London, Ontario (Sports Network) – Trevor Murphy carded a 3-under 69 on Sunday and grabbed a 1-stroke lead after three rounds of the Tour Championship of Canada.<\/p>\n
Murphy, who will go for his first PGA Tour Canada win on Sunday, ended 54 holes at 15-under-par 201 at Sunningdale Golf & Country Club’s Championship Course.<\/p>\n
Alex Kang (67) and Max Gilbert (66) are tied for second at minus-14, while Brock Mackenzie (67) and Mark Hubbard (68) are two strokes back at 12-under 204 and are tied for fourth.<\/p>\n
The tournament finally caught up after a long weather delay on Thursday stopped play for over five hours. When the second round ended earlier Saturday, Murphy led by three strokes.<\/p>\n
Murphy coughed up that lead early in the third round as he stumbled to bogeys at one and four. After four pars in a row, he got one stroke back with a birdie on the par-5 ninth.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Arizona resident carded back-to-back birdies from the 11th to move to 13-under. He dropped another stroke on the 14th.<\/p>\n
Murphy closed his round in strong fashion as he birdied three of the last four holes to finish one clear of the field.<\/p>\n
Kang birdied the first and ninth, both par-5s, to make the turn at 11-under. He continued his strong play on the par-5s with eagles on 12 and 15. He was in the lead at 15-under at that point, but tripped to a bogey on No. 17 to fall into a share of second.<\/p>\n
Gilbert carded three consecutive birdies from the fourth to move to 11-under. He also birdied the ninth, 13th and 17th to gain a piece of second place.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Defending champion Eugene Wong managed a 1-under 71 and slid into a share of sixth at 9-under 207 … The top-five players on the Order of Merit after this event will gain Web.com Tour status for next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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