Top seed slot going into match play in Perth
final day’s match play, a play-off was needed to decide who would miss out and England’s Tom Murray was the unlucky loser.
Scots Bob Macintyre and Conor Syme – hoping to deliver a tartan success on the European Tour for the second consecutive week following David Law’s stunning success in the Vic Open seven days ago – joined Panuphol Pittayarat, Adrian Otaegui, Ben Campbell, Steven Jeffress, Gregory Bourdy, Andrew Martin, Wade Ormsby and Scott Vincent after they all all progressed.
Top-ranked player Tom Lewis (twoover-par) and Jason Scrivener (fiveunder-par) are the biggest names to miss out on the final shoot-out from the 66 who made the initial cut on Friday night.
■ England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff is four shots off the lead heading into the final round of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.
Shadoff, who shared the lead after the first round at The Grange Golf Club, remains in contention after a round of 70 yesterday to post a total of eight-under-par, a score she shares with Korea’s Jeongeun Lee and Taiwan’s Wei-ling Hsu.
Compatriot Bronte Law is just a shot further back in a group of three after also going round in 70.
Scotland’s Catriona Matthew is in a tie for 55th on two-over-par.
The woman they are all chasing is Nelly Korda. The 20-year-old American holds a three-shot lead over Japan’s Haru Nomura after posting a round of 67 to move to 12-under-par.