DP World Tour : Investec South African Open .. Leaderboard
Laurie Canter fought back from a nightmare start to his third round to post a 68 and share the lead ahead of the final day of the 2025 Investec South African Open Championship.
Home favourite Dylan Naidoo sat alongside Canter on -14 at the top of the leaderboard after carding two birdies and one bogey in his 71, finishing his round in near-darkness after a marathon day of action at Durban Country Club.
In-form Englishman Canter, who won in Bahrain a month ago and tops the International Swing standings, had to play 27 holes on Saturday after a delayed start to the tournament meant the second round could not be completed on day two.
Four birdies and a bogey in the last nine holes of his second round saw Canter sit four shots off the lead at the halfway stage but he surrendered a double bogey at the very first hole in round three to fall off the pace.
He bounced back in style, though, going birdie-eagle at the second and third before carding five birdies and two bogeys over his remaining 15 holes for a share of the lead.
Naidoo had a good chance to take the outright lead in fading light at the 18th, as he chipped to five feet to send the crowd wild and set up a decent birdie opportunity. But the putt lipped out, and he will start his final round neck-and-neck with Canter.
England's Marco Penge sits one shot behind the co-leaders in third after his 68.
edit ** Canada's Aaron Cockerill began play off the 10th and went out bogey free with 2 birdies for 34. A bogey 5 at the 1st was recovered with birdies at the 3rd and 6th. However a double bogey 6 at the last took the shine off a fine round, 71 and he will begin Sunday T37 69 71 71 -5.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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