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Tap-in on par 5 seals 59 for 19-year-old South African

Casey Jarvis stepped on the tee box at the par-5 18th hole Saturday at Dainfern Country Club with a chance to shoot 57.

He had to settle for 59.

A tap-in par at the finishing hole secured the 13-under-par round for Jarvis, who moved into the lead, at 20 under, though with several players still left to complete their third rounds at the Sunshine Tour’s Stella Artois Players Championship in Johannesburg.

Jarvis birdied Nos. 2-8 and turned in 7-under 29. He added birdies Nos. 10 and 14, plus a pair of eagles, at Nos.