West Waterford's Gary Hurley and Ballymena's Dermot McElroy finished tied for fifth as South Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout romped to an impressive five-stroke win in the Free State Vodacom Amateur Stroke Play Open Championship in Bloemfontein.
Ballymena's Dermot McElroy goes into the last two rounds of the Free State Vodacom Amateur Stroke Play just three strokes adrift of leader Michael Dixon.
McElroy, Cannon and Whitson hit swinging 60s in SA
Soft and somewhat bumpy greens caused some problems but Ballymena's Dermot McElroy was left to rue only a closing bogey as he opened with a superb 66 in the Free State Vodacom Amateur Stroke Play Open Championship in South Africa.
