Groenewald leads at Observatory ahead of final round in Big Easy Tour

Coert Groenewald carded a second-round seven-under-par 65 at Observatory Golf Club yesterday in the Big Easy Tour.

He said a proper warm-up did the trick as he moved to 10-under for the week and moved to first position on the leader board ahead of the final round.

“Yesterday the front nine and playing in the cold wasn’t that good. I feel like I warmed up properly today,” he said on Wednesday.

Groenewald was pleased with his round.

He made nine birdies, which were accompanied by dropped shots on 10 and the par-three 15.

Matthews Mfubu of the Southern Africa PGA Tour said it will be a tough final round.

“Lurking dangerously and a shot behind is Jeff Inglis, who shot a flawless six-under-par 66 to move to second on nine-under for the week. He too credits the much-improved weather for carding such a low score. With the wind blowing a lot less in round two, all he had to worry about was hitting good shots and making the putts,” he said.

Anton Haig also signed for a 66 to move to third on the leader board, while Botswana’s Stuart Smith and overnight leader Jacquin Hess share fourth on five-under-par.

Pieter Kruger takes up the sixth spot on the leader board on four-under, with Musiwalo Nethunzwi, Bennie van der Merwe, Antonio Rosado, Omar Sandys and Greg Bentley all tied for seventh at three-under-par for the week.

With the course at Observatory seemingly allowing for some really low scores, the final round is sure to be a scintillating affair.