Starting the day seven shots off the pace, Siphayi hit the hot streak after making the turn at two-under, rattling off six birdies, including four in a row on from the 12th to reach six-under for the tournament.
Overnight leader Bryn Flanagan settled for a level-par 72 that left him solo second on five-under, two ahead of England’s Craig Hinton and Pieter Kruger of South Africa.
Talented South African amateur David Meyers was a further shot back in a six-man group on two under as four shots separated the top 10 ahead of the final round.
Siphayi wielded a hot putter on a cold day to take centre-stage, making an improvement of a whopping 10 shots on his first-round.
“I just wanted to get back to level or maybe get a bit lower after shooting a 74 in the first round. I played really well on Monday, but just didn’t make any putts,” said Siphayi, who was placed tied 28th overnight.
“I just worked on the putting and, I guess, I just started dropping them. I started well on the first nine – it was actually quite funny because my golf shoe ripped on the eighth hole and I had to run in and buy some shoes. Maybe it was the new shoes that gave me the six under back nine.
“I made some nice long putts and it just got the momentum going. After the birdie on the 10th it just got better and better. I placed myself really well off the tee box. And yeah, we’ll have to see how it goes in the final round.
“Tomorrow, I’ll have the same game plan. I’ll get here and do my warm-up, get onto the course and like I said, get the lines right so you get one or two putts in and then hopefully shoot really low.”
The cut was made at four-over 148 with 53 players making it to the final round.
An initiative of the Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation, the MENA Golf Tour was created in 2011 with the aim of developing golf in the region. It is affiliated to R&A, the worldwide golf governing body based in the home of golf, St Andrews, and the Arab Golf Federation and enjoys the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) status.
Stathis Stathis and Formas in fine form
Stathis Stathis fired a superb seven-under par net 65 to win the OMA Emirates Monthly Medal series at the Emirates Golf Club which features a unique end-of-season Porsche shoot-out.
Stathis’ score saw him top the B Division by six shots from Patrick Mulligan in the June medal event, staged in association with Porsche Centre Dubai and Ascot and Chapels, with Mandeep Vora another shot away in third.
David Formas claimed victory in Division A, recording a five under-par net 67 to edge out Sushant Malik on a countback, with David Waite in third after returning a net 69.
Emirates scratch team captain Rohit Gupta produced a superb performance to win the best gross prize, recording a two-under 70.
Each of the monthly medal events features a Porsche Centre Dubai nearest-the-pin competition, and Formas became the third winner of the competition.
Cool Cole cruises to win in DG Summer Series
Fran Cole scored an impressive 41 points to win the Dubai Golf Summer Series opener at Emirates Golf Club.
The Summer series, sponsored by Barclays, hosted over a 100 golfers on the Majlis course.
Cole recorded seven net birdies on her way to victory with only the two bogeys putting her ahead of the field by three points.
Amresh Sangani, who misplaced his driver before the game, played with only a hybrid for tee shots, and yet managed to secure second place with 38 points. A further point adrift in third place with 37 points was Salem Dasmal.
The best gross score of the day, a one-under par 71, was by Max Burrow, who made birdies on 10th, 11th and 13th holes.
Robson and Smith just unstoppable at SGSC
The scratch partnership of Mike Robson and Adam Smith have claim top spot again in the BMW Members and Guest Social after taking the title for the third time in June.
The excellent partnership went through the front nine with one eagle on the sixth followed by five other birdies to give the duo a Betterball score of seven-under. The Texas Scramble back nine saw the English pair add another birdie and net eagle to sign off for 61.9.
The nearest pair to them was SGSC members Sinar Suraj and Director of Golf Martin Duff on 65.8 in the afternoon.