In-form Calum Hill remains in sight of not only a maiden Tour win but a unique slice of Scottish history heading to the final round of the Cazoo Classic at the London Club in Kent.

Hill, 26 posted a bogey-free two-under 70 to be sharing second place and tied at 11-under par with England’s Jordan Smith

Dane Rasmus Hojgaard set a new course record 62 to move three clear of the field as 14-under par as the 20-year-old seeks a third Tour triumph.

Hill’s ‘moving day’ was a frustrating affair failing to birdie any of the par-5s and after being eight-under on four 5s over the prior two days.

And the Scot, who went so close to a maiden success a week ago in St. Andrews, got a stroke of luck at the par-5 fifth when getting a ‘flyer’ with his chip shot hit that  flag stick and stopped from finding a watery grave.

“What a break that is!”

Hill gets a serious bit of luck.#CazooClassic pic.twitter.com/f487RiVE27

— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 14, 2021

Hill said: “I am hitting the ball nicely and played really nice golf today, so I’m very happy.   The thing is also my misses today were in really good spots, so the game is in good shape”.

“I need to get fractionally more lucky on the par 5s because I had rough breaks on all of them today and didn’t manage to birdie one of them.

“And then if I make two more putts, I will shoot eight under and win it by about three (Laughing)”.

The last time Scots won back-to-back on the European Tour was nine years ago when Paul Lawrie captured the 2012 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and a week later Richie Ramsay won the Omega European Masters in the Swiss Alps.

And such a Tartan double has happened just a dozen times in the 49-year history of the Tour.

The duo of David Drysdale and Richie Ramsay are next best of the remaining four Scots in posting 67s to be in a big group sharing sixth place at nine-under par.

Kingsbarns Links Daniel Young (69) on eight-under while Stevie Gallacher (73) is at five-under par.