Shane Lowry won’t have had his A-game, however he nonetheless carded a two-under 68 to maintain his hopes of victory alive within the RBC Canadian Open.
The world quantity 12 missed simply two greens in regulation, a significant requirement in subsequent week’s US Open, as he made three birdies and a lone bogey to share sixteenth on 10-under in Toronto.
He is simply 4 strokes behind Italy’s Matteo Manassero and New Zealander, who shot six-under 64s on Saturday to share the third-round lead.
Manassero fought again from a three-putt bogey on the seventeenth with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get to 14-under on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley.
“I missed the brief one on 17, and I did miss a pair extra brief ones as we speak,” Manassero stated after hitting his 80-yard third to 2 ft on the final.
“I strive to consider them similar to a shot, actually, like a driver, like a six-iron, no matter.
“It’s only a shot. So I don’t need it to get in my head, and I don’t need that to destroy something or my angle going in direction of the following pictures.”
In search of his first win on the PGA Tour, Manaserro (32) overcame a extreme hunch to win again his DP
World Tour card and earn twin membership of the US circuit.
“I attempt to get a very good angle, a very good thought course of, speak nicely to myself,” he stated. “Very staple items.
“I’ve matured loads and I’ve a greater perspective in direction of, for instance, a day like tomorrow.”
Highly effective hitter Fox (38) additionally birdied the 18th as he bids so as to add to his maiden win following a playoff within the Myrtle Seashore Basic final month.
“To be sincere, every little thing went fairly proper,” Fox stated. “I drove it nice. I feel in case you do this spherical right here, you give your self a lot of probabilities.
“Had a whole lot of good wedge pictures, holed a number of putts early. Simply performed actually strong form of stress-free golf for probably the most half.”
The highest 28 on the leaderboard are coated by simply 5 strokes.
Lee Hodges and Kevin Yu shot 63 and Matt McCarty a 64 path the leaders by only one stroke behind on 13-under.
Canadian Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12-under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68).
“I’ve been placing the ball in play fairly a bit, driving it fairly good,” Hughes stated. “I really feel like that’s taken some stress off the putter and the brief recreation. It’s an enormous key round right here. You begin driving it nicely, you’ll be able to assault and be aggressive.”
One other Canadian, Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner, eagled the 18th for a 69 to hitch a nine-man group on 10-under alongside the likes of Lowry and compatriot Adam Hadwin (65) and Taylor Pendrith (67).
