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Paul Dunne signed for a third round 68 on Saturday at the Jo'burg Open to go into Sunday two shots off the pace in South Africa.
After recording eight birdies and no bogeys on Friday, the Greystones player continued the form on the front nine on Saturday with a birdie at the first before consecutive birdies on the fifth, sixth and seventh.
However his climb up the leaderboard took a blow at the 11th with a double bogey six. But the 22-year-old fought back with birdies at the 14th and 15th.
A bogey on the 17th was recovered with a birdie on the last to sign for a 68 and sit on 13 under par, two shots behind joint-leaders Zander Lombard, Haydn Porteous and Anthony Wall.
40-year-old Wall had birdies on the fourth, ninth, 10th and 13th holes, and will head into Sunday’s final round level on 15 under par along with South African pair Lombard and Porteous.
Lombard had an even more eventful and productive day at the office. The Pretoria-based player, who turns 21 on Monday, posted nine birdies and two bogeys en route to a 65.
And Porteous, having started with an eagle at the par-five first, then ended his third round with two straight birdies to make it a three-way tie at the top after 54 holes.
For Wall, it is a win that matters, although he admits his mentality has changed massively in the last 16 years.
"That's why I play golf now," he said. "To try and make my children proud of me, to try and win as many times as possible.
"At the end of the day I'm father now before I am a golfer, that switched a few years ago and I just want to keep playing for them and my wife so they can be proud of me."
On his round, he added: "I drove the ball well. That was my weakness the first two days, today I was great off the tee. I holed a couple of good long ones, but I also missed three or four I could have holed, so all-in-all it was a good day.
I've got a great chance tomorrow. But they're all good players, some one's going to be a little luckier tomorrow and win, so hopefully it's me - Anthony Wall
