Rasmus Hojgaard had his endurance examined as he floor out a one-shot lead on the Danish Golf Championship.
The house favorite lead by two heading into Saturday’s third spherical, however he was quickly overtaken by taking part in accomplice Marco Penge when he bogeyed the second and the Englishman birdied the fifth and sixth.
Hojgaard birdied the eighth to return to 12 beneath, however Penge additionally picked up a shot on the similar gap to stay one forward.
Penge bogeyed the eleventh to slide again and when Hojgaard nervelessly birdied the seventeenth, the Dane was within the lead on his personal.
The 24-year-old, who gained this occasion in 2023, was compelled to chip on to the seventeenth fairway following an errant tee shot on the final, however in some way saved par to stay in entrance at 13 beneath, with Penge in shut quarters at Fureso Golf Klub.
When requested if his coronary heart was pumping when placing from six ft for par on the final, Hojgaard mentioned: “It was but it surely was lifeless quiet, so I used to be trying ahead to seeing what the response was going to be like. It is going to be an fascinating day tomorrow [Sunday].
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“100 per cent [the aim was to be patient]. The wind was tough on the market, it was gusty, it was altering instructions. So yeah, the endurance acquired examined rather a lot at the moment.
“It was great, I really enjoyed it. Hopefully I can bring some tears out there tomorrow. This is our fifth major so it would be cool if I could stand there with a trophy.
“It is part of it. If I need to exit and play properly tomorrow, I’ve to have the ability to deal with the state of affairs properly. I am trying ahead to it. I do know it is not going to be completely pleasurable, however I am trying ahead to it.”
Englishman Ben Schmidt carded eight birdies and a bogey as he equalled the course record with a stunning 64 to climb into solo third at nine under.
Sweden’s Mikael Lindberg recorded the 16th ace of the 2025 DP World Tour campaign with a hole-in-one at the par-three second.
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