While Keith Horne carded a two-under-par 71 on Saturday in the second round of the Legends Tour’s Grass & Co. English Legends at Brocket Hall in England, it was not enough to keep him in close touch of the lead heading into the final round.

He moved to seven-under-par through 36 holes, and was in a share of fourth, facing the same predicament as Peter Baker and Thomas Gogele who were in a share second at eight-under: How to chase down leader Steve Webster, who added a seven-under 66 to his opening five-under 68 to stretch his lead to four shots at 12-under-par.

Playing in just his seventh Legends Tour event since turning 50 earlier in the year, Webster carded four birdies and two eagles to shoot the low round of the week.

Earlier in the day, Horne posted the clubhouse lead at seven-under with a topsy-turvy round that included double-bogey sevens on two of the par-fives and a strong back nine response that featured four birdies.

Having won in China and finished second in Switzerland and at the OFX Irish Legends, the South African is currently sitting third in the Order of Merit and has strong designs on the top spot currently behind held by Australia’s Scott Hend, particularly with Hend in 18th spot after a 68.

Horne was far from satisfied with his performance on day one, despite carding a bogey-free 68, and in the second round was left to rue two bad swings during his battling 71.

“I hit one poor shot today on the sixth hole, I pulled my three-wood just a fraction and it hit a tree just off the fairway and went 50 yards left into the bush, so that was a little unfortunate and I made a seven from there,” said Horne.

“And then I hit a bad second shot into number 10 with the same club into some long grass and lost it. So that was another blue number. Those two cost me a minimum of five shots, so it could have been 12-under instead of seven. But that’s golf. So we’ll take seven-under and hopefully progress from there tomorrow. I still feel like there’s a good score out there, maybe seven or eight under. I think the winning score is going to be close to 14 or something like that. So I’m going to need a good one tomorrow.”

Adilson Da Silva was on four-under after his second round of one-under 72.