Manassero And Fox Hold Slender Lead At Canadian Open

Canadian Open 3rd information leaderboard

-14 R Fox (NZ), M Manassero (Ita); -13 L Hodges (US), M McCarty (US), K Yu (Tai); -12 J Knapp (US), M Hughes (Can), A Putnam

Selected others: -11 C Champ (US), V Perez (Fra), D Skinns (Eng); -10 S Lowry (Ire), D Willett (Eng); -9 L Aberg (Swe); -7 H Hall (Eng), P Waring (Eng); -4 R MacIntyre

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Italian Matteo Manassero and New Zealand's Ryan Fox were tied for nan lead aft nan 3rd information astatine a intimately contested Canadian Open.

Manassero and Fox some carded rounds of 64, each including 7 birdies and 1 bogey arsenic they moved to 14 under.

"It was a really bully round," said Manassero, whose bogey came astatine nan 17th spread earlier he recovered nan changeable pinch a birdie astatine nan last.

"I missed nan short 1 connected 17, and I did miss a mates much short ones. I effort to deliberation of them conscionable for illustration a changeable really, for illustration a driver, for illustration a six-iron, whatever. It's conscionable a shot.

"It wasn't that difficult for maine to enactment focused into what I was doing and not ruining [it] astatine nan end."

Manassero will beryllium chasing his first PGA Tour title, while Fox is seeking a 2nd conscionable a period aft his first triumph connected nan circuit astatine nan Myrtle Beach Classic.

"Obviously there's a batch of bully players down me," said Fox. "I consciousness for illustration it's going to return a beautiful debased [score] to get nan occupation done."

Lee Hodges and Kevin Yu some changeable 7 nether par rounds of 63 and beryllium 1 backmost on pinch Matt McCarty.

A 65 from England's David Skinns moved him connected to 11 nether on pinch 7 different players, including overnight leader Cameron Champ.

Champ could only negociate a 1 over-par 71 astatine TPC Toronto astatine Osprey Valley.

England's Danny Willett (67) and Ireland's Shane Lowry (68) are a changeable further backmost connected 10 under.