Connor Syme will go in search of his maiden DP World Tour title as he takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the 2025 KLM Open.
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The Scot birdied the final two holes for a superb bogey-free 66 at The International in tough conditions, the best round of the day, to reach ten under par and move ahead of Joakim Lagergren at the summit.
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The 29-year-old has held the 54-hole lead on three previous occasions on the DP World Tour, with his last professional victory coming in 2019 on the HotelPlanner Tour at the Turkish Airlines Challenge.
Swede Lagergren ground out a level-par 71 to stay at eight under with Ricardo Gouveia, the third member of that final group, sharing third place on four under with Syme’s compatriot Richie Ramsay and Italian Francesco Laporta.
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Lagergren hit a superb 234-yard approach into the final green to set up a 30-foot eagle chance which would have left him one off the overnight lead, but settled for a tap-in birdie.
Fabrizio Zanotti shot 69 to reach three under, sharing sixth place with Rafa Cabrera Bello. Pierre Pineau finished with a birdie to end the day level on two under with fellow Frenchman David Ravetto, South African pair Jayden Schaper and Zander Lombard and home favourite Daan Huizing.
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Alejandro Del Rey and Lucas Bjerregaard’s four-under-par 67s trailed only Syme for the round of the day and lifted them to one under, in a group of nine players sharing 13th place.
Player quotes
Connor Syme: Buzzing with that. Obviously, a bonus to finish with a couple towards the end but overall really, really pleased. I felt like I played a lot better last week, I just haven’t been scoring all that great. Just nice to obviously start off the week with a great round (65), yesterday was really tricky and today I knew was going to be a bit of a battle but just sticking with it.
Golf’s so difficult and sometimes you’re going to have to ride the waves of it a little bit. I’ve been going through a spell of not scoring great, but this week’s been better.
I’ve really just tried to focus on my own game and just tried to do the best I can. Obviously there’s a bit of a gap at the moment for me and Joakim but with the weather tomorrow it can change so much so quickly so I’m just trying to do the best I can on every shot. I know that so cliché but that’s my goal.
I’ve been in this situation a few times now, which have all been so different. It’s really tough to win out here, I’ve obviously given myself a good position a few times and tomorrow’s another great opportunity.
I would love to do it, obviously, hopefully I can play my game tomorrow and I can do it. Overall I think that’s thinking too far ahead, I’ll just try to play one shot at a time and get that mindset from the start, and what will be will be.
