Marc Leishman closing in on Nedbank Golf Challenge victory

Marc Leishman is looking to draw on his past experiences to help try to end a three year winless drought at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

The 32-year-old narrowly missed out on an Open Championship victory in July when he lost out in a three-way play-off. He also came close at last year's Farmers Insurance Open, but hasn't reached the winner's circle since the 2012 Travelers Championship.

Leishman had gone in to the weekend three strokes adrift at the Gary Player CC, but finishing a round-of-the-day 66 with back-to-back birdies means the American heads into the final round with a narrow one-shot advantage over Henrik Stenson.

"It was a good day. I got the speed of the greens a lot better today," Leishman said. "I'd been missing a lot of putts low all week from hitting them a bit soft, so I fixed that and managed to hole some putts

"It was a great way to finish. I saw Henrik (Stenson) was getting away a little bit so I had to try to do something to make it interesting for Sunday.

"I've been in this position a few times in big events so it's great to draw on that experience. I've come up short a couple of times, but I've won tournaments before and I'm looking forward to having a chance."

Still chasing

Stenson hasn't given up hope of ending his winless 2015 on a high, despite letting a three-shot advantage slip away late on during the third round on Sunday. 

The Swede, who is set to undergo minor knee surgery later this month, had been a doubt for this week's event after suffering from flu, although has been fit enough to challenge for a first win since defending his DP World Tour Championship title last November. 

Although Stenson still doesn't feel 100 per cent, the world No 7 was left disappointed by his third round display, saying: "I was feeling better when I started but playing in 38 degrees certainly takes it out of you, so after the first 10, 11 holes I was really struggling. 

"I tried to make up some ground, which I did, but I gave it back in the last three holes. All in all I didn't play very well today and the short game and the putter kept the score together and that's why I'm still at the races.

"I made a lot of good par saves and played a lot of goof bunker shots. The whole front nine was kind of adventurous.

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"The winds were swirling round so much it makes Amen Corner at Augusta look like a standstill. This was as tricky as it gets. You get three different wind directions in 30 seconds.

"I'll be resting up tonight and hopefully I can play better tomorrow and see what it brings us."

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