Bo Van Pelt, who is gunning for his second career PGA Tour title, fired a 5-under-par 65 for a one-shot lead over hometown favourite Adam Hadwin after the third round of the Canadian Open.
American Van Pelt birdied four of his final five holes to reach 5-under on the unforgiving Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club course.
Hadwin, who grew up just an hour's drive away from Vancouver in Abbotsford, shot a 2-under 68 and is alone in second place at 4-under.
Hadwin got into the tournament on a sponsor's exemption and he had a chance to be the co-leader with Van Pelt but missed a 12-foot birdie putt on his final hole.
Argentina's Andres Romero (67) and first-round leader Kris Blanks (69) shared third at 3-under after another bruising day in the thick rough at the tree-lined Shaughnessy course.
American John Daly four-putted number 18 for triple-bogey on Friday but rebounded with a solid 67 on Saturday.
He was in a group of four at 2-under with Sean O'Hair (66) and Australians Aron Price (69) and Geoff Ogilvy (70) heading into Sunday's final round.
Organisers are stepping up security around the Shaughnessy golf club after someone poured bleach on one of the greens prior to Saturday's third round.
Officials had to cope with an unexpected problem on Saturday morning when grounds crews discovered bleach had been poured on the grass on the eighth green, a par-three hole. Play was not affected.
AFP
Tags: golf, sport, canada, united-states First posted July 24, 2011 12:59:19
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