Jamieson has big chance to bank fortune

SCOTT JAMIESON will go in search of the biggest title of his career after taking a one-shot lead into the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player today.

The Scot won the weather-shortened Nelson Mandela Championship in the 2013 European Tour season but taking home a cheque for just under £940,000 and a first Rolex Series trophy in Sun City would dwarf that achievement and boost his chances of making Thomas Bjorn’s Ryder Cup team next year.

A bogey-free 67 moved the 33-year-old to eight under and a narrow advantage over France’s Victor Dubuisson, who signed for a 71 after holding a two-shot overnight lead.

Jamieson (pictured) was a model of consistency as he made birdies on the second, fourth, ninth, 13th and 14th.

‘It’s exciting,’ he told the European Tour’s official website afterwards.

‘I’m in a good position, tomorrow will be a new challenge. Still an awful long way to go but if I can obviously do what I did today, I’ll be in with a good shout.

‘It would be the biggest moment of my career, I’ll be well aware of that tomorrow. I’ve got to see if I can step up to the challenge.’

Two-time major championship winner Martin Kaymer was at five under alongside home favourite Branden Grace, with another South African in Haydn Porteous and Italian Francesco Molinari two shots further back.

Englishman Tommy Fleetwood would take the Race to Dubai title by winning today but he was six shots off the lead after a third-round 67.

Among the players alongside him is Scot David Drysdale, who shot 69 yesterday.

Richie Ramsay is a shot further back after a level-par 72. Marc Warren and Stephen Gallacher are well down the field following rounds of 75 and 74 respectively.

Meanwhile, Scotland’s Russell Knox was handily placed after two rounds of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico. The man from Inverness fired two rounds of threeunder 68 to lie four shots off the pace set by Americans Patrick Rodgers, Patton Kizzire and Ricky Fowler. Fellow Scot Sean Jacklin missed the cut on three-over-par 145.