“Caitlin” is on the cusp of winning the Saudi Open Golf Championship title

SME-Coverage/Samir Boussad
American player John Catlin dominated the Saudi Open Golf Championship, presented by the Public Investment Fund, as he continued his brilliance for the third day in a row, setting a record score for men with a score of 62, and is on the verge of crowning the title of the tournament, which concludes its competitions on Saturday, the 20th of this month, at the Riyadh Golf Club.
American Catlin started the penultimate round of the tournament ahead of his most prominent rivals, Scott Hind and Haotong Li, raising the flag of challenge early when he scored a lead in the first five holes, while he started towards decisiveness after finishing his shots in holes 10, 11, and 12 to widen the gap in his favor on the leaderboard.
Thai Kiradesh Avinyarnath advanced to second place, competing against the most prominent competitors, Wade Ormsby, Spain’s David Puig, Scott Hind, and China’s Li Haotong.
Returning to the championship leader, American John Catlin, is looking for consecutive victories in the Asian round after lifting the Macau International Championship trophy last March, but the 33-year-old player does not take anything for granted, so he will wait until the end of the final round on Saturday.
After the conclusion of the third day’s competition, Catlin said: “I played well, as today was similar to previous days. The racket becomes hot and it seems that you cannot replace it, so my plan was to capitalize on any progress I could make, especially with the presence of many good players.”
Regarding what he intends to do on the final day, he added: “Nothing will change. I will continue playing and challenging myself as I started from the first day.”
This is Catlin’s second visit to Saudi Arabia, but his first to Riyadh, and after his exceptional day, he admitted that he will return to the Kingdom whenever he has the opportunity and said: “I loved the place here. The people were very friendly to me, the facilities are really good and I love this tournament. I will come back whenever.” “There was a chance tournament.”
South African player Peter Ohlin played the best round on the third and penultimate day of the tournament, as his 65 took him to seven under par, while the Leaf Golf star catapulted himself to the leaderboard after scoring four birdies in four holes, and Ohlin knows that he will need to work more. He is looking forward to a final round in which he will give everything he has.
Ohlin said: “I have to hit my best shots on the last day. I will try my best and I hope the circumstances allow me to do this.”
He added about his round: “I played well on the front, but the wind was different, so I thought I could score more birdies, which I missed on the 15th and 18th holes, which was disappointing.
Thai golfers Panophol Pitiarat and Etipat Puranataniyarat shot 66 and 69 respectively in ninth place under par, while both Moroccans Ousmane Rouzi and Ayoub Lagiurati continued to play in the third round, which was not easy for them in front of the participating stars.