Quayle ready to fire up cold putter

Australian Anthony Quayle remained within striking distance of his maiden victory on JGTO after tying for fourth spot following the penultimate stage of the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup- the Tour’s flagship event.

Quayle grinded out a one-under-par 70 at the Shishido Hills Country Club on Saturday to move to seven-under-par 206, four shots behind third round leader Rikuya Hoshino, who impressed with a 65 to take a two-stroke lead into the deciding day.

Having experienced letting slip of a four-shot advantage in the final round himself to finish runner-up at the Mizuno Open last week, Quayle is adamant that there’s still all to play for.

But to put up a strong bid, Quayle said he must first get his cold putter firing at all cylinders again.

“I was a little off today. It wasn’t too bad. I felt like I could still post a score, just the putter was a bit colder than normal,” lamented Quayle, who traded three birdies against two bogeys.

“I’m still putting okay. I just got nothing out of it today. A lot of putts still went missing, bending around the edges. 

“But I was able to grind out an under-par score to give myself a chance tomorrow.”

“You can win from that far behind, but Hoshino is obviously a great player, and I don’t expect him to make many mistakes.

“I’m just going to go out there and shoot the best score and see where that gets me.”

Eun Shin Park of South Korea was the other international player to make a move on the leaderboard when he bounced back with a 68 to stay in the fringe of contention on 208, six shots off the pace in a tie for eighth.

Brad Kennedy of Australia (69) and American Todd Baek (70) are a further shot back in tied-14th on 209.