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24 Mar 2024

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Porsche Singapore Classic Day three digest Articles

Everything you need to know from day three in Singapore.

Everything you need to know from day three in Singapore.

David Micheluzzi hit the front, Ratchanon Chantananuwat chose to look and learn, Andy Sullivan had an adventurous 18 and we were inches from aces for the second round in a row on day three of the Porsche Singapore Classic.

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Micheluzzi edges ahead

David Micheluzzi produced a birdie-birdie finish in an impressive 66 to take a one-shot lead into the final round. The Australian was stalking the leaders all day but it did not look like he would finish the round on top when Sam Bairstow opened up a four-shot lead around the turn. A pair of bogeys on the back nine in the Englishman's 68 left the door ajar, however, and it was Micheluzzi who took advantage to move to 13 under and edge ahead. Andy Sullivan recovered from back-to-back double-bogeys to post a 69 and sit alongside countryman Bairstow, one clear of India's Shubhankar Sharma, who carded a 68. "The first eight holes I didn't play so great and then the last ten I really got dialled in and holed some putts which was nice," said Micheluzzi.

TK learning on the job

Ratchanon Chantananuwat revealed he was studying his playing partners mid-round to pick up tips from Nicolas Colsaerts as he carded a 66 that put him in contention to become just the fourth amateur winner in DP World Tour history. The Thai, better known as TK, made eight birdies - including four in a row from the sixth - and two bogeys to get to ten under in round three but even if he does not lift the trophy on Sunday, it could still prove to be a big week in his career. The 17-year-old was playing alongside 2023 European Ryder Cup Vice Captain Colsaerts, who is 24 years his senior, and took the chance to closely study the Belgian's driving for some pointers. "I am learning so much from everybody around me," he said. "As a matter of fact, the holes where I teed off first I actually took out my phone to film some videos of Nicolas Colsaerts. Double my age, add five and I'm still younger than him yet he blasts it 30 yards past me and I just want to know how to do that. He didn't seem to mind!"

Sully's wild ride

Sullivan started the day in a tie for the lead and was still in tie for the lead after birdies on the third, fourth, fifth and eighth. A pair of doubles and a bogey then undid all that work before he holed a bunker shot at the 12th and birdied three of his last four holes for a 69. “It was definitely a roller-coaster of emotions, I went through everything today," he said. "It was colourful in every sense of the word. Recently when it has been going wrong, I’ve tended to let it get to me a little bit. So I’m proud of myself today for coming back in and putting up a fight. I feel like my game is getting back and my confidence has grown with it.”

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A pretty draining five holes for @andysulligolf ????#PorscheSingaporeClassic https://t.co/gAapQQreZ0 pic.twitter.com/LdIIwYwZKq
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 23, 2024

Inches from aces

How we haven't had a hole-in-one this week is a mystery. Bairstow went close on Saturday.

Sam Bairstow comes inches away from an ace ????#PorscheSingaporeClassic pic.twitter.com/DF2L1X90EX
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 23, 2024

And then Matthieu Pavon went closer.

WHAT A SHOT PAVON!!! ????@matthieupavon nearly wins the €192,000 Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid with this incredible effort at the 17th...????#PorscheSingaporeClassic pic.twitter.com/xv9u0FAEkY
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 23, 2024