England’s Sam Broadhurst doubled down on the field with an eight under par 64 in Round Three of the ADT Players Championship presented by the R&A, vaulting into the lead on 16 under par with a five shot advantage heading into the final day.

His flawless eight-birdie round puts him ahead of Thailand’s Waris Manthorn (69), with local star Angelo Que (67) one shot further back after play concluded in the US$120,000 Asian Development Tour event at the Luisita Golf & Country Club in Tarlac City, Philippines.

“I got off to a pretty hot start, birdieing the first two,” said Broadhust after his round. “I just played really good. I hit every green and had a lot of opportunities, and managed to finally hole some putts because I didn’t hole much the first couple of days.

“I turned at -6 and had a couple of good looks on the back nine but just couldn’t get it in the hole,” he added. “There’s probably two or three that I should have made, just lacking pace on the back nine.

“I actually left one in the jaws by an inch on the 12th, and I didn’t birdie the two par fives on the back nine so it’s a little frustrating but obviously if you had said eight under at the start of the day I would have definitely took it,” he laughed.

Young Filipino Carl Jano Corpus (68) heads a group in fourth place, making a commendable fight back after dropping five shots in his opening three holes. He managed to put the disastrous opening behind him, reeling off nine birdies to put himself back in contention.

“Honestly, I wanted to get off the golf course, I was five over after three holes and I haven’t started that bad in a while,” said Corpus after his round. “I didnt really fight it but just tried to play my game, stick to my routine and everything just went well.

“I told my caddie, let’s just have fun and see what we can do,” he said. “For the last nine holes, I was just trying to get on the green. Any time I got on the green I had the chance to make birdie so that’s what I tried to do,” he added.

He shares his place with seven others on nine under par, including overnight leaders James Leow (74) of Singapore and Italy’s Michele Ortolani (74), Niklas Regner (71) of Austrai, Spain’s Pep Angles (69) and the Thai trio of Nattawat Suvajanakorn (68), Chonjarern Baramithanaseth (69) and Pattaraphol Khanthacha (70).

With the International Series Philippines being held south of Manila next week, the players are acutely aware that a victory tomorrow will earn them a start at Sta Elena Golf Club and a chance to compete in the US$2 million Asian Tour event.

Should the eventual winner be a non-Filipino, an additional start is also being awarded to the leading local player otherwise not exempt. In addition, the two leading amateurs playing this week will gain entries into the final stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School in Thailand in December.

Play was completed without delay today and the final round gets underway at 6am tomorrow, with the leading group of Que, Waris and Broadhurst teeing off at 7.33am

Main picture: England’s Sam Broadhurst pictured in action in the third round of the ADT Players Championship presented by The R&A on October 18, 2025.