Chases victory in the Highlands
dropped a silly shot on the eighth but bounced back with birdies at nine and 10. I made another silly bogey at the 11th but again I managed to bounce back with a pair of birdies at the 12th and 13th.
“My highlight was definitely that birdie on the 12th – I must have picked up around one-anda-half shots on the rest of the field because it was so difficult a hole.
“I haven’t played on the Challenge Tour since Oman three years ago, so it is a really nice week to come back.
“It’s a typical British course. I grew up playing links golf so I love courses like this where you have to get the ball in play – it’s not all about how far you hit it.”
McEvoy, who won his only Challenge Tour title at the Panasonic Panama Open in 2004, admits he will be tense heading into the final day, but believes fate may be on side.
“Everyone gets nervous,” he
when you’ve had a year of struggling, you really do appreciate being in contention on a Sunday. It doesn’t get any better than this; these events, great players, great course, Sunday, trying to win it.”
Welshman Bradley Dredge is just two shots off the lead after a third straight 69, with Ross Fisher, Paul Waring and halfway joint-leader Adrian Otaegui a shot further back on five under.
Waring held the outright lead after his fourth birdie of the day on the 14th, but double-bogeyed the 15th and 18th after finding the water with his approach on both holes.
At the other end of the leaderboard, ChrisWood struggled to a third round of 79 to lie eight over par before withdrawing from the event due to injury.
Wood wrote on Twitter: “Shame to WD from the French open today, but a wrist injury picked up in practice last week just got worse last couple of days.” said. “Obviously I’ll be trying to win – if you don’t get nervous you don’t care about it. Hopefully I can control those nerves and continue to keep making birdies.
“My room-mate this week is the defending champion James Heath – so that must be a good omen.”
South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen is three shots back on eight-under.
Leading Scot is Jack McDonald on five-under-par.