It’ s been 11-years since American Brooks Koepka last won on the DP World Tour when he captured the Turkish Airlines Open in late 2014.
It was a win for Koepka that led to him being named 2014 DP World Tour ‘Rookie of the Year’.
The now 35-year-old, and winner since victory in Turkey of five major championship, now heads into a 99th Tour event looking to capture an eighth DP World Tour counting event, a second regular Tour title and second FedEx sponsored title after capturing the PGA Tour’s 2029 FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Koepka produced eight birdies in a third round 65 on the host St. Nom la Bretche course to be now heading to the final round tied on 11-under with Aussie Min Woo Lee, and with Lee adding a ‘moving day’ 68 to be tied with the LIV Golf star, and for both players to be one clear including three players and one of those England’s Marcus Armitage who led the opening two French rounds and is only one back of also joining Koepka in capturing a secound DP World Tour victory trophy.
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“I’ve felt very uncomfortable over the putts pretty much all year, just a little bit of hand position. We’ve got it sorted now where I feel like I’m striking the putts very well, hitting them on line and feeling confident and that’s honestly half the battle.”
Lee said: “Just pretty solid again, I didn’t do anything spectacular in the back nine, just hung in there.
“You can really get away with the moment – you’ve just got to keep hitting shots and keep mentally strong. You’ve just got to keep going until the end.”
Armitage was proud to remain firmly in contention for the title despite not making a birdie after the fifth hole on Saturday.
“I was sort of at 50 per cent of what I can do and I’ve still got a shout going into tomorrow,” he said. “It’s a shame I couldn’t pull off few birdies on the back nine but I just wasn’t driving it well enough.
“You’ve just got to keep grinding, even though you feel like you’re not playing well, just keep telling yourself you’re still in it.
“I’m a quality player, I’ve got to keep reminding myself of that. That’s the reason I’m stood here now and in contention and I’ve got to go out there with that attitude.”
On a tightly packed leaderboard, France’s Jeong weon Ko was alongside Australian Elvis Smylie on nine under with Freddy Schott and Darius van Driel a further shot back.
Mikael Lindberg, Todd Clements and Antoine Rozner at seven under rounded out a dozen players covered by four shots at the head of the field.
