March 16, 2014: India’s Shiv Kapur returned to his fine form as he carded impressive five-under 67 to shoot up to fourth position on the leader board of Trophée Hasan II in Agadir. While, Gaganjeet Bhullar could not recover over his second round score, he carded two-over 74 to lie at 38th position at the finish of three rounds.
Kapur’s 67 came from six birdies against a lone bogey on Saturday. He remains nine shot behind the leader along with four others.
Meanwhile, determined Alejandro Cañizares took a sizeable six shot lead into the final round of the Trophée Hasan II as he chases a first European Tour title for eight years.
A third round of 69 at Golf du Palais Royal was enough for Cañizares to extend his overnight lead from one shot to six over England’s Seve Benson, with Holland’s Robert-Jan Derksen another stroke back after his 67 was the only bogey-free round of the day.
“It’s a good round, I kept it going. I was a little not so sharp off the tee today, my misses were right quite a bit so I have something to work on but overall I’m happy to shoot a round in the 60s and hopefully tomorrow I will keep it going, said Cañizares, who is chasing his second European Tour Title.
Asked if he felt the tournament was now his to lose, Cañizares added: “Hopefully I will keep calm and keep my rhythm and focus on every shot tomorrow.
“In this game anything can happen. Everybody saw that you can go low on this golf course, I have to keep going forward and do the best I can on every shot.”
Cañizares birdied the 13th and 14th to move seven clear of Jan-Derksen and eight ahead of Benson, who responded superbly with a hat-trick of birdies from the 15th, only to bogey the last after coming up short of the green with his approach.
Benson has won three times on the Challenge Tour but is still chasing his first European Tour title.
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