Ewen Ferguson takes four-shot lead into final round of Kenya Open

Ewen Ferguson takes a four-shot lead into the final round of the Magical Kenya Open as the Scot bids to land a maiden DP World Tour triumph in just his third start as a full card holder.

One off the pace at the halfway stage at Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi, the 25-year-old carded a five-under-par 66 in the penultimate circuit to move to 14-under-par.

An effort containing an eagle and four birdies left Ferguson, who graduated from the Challenge Tour at the end of last season, in a strong position as he bids to land Scotland’s first success on the circuit since Bob MacIntyre’s breakthrough victory in Cyprus in November 2020.

“It would be unbelievable to win obviously,” said the Glaswegian, who, at the same time, admitted the current events in Ukraine are a lot more important than what he is trying to achieve.

“I think with everything going on in the world right now, golf just means so little and I think that’s on the back of everyone’s minds,” he added.

“There’s so much other stuff going on, so I’ll try my best tomorrow and try to grind out the win. But, if it doesn’t happen, I’ll be back again for another chance.”

Ferguson, a former British and Scottish Boys’ champion, got his full DP World Tour career off to a promising start with a top-40 finish in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in January.

He then caught Covid for a second time, forcing him to sit out the first out two events in Ras Al Khaimah then finishing close to last in the second one.

To his credit, he quickly dismissed that disappointment and has played some lovely stuff so far this week to open up a four-shot cushion over Swede Marcus Kinhult (64) and China’s Ashun Wu (66).

“I was playing really well coming into the day, made a nice birdie on one, which I