By Zim Sport Live Writer
Zimbabwean golf star Scott Vincent carded a 7-under-par 65 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club to vault into solo second after the third round at the Shinhan Donghae Open in South Korea Saturday.
The 33-year-old Harare-born ace, who leads the Asian Tour Order of Merit standings will begin Sunday’s final round just a shot behind Japan’s Kazuki Higa.
Higa also carded a 65 to take a one-shot lead at 14-under at the high profile event which is tri-sanctioned by the Asian, Korean and Japan Tours.
The focus for most Zimbabwean golf fans will be on the country’s top ranked player Vincent as his year continues his strong resurgence after dropping from the LIV Golf circuit last year.
Mhondoro, as Vincent is affectionately known by his fans is beginning to look every bit the golfer who won The International Series Rankings in 2022 before playing on the LIV Golf League for two years.
He won the International Series Morocco in July for his second title on the Asian Tour and win number three is probably just around the corner.
“Awesome, just really, really awesome,” said Vincent, about his best round of the week made up of seven birdies
“Tee to green was strong and great, and just gave myself a lot of chances. And, you know, made a few of those. Didn’t really put myself in any spots that caused too much stress.
“But yeah, all in all, it’s just it’s that challenge when you are playing well, just to keep going and not get caught up in the score and thinking, I need to hole this. And the battle of trying to play freely, so that was more the challenge for me today. And just trying to not let that get in the way, and keep swinging. And, you know, we still got lots of golf left. So just, yeah, it was great, all in all.