S Bakkum goes one under par on the first hole of the final round. He's now just one stroke behind the leaders DB Wayne and MC Burridge. A fantastic drive from AJ Izett rewards him with an eagle. Along with LE Schaw, who went one under par, he is on -10.
MC Burridge is now one stroke ahead of DB Wayne after a birdie on the par five second hole as Wayne is unable to do the same. AJ Izett and LE Schaw both with birdies of their own. They're still three strokes behind Burridge and two behind Wayne and S Bakkum. JJ Ritchie and BB Burger both with two birdies in a row to keep themselves in this, at -9. BE Force on the other hand fails to make par and drops to -8.
The third hole, a par three, looking more challenging for the competitors. JJ Ritchie in particular missed the fairway and couldn't recover well, missing par. He's now a stroke behind the rest of the leaders as a result.
MC Burridge drives well on the fourth hole. He sinks the ball with one stroke to spare. His overall score is now -15. S Bakkum able to follow suit, so the lead will remain at one stroke, but DB Wayne isn't able to do the same so he'll be two strokes behind. AJ Izett also scores a birdie, bringing him to -12.
EI Morris and S Bakkum only ones able to beat par on hole five. Bakkum is now on -15, tied with MC Burridge
Eagles for both AR Dforum and AJ James on the penultimate hole of the front nine, but they're still quite far from being threats to the leaders at -3 and +1 respectively. MC Burridge with a rare mistake, missing the hole on the first putt. That costs him one stroke and the lead, as S Bakkum and DB Wayne both overtake him with birdies. LE Schaw is now tied fourth on -12 with AJ Izett.
S Bakkum found himself in trouble after missing the fairway on the ninth hole. He misses par and drops back to -15, tied with DB Wayne. The New Zealanders AJ Izett and LE Schaw both close the gap with birdies.
Code: Course: Royal Sydney Golf Club Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yards 300 551 180 441 428 156 561 301 359 418 459 393 547 189 441 585 221 409 72 Par 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 Player -5 G Furball 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 31 -5 AJ Izett 2 4 3 3 5 2 5 4 3 31 -4 LE Schaw 3 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 3 32 -4 BB Burger 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 32 -4 S Bakkum 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 32 -2 BE Force 4 6 3 4 4 2 5 3 3 34 -2 BFP Kirk 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 4 3 34 -2 BS Read 3 6 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 34 -2 BA Storer 4 4 2 4 6 2 5 3 4 34 -2 DB Wayne 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 34 -2 AJ O'Driscoll 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 34 -2 R Williams 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 34 -1 MC Burridge 4 4 3 3 4 3 5 5 4 35 -1 JHF Howe 4 4 3 4 5 2 6 3 4 35 -1 JJ Ritchie 3 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 35 -1 AJ James 3 4 4 5 5 3 6 2 3 35 E CL Warrington 4 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 36 +1 JEM Logan 5 6 4 4 4 2 5 3 4 37 +1 HT Davis 4 5 4 6 4 3 4 3 4 37 +1 AR Dforum 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 2 6 37 +1 EI Morris 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 37 +2 DA Astele 6 5 2 5 4 3 5 3 5 38 +3 JH Ridd 4 6 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 39 +4 BR Hall 4 6 4 5 6 3 4 4 4 40
After 9 holes in round 4: Code: Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Tot S Bakkum -7 -2 -2 -4 -15 DB Wayne -6 -5 -2 -2 -15 MC Burridge -7 -4 -2 -1 -14 LE Schaw +4 -6 -7 -4 -13 AJ Izett -6 +1 -3 -5 -13 BE Force -4 -3 -2 -2 -11 BB Burger -2 -3 -2 -4 -11 G Furball E -1 -3 -5 -9 JJ Ritchie -3 -4 E -1 -8 R Williams -4 -2 E -2 -8 CL Warrington E -4 -3 0 -7 BA Storer -1 -3 -1 -2 -7 JEM Logan E -1 -4 1 -4 JHF Howe E -1 -2 -1 -4 HT Davis -2 -3 +1 1 -3 AJ O'Driscoll +1 -2 E -2 -3 AR Dforum +1 -2 -1 1 -1 EI Morris -2 E E 1 -1 BS Read -2 E +4 -2 0 AJ James E -1 +2 -1 0 DA Astele -1 E +4 2 5 BFP Kirk +3 -4 +10 -2 7 JH Ridd -3 +2 +6 3 8 BR Hall +1 -3 +7 4 9
Birdies from DB Wayne, MC Burridge and AJ Izett on the tenth hole. Only three strokes separate first and fifth place so far.
LE Schaw, MC Burridge and DB Wayne all beat par on the eleventh hole. We now have three players tied for third at -14.
DB Wayne makes a good drive to put the ball onto the green in one, but he misses the first putt and the opportunity to increase his lead. AJ Izett the only one in the top five able to beat par on hole twelve.
Hole thirteen is a 547-yard par five and has seen big movements in amongst the leaders. DB Wayne misses another putt that would have had him go one under par. MC Burridge doesn't miss the opportunity to catch up. LE Schaw also goes one under par, bringing himself to -15. He is the only New Zealander among the leaders able to beat par though. AJ Izett took one stroke too many trying to put the ball on the green while S Bakkum goes two over par after driving the ball into a water hazard. BE Force has overtaken him at -13. That could put Bakkum out of contention for the tournament.