Peter Lawrie drives from the 11th tee on the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles. Picture Stuart Adams /www.golffile.ie Mark Foster and Ignacio Garrido have suffered their share of sporting heartache over the past eight years but it remains to be seen if Peter Lawrie can add to their woes in the final round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

The duo, winless since 2003, lead by three shots on 11 under par from a quintet of players that includes  the Dubliner (71), Dane Thomas Bjorn (71), Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal (70), American Anthony Kang (69) and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger (68).

It’s not the kind of leaderboard that will send pulses racing but Lawrie won’t care if he can bridge the three shot gap and end his three-year wait for a second European Tour title.