Starting the day two shots behind the overnight leader Cronje, Britz dropped two shots during the round. His performance featured six birdies and the two bogeys, both of which came on the back nine. Brits picked up back to back birdies on holes number two and three before adding another one on the sixth. He then closed out his front nine with consecutive birdies on holes number eight and nine. On the back nine, he made another birdie on number 12 before dropping a shot on the 13th followed by another bogey on the 16th. Second placed Cronje carded a level-par 72 with four birdies and as many bogeys. He is on an overall six-under-par 138, one shot ahead of third placed Jacques Van der Merwe who is on five-under-par 139.