Adilson da Silva and Andrew Marshall shared the lead into the final round of the Swiss Seniors Open as the Brazilian goes in search of his second Legends Tour victory in three weeks.

Da Silva held a share of the overnight lead after an opening round of 64, and despite the early starters making headway on a soft golf course with little wind to protect it – the man in front would not have such easy going on Saturday on the Golf Club Bad Ragaz in the final group. He carded a two-under-par 68.

“The wind was a little less today, but it was swirling everywhere. The trees down the fairway make it so hard to get exactly where the wind is coming from. It was hard to get the right stick and I found the greens a little bit tricky as well – I just couldn’t get it going on the greens.

“It is always nice to be in the lead, I’ll just go into tomorrow’s round, and I am going to try to just do whatever I’ve been doing. Today I had to have a lot of patience because I started well and then it just went downhill – sometimes it’s hard to hang in there.

“So many great players are there right behind me, so I am going to have to play well in the final round.”

Marshall sits alongside Da Silva at the top of the leaderboard after back-to-back rounds of 66 this week – with a borrowed set of clubs too for the opening day! Marshall’s own clubs were delayed in transit to Switzerland and only arrived after he finished his opening 18 holes, but he managed to match the score on day two with his own clubs in hand.

James Kingston slipped to a share of sixth after a second round of one-over-par 70.