George Bloor will take a one-stroke lead into the final day of the Swiss Challenge after carding a four under par round of 67 at Golf Sempach.
The Englishman, who started the day one shot behind overnight leaders Veer Ahlawat and Matthew Southgate, produced five birdies and dropped just one shot on moving day to catapult himself to the top of the leaderboard on 15 under par.
Bloor began his round with two birdies and was pleased to take advantage early in the low scoring conditions in Switzerland.
“I got off to a nice start,” he said. “I was three under through four which is ideal when you’re in and around it.
“The course played a bit trickier today as the wind picked up this afternoon. I made a great par save on 11 after finding myself in the hazard and managed to hole a 60 footer for par, so that kept my momentum going and played well coming in.”
The 30-year-old kickstarted the day with back-to-back birdies before adding another on the par five fourth. His only dropped shot came at the seventh, but he was able to bounce back adding further gains on the ninth and 13th.
Bloor held his nerve at the last with an up and down to save par and remain in the solo lead.
“I was most happy with my putting,” he added. “I’ve been putting really well over the last few days.”
“We all realise to progress off this Tour you generally need to win, so if you can get a win in the earlier part of the season then that will put you in good stead for the Rankings and will help build confidence going forwards.”
“My game plan won’t change going into tomorrow. My game has been in a good place, I will manage myself, manage my ball and give myself plenty of chances.”
Dane Brown birdied the last two holes to move into a share of second place alongside Englishman Southgate on 14 under. American Alex Goff sits in solo fourth, one shot further back with Englishman Sloman a further shot adrift.
The final round of the Swiss Challenge gets under way at 7:00am local time on Sunday with Bloor teeing off alongside Brown at 11:55am.
