Jamieson Staring At Double Doha Delight Heading To Qatar Masters Last Round

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Scott Jamieson is now staring at the strong possibility of securing full Tour playing rights for the next two years heading to the final round of the storm-affected Qatar Masters in Doha.

Jamieson, 39, brilliantly re-ignited firstly his quest to retain his Tour, and in the final regular event of the season, but cannot be ruled out of victory in posting a stunning third round six-under 66 to be lying at 13-under, and a clubhouse share of second place on the host Doha Country Club course.

Finland’s Sami Valimaki, thanks to three rounds of 67, holds the clubhouse lead by a shot at 15-under but with Spain’s Jorge Campillo leading at 16-under and a hole to play when poor light halted play in the Qatar capital.  It was Campillo who three years ago in the same event denied Borders David Drysdale victory in a play-off.

Top-ranked Scot Robert MacIntyre is lying third at 15-under and with two holes to play with the rookie Ryder Cup winning hero turning on the brilliance, holing his second shot from 134-yards out at the par-4 11th hole.

MacIntyre picked-up a birdie at 13 but gave back two shots in finding water to the right of the green at the 15th before a third birdie of his round at 16, and when play was halted.

Jamieson arrived in Doha lying three places outside the leading 116th players on the Race to Dubai money-list who will return full 2024 Tour membership.

An opening 65 put him into a share of the lead, and projected to jump to 43rd but a no-frills second round 72 sent him back to just a few spots inside the top-116.

Jamieson’s super ‘moving day’ score now has him projected to finish the year at 92nd though the Florida-based Scot is now targeting a second Tour career win, and also becoming the fourth Scottish winner in the 26-year history of the Qatar event.

And helping Jamieson’s cause was eight birdies overs his closing 10 holes, including birdie putts of 30-feet at nine, 51-feet at 10, 22-feet at 11 and 50-feet at the 12 – that’s 153-feet

He said: “After my poor second round, my caddy Richie (Blair) kept saying ‘You have to keep going, you have to keep going’, and after bogeys on five and six, I holed that long putt on nine and started feeling a lot better about myself.

“I then holed a pretty ridiculous putt on 10, and other long putts on 11 and 12, and I just kind of blanked out after that (smiling).

“Then I lost all sense of where I was but ended-up with birdies at the last three.

“Of course, I really needed a low third round and hopefully more of the same for the final round.

“Depending on what the last couple of guys do at the end of their third round, I will be in a funny situation, not only in hopefully holding onto my card but now with a chance to win the tournament.  So, I need to be sure I am in the right frame of mind and focus on winning the tournament and next year will take care of itself”.

Defending champ Ewen Ferguson was very much in contention mid-round but produced six pars in succession to be 11-under with a hole to play.



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