Thunder Bay, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Wes Homan carded a 4-under 68 on Saturday to claim a 2-stroke lead after three rounds of the Staal Foundation Open.<\/p>\n
Homan finished 54 holes at Whitewater Golf Club at 16-under-par 200. He is seeking his first career win on the PGA Tour Canada.<\/p>\n
Greg Eason, who shared the second-round lead with Homan, managed a 2-under 70 to fall into second place at minus-14.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Corr (67) is alone in third at 11-under, while Matthew Smith (66) and Andrew Evans (69) are tied for fourth at 9-under 207.<\/p>\n
Homan and Eason entered the third round tied at 12-under and traded pars over the first two holes before Homan converted his birdie effort at the third to claim the outright lead.<\/p>\n
Homan later eagled the seventh to jump to 15-under, but Eason birdied the seventh to remain within two of the lead.<\/p>\n
Eason, however, gave that shot right back with a bogey at the eighth to fall back to minus-12 and hand Homan a 3-shot advantage.<\/p>\n
Homan bogeyed the 12th to fall back to 14-under, but after he and Eason both birdied the 14th to remain two shots apart, Homan picked up another shot at the 16th to regain his 3-shot lead at minus-16.<\/p>\n
As Homan parred his final two holes to end there, Eason birdied the 17th reach 14-under and cut Homan’s advantage to two heading into the final round.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Homan had missed the cut in three of his previous six starts this season, but he also shared fourth place at the Bayview Place Island Savings Open … Eason is also searching for his first win on tour. Like Homan, Eason has a top-10 finish this season, ending in a tie for fifth at the Syncrude Boreal Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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