Trevor Fisher Jnr. took one other informal stroll round 18 holes at Royal Cape Golf Membership on Saturday. He chipped in for eagle. He putted properly. He signed for a 67. And he leads the CIRCA Cape City Open by a single shot going into Sunday’s closing spherical. It was the right instance of the right way to make golf look straightforward.
“I’m simply attempting to get pleasure from it, which isn’t at all times straightforward with this sport,” mentioned the South African, who heads the sector on 16 beneath par as he seems to finish a decade-long win drought with a victory on this Sunshine Tour and HotelPlanner Tour occasion.
His nearest challenger is Spain’s Santiago Tarrio who posted a 65 for a complete of 15 beneath par. One other Spaniard in Pablo Ereno is third on 12 beneath par after a 70.
However on Saturday, regardless of what was taking place round him, Fisher Jnr. in his personal world. And that’s precisely the place he plans to remain.
“I felt relaxed on the market and didn’t really feel beneath strain. If I used to be in bother I managed to get out of it. I putted properly and saved one or two photographs with some good up-and-downs. However I’m attempting to take the strain off myself and simply play the sport, and never have too many swing ideas in my head.”
As a nine-time winner, the final of which was the DP World Tour co-sanctioned Africa Open in 2015, Fisher Jnr. has a wealth of expertise for what Sunday’s closing spherical will carry – together with a wholesome dose of Cape wind.
His brief sport has been chic, highlighted by a chip-in for eagle on the par-four twelfth immediately.
“I’d made a naughty three-putt the outlet earlier than – my first this week. So I had a 25-metre chip and it spun a bit proper and went in. That was good.”
But it surely’s his new realisation of how he desires to strategy the sport going ahead that has labored so properly for him this week.
“This isn’t an ideal sport. You simply must discover a approach to get the ball within the gap within the least quantity of photographs. I’m simply attempting to be very straightforward and chilled on the market. So tomorrow we’ll take one other informal stroll on the market and see what occurs. If we do it we do it. If we don’t, I’ll nonetheless be the identical particular person on Monday.”
It’s a standard theme amongst the main contenders.
Behind him, Tarrio is taking the identical strategy.
“It’s been a very long time since I’ve made scores like this. I used to be very relaxed. It’s been a tricky previous couple of years, so my focus is to get pleasure from it first, and the rating comes after that.”
SCORES
200 – Trevor Fisher Jnr 66 67 67
201 – Santiago Tarrio 69 67 65
204 – Pablo Ereno 66 68 70
205 – Will Enefer 65 70 70
205 – Tapio Pulkkanen 68 67 70
206 – Hennie Otto 66 70 70
207 – Pieter Moolman 70 72 65
207 – Louis Albertse 65 73 69, Julien Quesne 71 67 69, Canon Claycomb 66 69 72
208 – Lars van Meijel 69 73 66
208 – Lorenzo Scalise 71 71 66, Nikhil Rama 67 74 67, Kieran Vincent 70 70 68, David Horsey 67 72 69, Andrew Wilson 70 69 69, Maxence Giboudot 69 70 69, Gary Hurley 65 73 70, Haraldur Magnus 68 68 72
209 – Baard Skogen 65 76 68
209 – MJ Viljoen 71 69 69, Callan Barrow 69 70 70, Ryan Lumsden 67 71 71, Dan Erickson 66 71 72, Wilco Nienaber 66 70 73, Samuel Simpson 68 68 73, Marc Warren 65 70 74, Jason Roets 68 67 74
210 – Kyle Barker 71 71 68
210 – Luke Brown 70 72 68, Jannik de Bruyn 70 72 68, Deon Germishuys 71 70 69, Liam Nolan 71 69 70, Benjamin Hebert 69 70 71, Christofer Rahm 71 68 71, Ruan Korb 69 69 72, Grant Haefner 70 67 73
211 – Julien Sale 67 75 69
211 – Austin Bautista 68 74 69, JJ Senekal 67 74 70
212 – Lukas Nemecz 70 72 70
212 – Bryce Easton 70 72 70, Otto Van Buynder 72 70 70, Martin Vorster 68 72 72, Tom Lewis 65 74 73, Keenan Davidse 69 70 73, Maximilian Kieffer 67 71 74
213 – Hamish Brown 69 73 71
213 – Victor Pastor 72 70 71, Lucas Vacarisas 72 70 71, Robert Foley 70 71 72, Borja Virto 71 70 72, Lyle Rowe 66 74 73, Christiaan Burke 68 72 73, Jaco Ahlers 69 70 74, Conor Purcell 68 71 74
214 – Gerhard Pepler 67 75 72
214 – Sam Jones 71 71 72, Graham van der Merwe 72 70 72, Kyle McClatchie 71 70 73, Robson Chinhoi 66 75 73, Benjamin Rusch 70 71 73
215 – Bjorn Akesson 67 73 75
215 – Ryan Van Velzen 68 72 75, Malcolm Mitchell 66 73 76
216 – James Meyer De Beco 70 72 74
217 – Per Langfors 69 72 76
Issued by Michael Vlismas Media
