Challenge Tour Grand Final third-round report

Martin Dempster reports from Mallorca on season finale on DP World Tour feeder circuit

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00:00Hello it's Martin Dempster the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here coming to you from Club

00:10de Golf Alcanada in the north of Mallorca where the green keepers are out cutting the

00:21greens at the end of the third round in the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final supported

00:31by the R&A. We were due to have some rain this morning after spectacular lightning last

00:42night however it really has been an idyllic day here in the Balearics. Ideal for scoring

00:52and the man who led the way in that respect was Dane Rasmus Njergjard Pettersson. He's

01:01already secured his step up to the DP World Tour next season on the back of three wins

01:10he secured automatic promotion however he's come here this week to try and be crowned

01:17as the Challenge Tour number one and he's in top spot in the projected standings heading

01:26into the final round. He shot a 10 under par 62 today which equaled the course record set

01:35earlier in the week by Spaniard Angel Ayora. Preferred lies were in operation today nonetheless

01:43that was a spectacular effort and he sits on 22 under par one shot ahead of Ayora. The

01:54two Scots Ewan Walker, Ewan shot a 2 under par 70 today for a 5 under par total while

02:02Daniel Young had a 74. He had a bogey and a double bogey in his last three holes for

02:08a 74 to set a shot behind his compatriot. 20 cards will be handed out here on Sunday

02:19evening to earn players promotion to the DP World Tour. At the moment Ewan Walker he started

02:29the week in 24th he's down to 25th. The top 22 is the key number on this occasion so Ewan

02:40having failed narrowly in the last two years needs a strong final day to finally make that

02:48step up. Daniel Young meanwhile was 27th at the start of the week he's down to 31st. This

02:55is Daniel's debut here and though he knew it was going to take a really big performance to get

03:02into a card position he's going to take a lot of great experience away from this week no matter

03:09how it all unfolds tomorrow. To keep up to date with the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final log

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