Day three digest: 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open

Everything you need to know from moving day in Paphos.

Donaldson left it late to break the deadlock, Finns and Scots were eyeing history, and there was still all to play for with 18 holes remaining at the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open.

Here is everything you need to know from round three at Aphrodite Hills Resort.

Donaldson gets his nose in front

Jamie Donaldson had to finish his second round on Saturday morning and that set the tone for a battling performance in round three. He made a birdie in the morning to share the 36 hole lead but he would have a lot of company throughout the day. The Welshman was one of ten players to hold at least a share of the lead on Saturday, with a birdie on the last breaking him out of a group of six. Should he manage to stay atop the leaderboard, the 2014 Ryder Cup hero - playing on a medical exemption and an invite - would return to the winner's circle for the first time in six years after being recently plagued by a wrist injury.

Flying Finns chasing history

Both Kalle Samooja and Sami Välimäki enter the final day just one shot short of Donaldson and searching for their own piece of Finnish golfing history. Välimäki became just the fourth Finnish winner on the European Tour when he won the Oman Open just before the coronavirus hiatus and should Samooja follow him into the winner's circle, it will be the first time two different Finns have won in the same European Tour season. Välimäki, meanwhile, could become just the second Finnish player after Mikko Ilonen to have multiple wins in the same season.

Drysdale gunning for an unlikely double

What are the chances that two players would claim their first European Tour wins at the 509th time of asking? Malcolm Mackenzie did it at the 2002 Novotel Perrier Open de France and now, in his 509th event and with four runner up finishes, David Drysdale is looking to do the same. "Obviously, I've been out here a long time, I haven't won," he said. "I won a couple of tournaments on Challenge Tour. I haven't had that many opportunities, you need to try to seize the opportunities, they have been few and far between. I remember Malcolm Mackenzie's win at Paris National. I don't believe in fate, but it would be nice if it happened." Drysdale is one shot off the lead.

Almost perfect from Drysdale

The fifth was inviting plenty of birdies on Saturday with the slope bringing the ball towards the hole but Drysdale did not need the slope for his. What a shot.

Anything you can do....

Ahead on the seventh, Jordan Smith was also taking the direct route. Sort out that pitch mark, Jordan.

Brilliance from the Bullet

Marcus Armitage is one of the most entertaining players to watch on Tour, not only due to his affable personality but his aggressive style. After finding a nasty lie on the fourth, he took a swing that could have led to a big number had he got it wrong and played it perfectly. Attack is the best form of defence, they say.