Canada’s Taylor Pendrith will take a three-shot lead into the final day of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship after retaining top spot on the leaderboard.
Building on an impressive score of 61 on day two of the tournament, Pendrith carded a third-round 65 to leave himself 17 under par going into Sunday’s finale at Port Royal.
The 30-year-old recovered from a bogey on the fifth hole to produce seven birdies after tee times were moved forward due to a bad weather forecast.
Meanwhile, Graeme McDowell is among seven players sitting in joint 10th position on nine under.
Former US Open champion McDowell carded a third-round 67, while David Skinns — who had played his way into contention during the opening two rounds — slipped down the rankings following a score of 70.
New Zealander Danny Lee and Australia’s Lucas Herbert sit second and third on 14 under and 13 under respectively, having each matched Pendrith’s round on Saturday.
Americans Patrick Rodgers and Vincent Whaley are tied for fourth spot, five strokes off the pace.
Luke Donald and Matt Fitzpatrick are in joint 22nd place, seven under par.
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Bermuda Championship, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda (USA unless stated, Par 71):
196 Taylor Pendrith (Can) 70 61 65
199 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 67 65
200 Lucas Herbert (Aus) 70 65 65
201 Patrick Rodgers 68 64 69, Vincent Whaley 66 67 68
202 Justin Lower 67 68 67, Peter Malnati 70 65 67
203 Patrick Flavin 69 66 68, Curtis Thompson 69 67 67
204 Garrick Higgo (Rsa) 67 72 65, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 70 67 67, Chad Ramey 65 71 68, David Skinns (Eng) 67 67 70, Adam Svensson (Can) 68 68 68, Peter Uihlein 71 65 68, Dylan Wu 69 69 66
205 Jonathan Byrd 72 68 65, Stephan Jaeger (Ger) 72 67 66, Patrick Reed 68 69 68, Greyson Sigg 68 71 66, J. J. Spaun 73 65 67
206 Luke Donald (Eng) 72 66 68, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 71 68 67, Brian Gay 75 67 64, Mark Hubbard 74 63 69, Ben Kohles 74 68 64, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 72 65 69, Guillermo Mito Pereira (Chi) 73 68 65, Davis Riley 71 66 69, Alex Smalley 69 67 70, Brandon Wu 70 70 66
207 Thomas Detry (Bel) 73 66 68, Brett Drewitt (Aus) 72 66 69, Russell Knox (Sco) 72 68 67, Seamus Power (Irl) 67 70 70, Johnson Wagner 74 67 66
208 Sang-Moon Bae (Kor) 71 69 68, Austin Eckroat 68 71 69, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 68 70 70, Scott Gutschewski 69 70 69, Adam Hadwin (Can) 74 66 68, Chase Seiffert 71 65 72
209 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe) 68 68 73, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 71 68 70, Scott Brown 71 69 69, Kramer Hickok 70 68 71, Seung-Yul Noh (Kor) 73 69 67, D. A. Points 69 69 71, Matthias Schwab (Aut) 74 63 72
210 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 67 72 71, Ben Crane 71 68 71, Brandon Hagy 65 72 73, David Hearn (Can) 69 72 69, Sean O’Hair 69 68 73, Scott Stallings 74 68 68
211 Robert Garrigus 72 67 72, Jim Knous 76 66 69, David Lingmerth (Swe) 75 67 69, Denny McCarthy 72 68 71, Max McGreevy 73 65 73, Aaron Rai (Eng) 71 69 71, Seth Reeves 69 72 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 77 65 69
212 Lee Hodges 72 70 70, Kurt Kitayama 74 68 70, Sepp Straka (Aut) 74 67 71, Sahith Theegala 74 66 72, Kyle Wilshire 73 67 72
213 Ben Martin 71 70 72, Nick Watney 70 72 71
214 Ryan Armour 73 69 72, Hayden Buckley 71 68 75, John Senden (Aus) 72 70 72
216 John Merrick 72 68 76
217 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 70 72 75
