British Masters: Andy Sullivan finished with a bang to go into a six-way tie for the lead heading into the final round of the Betfred British Masters.
The four-time DP World Tour champion birdied his final two holes to score a two-under 70 at the Belfry and join a group of players on seven under, boosting his chances of winning for the first time since 2020.
Sullivan, who was one shot back going into the weekend, followed a two-putt birdie at the par-five second with a roll-in from 11 feet at the ninth before making back-to-back bogeys from the 11th.
The Englishman broke a string of pars by getting up and down from a greenside bunker to take advantage of the par-five 17th, then holed from 40 feet to join Oliver Wilson, James Morrison, Guido Migliozzi, Joost Luiten, and Niklas Norgaard atop the leaderboard.
“I’m absolutely buzzing,” Sullivan remarked after the race. “I can hardly wait. I’m not going to lie, I’m probably going to have a beer right now to calm myself because when the putt was going down on the last, I was thinking, this might be a three-putt. It’s incredible.”
Wilson held the outright lead at the turn but began his back nine with consecutive bogeys, finally carding a two-under 70, with Morrison also briefly leading until ending his third-round 70 with a final-hole bogey.
Norgaard was another player who momentarily led, only to bogey the last hole of the day, while Luiten eagled the par-five 17th to finish a back-nine 32 and become the first player to set the clubhouse goal at seven under.
runner-up in 2021 Migliozzi birdied four of his last five holes on his way to a four-under 68, forming the group of six at the top of the scoreboard. Germany’s Max Kieffer is a stroke back after birdying four of his final five holes.
Bryce Easton, Justin Walters, and Romain Langasque are all two shots down heading into the final round on Sunday, while former world No. 1 Justin Rose is three strokes back following a two-over 74.
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