KLM Open - Day three digest

Marcus Armitage took the low road, Oliver Lindell played crazy golf and Ruud Gullit offered a new innovation on Moving Day at the 2026 KLM Open.

Here is everything you need to know from Saturday's play in Amsterdam.

Chacarra's charge

Eugenio Chacarra fired four birdies on a blemish-free back nine to join second-round leader Sebastian Söderberg at the summit on ten under par. The Spaniard's 65 was the best round of the day by two clear shots in tough conditions and he said: "I like when it's tough. When I'm playing good, I think I'm one of the best ball strikers out here, and when my swing feels good like it's been feeling the last couple weeks, the tougher, the better."

Armitage burns the hole

Several players throughout the day saw their approaches to the 16th fall back off the ridge running across the middle of the green. England's Marcus Armitage found the perfect solution, with a low, skidding approach which skimmed the right edge of the hole, leaving him a seven-foot putt to make his birdie. Armitage, one of several players to complete his second round on Saturday morning after delays earlier in the week, finished one shot off the lead at nine under and said: "The 4am alarm, I did actually nip back to the hotel and got a 20-minute kip in between the rounds. Long day but I played some good stuff, so it makes it a little bit easier."

Lindell hits the mark

Oliver Lindell's 31-foot birdie putt at the 17th was impressive enough in its own right - but all the more remarkable for hopping over playing partner Jordan Gumberg's marker two feet before the hole!

Hill bounces back

Calum Hill kept himself in contention to follow Connor Syme as a second successive Scottish winner of this event as an eventful two-under-par 69 took him to six under. The 2025 Joburg Open champion went out in 32, with a 23-foot putt for an eagle three at the third, then responded to a triple-bogey at the 12th by birdieing the next for a 7-2 sequence on his card.

Kobori's grand finish

Kazuma Kobori sent his approach to the last hole to the fringe of the green, dangerously close to the water hazard - and then, with his heels almost on the stone edging, the New Zealander duly holed a 27-foot right-to-left putt for eagle. That capped an eventful back nine also featuring two birdies and four bogeys.

Gullit has the answers

Tournament Director Ruud Gullit joined the DP World Tour's commentary team and the footballing great had a relatable idea to help golfers deal with their frustrations. "Can they do, every three holes, a soundproof area where they can just smash a dummy, get angry, and get on the course again?" he suggested - and who among us hasn't wanted to make use of that kind of facility before?

Max consistency

Maximilian Steinlechner has been one of the most impressive players on the DP World Tour in recent weeks and carded 69 on Saturday for his seventh successive round in the 60s and ninth in the last 10. Having finished in a tie for seventh last week at his home Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol, where he shot 65-68-68-65 for a 14-under-par total, he has gone 67-69-69 here to lie two shots off the lead.

Amateur Ruiter enjoys home spotlight

There were 74 professionals and one amateur making the cut and that solitary amateur, the towering Nevill Ruiter, continued to acquit himself well by following his second-round 67 with a 73 to sit one over par for the tournament - with only Lars van der Vight, at four under, ahead of him in the race to be the leading hope player.