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | JOUBERT, Richard | +6 | 74 | 72 | - |
| 125 | MOKOENA, Karabo | +7 | 75 | 72 | - |
| | MOOLMAN, Pieter | +7 | 80 | 67 | - |
| | BRUINERS, Heinrich | +7 | 70 | 77 | - |
| | BASSON, Christiaan | +7 | 74 | 73 | - |
| | THIMBA JNR, Toto | +7 | 74 | 73 | - |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | +7 | 71 | 76 | - |
| | STONE, Brandon | +7 | 73 | 74 | - |
| 132 | DUMINY, Jordan | +8 | 77 | 71 | - |
| | GRADECKI, Mateusz | +8 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | DU PREEZ, James Hart | +8 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | JACOBS, Wade | +8 | 70 | 78 | - |
| 136 | BACHEM, Nick | +9 | 76 | 73 | - |
| | NETHUNZWI, Musiwalo | +9 | 74 | 75 | - |
| | KORB, Ruan | +9 | 75 | 74 | - |
| | DE BEER, Kyle | +9 | 79 | 70 | - |
| | PREMLALL, Yurav | +9 | 76 | 73 | - |
| | O'KENNEDY, Hennie | +9 | 75 | 74 | - |
| 142 | KIM, DK | +10 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | WEARS-TAYLOR, Stefan | +10 | 76 | 74 | - |
| | DINGLE, Wynand | +10 | 75 | 75 | - |
| | CHINHOI, Robson | +10 | 72 | 78 | - |
| | MOORE, Dayne John | +10 | 77 | 73 | - |
| 147 | MCCLATCHIE, Kyle | +11 | 77 | 74 | - |
| 148 | VENTER, Albert | +12 | 76 | 76 | - |
| | HANSEN, Joachim B | +12 | 79 | 73 | - |
| | MORRISON, James | +12 | 77 | 75 | - |
| 151 | MWANDLA, Siyanda | +13 | 76 | 77 | - |
| 152 | RUTHERFORD, Jamie | +17 | 79 | 78 | - |
| 153 | MINNIE, Sentanio | +18 | 85 | 73 | - |
| | MASHEGO, Jastice | +18 | 77 | 81 | - |
| 155 | GALANT, Tristin | +21 | 81 | 80 | - |
| W/D | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech | +4 | 74 | - | - |
