Saskatoon, SK (Sports Network) – Nick Taylor fired a 5-under 67 on Saturday and grabbed a 1-stroke lead entering the final round of the Dakota Dunes Open.<\/p>\n
Taylor endured a four-hour delay due to dangerous weather, then posted six birdies against a lone bogey at Dakota Dunes Golf Links to move in front at 19-under-par 197 through 54 holes. The 25-year-old, who is seeking his first PGA Tour Canada win, tied for fourth at the Times Colonist Island Savings Open in June.<\/p>\n
Overnight leader Jaco Ahlers shot 2-under 70 and dropped into second place at 18-under. The South African is also aiming for his first win on the circuit.<\/p>\n
Ahlers’ countryman, Doug McGuigan, carded a 71 and fell into a tie for third at 15-under. He is joined there by Americans Dan Buchner (67), John Ellis (68) and Wil Collins (70).<\/p>\n
Canadian Ryan Yip (66), George Bradford (68) and Joshua Creel (69) are tied for seventh at minus-14.<\/p>\n
Taylor, who has six career top-10 finishes in 18 starts on PGA Tour Canada, was even-par through nine holes on Saturday while Buchner charged up the leaderboard.<\/p>\n
Buchner went out in 32, picking up a hat trick of birdies from the second and adding another at the ninth to reach 14-under.<\/p>\n
Around the turn he charged, adding gains at Nos. 11 and 12 to reach 16-under and grab the outright lead.<\/p>\n
Ahlers was in the midst of a tough opening stretch in which he followed a birdie at the second with bogeys at Nos. 6 and 9, but Taylor was just hitting his stride.<\/p>\n
He birdied the 10th and 13th to catch Buchner at 16-under, then closed in style, grabbing the lead with a birdie at the 15th and adding gains at Nos. 16 and 18 to end Saturday’s action on top.<\/p>\n
Buchner slowed with five straight pars from the 13th and a bogey at the last to fall off the pace, but Ahlers righted himself. He played his inward nine at 3-under to move within a shot of the lead.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Taylor won five straight Vancouver Golf Tour events earlier this season … Jae-Woo Im carded a hole-in-one at the par-3 15th … Friday’s 6-under cut line tied a PGA Tour Canada record, matching the lowest cut line since the 2008 ATB Financial Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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