Brendan Lawlor was much improved on day two of the G4D Series Finale but three bogeys in a row to finish has left him seven shots behind Kipp Popert heading into the final round at Club de Golf Alcanada.
Lawlor carded a level-par 72 which was the low round of the day to lie in second place on seven-over but the gap to himself and Popert was four at one stage before he coughed up three shots coming home which might prove fatal on Saturday evening.
“I played well today, the score doesn’t reflect how well I played,” said the two-time G4D Open champion. “If I finish par, par, par it would be good but I had three three-putts instead but it is what it is. Got it back to five between me and Kipp and there’s nothing in it, anything can happen but played myself out of it today.”
Lawlor was disappointed with an opening 79 but he sought to make amends on Friday morning and did so with two birdies in his first three holes.
A bogey on the fourth was followed by back to back birdies before his momentum was stalled by a double bogey on the ninth.
The Ardee man rallied well and got himself to within four shots of Popert with birdies on 13 and 15. At that point it looked like the pair would go toe to toe on Saturday for the title but he can’t see a seven-shot gap being overturned.
“I played well, I knew I had to go out and attack. Kipp isn’t shooting any worse than two or three-under. I knew I needed to shoot four, five, six-under to have a chance going into tomorrow and it was on for a while, few silly mistakes.
“Just going to go low, go for every pin. Might shoot six-under or fifteen-over!”
In the net competition, Mark Clougherty is four shots behind Daniel Slabbert on eleven-over.
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