Neil Schietekat carded the round of the day on Saturday with a five-under-par 66 setting him up for a tilt at the title on the final round in the Asian Tour’s International Series England at Close House near Newcastle.

Schietekat made seven birdies, including three in a row on the final three holes, and two bogeys as he moved to eight-under-par for the tournament. That was just one off the lead which was held by LIV Golf player Andy Ogletree, who had a 67 on his way to nine-under. In third, one behind Schietekat were Matt Jones of Australia, Mexico’s Abraham Ancer and Spaniard David Puig – the latter two also from LIV Golf.

Schietekat made a birdie on the fourth early on in his round, but dropped a shot on the sixth. He immediately rectified that error with three consecutive birdies from seven to nine ahead of the turn. There was another bogey on the 12^th, and then his closing run of three birdies in a row.

Next best of the South Africans remaining in the field after the cut was Jaco Ahlers, who had a third-round 69, that to-under moving him to three-under for the tournament and a share of 10^th, six shots off the lead.

Dean Burmester had a two-over-par 73 in the third round to slip to level-par through 54 holes and a share of 20^th. MJ Viljoen signed for a four-over 75 to head in to the final round in a share of 67^th, and Jbe’ Kruger carded an eight-over 79 to move to nine-over and a share of 71^st.