DAY 3-LEADERBOARD
G. Ayella        75 70 74   219
D. Onyango    76 77 71   224
B. Toolit        76 76 73   225
J. Baptiste     82 78 68   228
G. Olayo        77 80 77   234

A solid four-under-par 72 on Day three of the Uganda Professional Golfers Association (UPGA) qualification tournament kept Jean Baptist Hakizimana’s hopes of  securing a professional berth alive.

And going into yesterday’s final round, the Rwandan ace had to play two-under par to achieve his dream.

Hakizimana, who is sponsored by MTN, had a rugged start in the four-day tournament after erratic scores of 82 and 78 on the first two days but Wednesday’s 68 pulled him back into contention.

Uganda’s top amateurs Gerald Ayella and Dennis Onyango are also still within the qualification cut despite scores of 74 and 71 respectively on Day three.

By press time yesterday, the duo were required to return aggregates of seven over to consequently make the professional cut that has been set at +12.

Heading into the final round, Ayella still topped the aggregate leader board with (219).

The top quartet also had Onyango (224), Toolit (225) and Hakizimana (228).

Ends