Peterborough, ON (Sports Network) – Mark Hubbard carded his second straight 6- under 65 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead after 54 holes of the Wildfire Invitational.<\/p>\n
Hubbard, who is winless on the PGA Tour Canada, finished three rounds at 15- under-par 198.<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Hughes remained in second place as he posted a 3-under 68 to end three rounds at minus-14. David Skinns (66), Cory Renfrew (68), Nick Taylor (67), Kyle Stough (69) and Hugo Leon (72) share third place at 13-under 200 at Wildfire Golf Club. Leon was the leader after each of the first two rounds, and he won last week’s event.<\/p>\n
Hubbard started his round with a birdie on the second. He traded a bogey for a birdie for the fifth. He picked up another birdie at the par-5 eighth before he parred the ninth to make the turn at 11-under.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old American, who has finished 12th and 10th in his last two tour starts, poured in three birdies in a 4-hole span from the 11th to jump to minus-14. Hubbard parred three in a row from the 15th, then birdied the par-5 closing hole to grab the lead by himself.<\/p>\n
Hubbard overcame illness earlier in the week to take the lead.<\/p>\n
“I got food poisoning on Wednesday afternoon and threw up pretty much from about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday until about noon on Thursday,” Hubbard admitted. “I threw up at the turn in my first round, and I’ve putted really well since and that’s pretty much been it.”<\/p>\n
Hughes had three birdies on the front nine. On the inward nine, he birdied the 16th, but tripped to a bogey at the last to end one back at minus-14.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Hubbard had four top-10 finishes last year, including a share of sixth at The Players Cup, but his tie for 10th last week was his first top-10 this season … Yohann Benson matched Hubbard for the low round of the day, and that helped Benson soar from a share of 48th into a tie for 13th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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