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RIYADH: John Catlin continued his dominance at the 2024 Saudi Open on Friday as he shot a men鈥檚 course-record 62 to open up an eight-shot lead at the top of the leaderboard at Riyadh Golf Club.

The American began the third round one shot ahead of Scott Hend and Haotong Li and signaled his intentions early with two birdies in his first five holes.

It was a special back nine that saw him pull away from the field as six birdies, including two in his final two holes 鈥� which also earned him the PIF Moment of the Day 鈥� put him in the driving seat for a sixth Asian Tour victory.

Thai favorite Kiradech Aphibarnrat made the biggest move of the chasing pack and will head out with Catlin in the final group on Saturday.

His round of 67 moved him into second place with Wade Ormsby, David Puig, Hend and Li one further back.

If he is victorious on Saturday it will mark back-to-back wins on the Asian Tour for Catlin after he lifted the International Series Macau trophy in March, but the 33-year-old is taking nothing for granted ahead of the final round.

He said: 鈥淢y game has felt in good shape. Today was just one of those days where the putter just gets hot and it鈥檚 like you can鈥檛 miss. I kept going and tried to make as many birdies as I could because there are so many good players out here and there are plenty of birdies to be made tomorrow. I knew I had to keep the pedal to the metal.

鈥淣othing changes tomorrow: the job is not finished. David (Puig) has shown he can shoot some really low numbers and there are a lot of other guys very capable of doing that here.鈥�

It is Catlin鈥檚 second trip to 抖阴短视频 but his first to Riyadh, and after his record-breaking day he admitted he will be back in the Kingdom whenever he gets the chance.

鈥淚鈥檝e loved it here. The people have been so friendly to me, the facilities are really good and I love the course. I will be back whenever there is a tournament here,鈥� he said.

South African Jaco Ahlers produced the day鈥檚 second-best round with his 65 moving him to 7 under par, while LIV Golf star Peter Uihlein catapulted himself up the leaderboard after four birdies in four holes to start his back nine took him to the same score. Uihlein is looking forward to an attacking final round.

He said: 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to shoot 10 under tomorrow to win 鈥� I鈥檓 going to try. Hopefully my caddie will let me hit the driver on some holes where I probably shouldn鈥檛, and just have a go.

鈥淚 played nicely on the front, but it was a different wind. I felt like the back nine, with the way the wind was, is easier than the first couple of days, so I thought I could make some birdies. I didn鈥檛 birdie the 15th or 18th hole, which is disappointing.鈥�

Moroccans Othman Raouzi and Ayoub Lguirati, the two invited Arab golfers who managed to make the cut, endured difficult days and both sit over par heading into the final round.