Robert MacIntyre takes four-stroke lead into final round of RBC Canadian Open
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Written by Associated Press
HAMILTON, Ontario — Robert MacIntyre made a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th to cap a late surge Saturday and take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open.
Robert MacIntyre sends in 30-foot eagle putt at RBC Canadian
Tied for the second-round lead with Ryan Fox, MacIntyre shot a 4-under 66 to get to 14-under 196 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club. The 27-year-old Scottish left-hander is seeking his first TOUR win in 44 career starts.
Mackenzie Hughes, trying to become the second straight Canadian to win the national championship, was tied for second with Fox and Ben Griffin.
From nearby Dundas, Ontario, Hughes shot a 67. He missed a 9-foot eagle putt on No. 17, then bogeyed the par-4 18th.
Mackenzie Hughes’ Round 3 highlights from RBC Canadian
Last year at Oakdale in Toronto, Nick Taylor made a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth hole of a playoff against Tommy Fleetwood to become the first Canadian to win the event since 1954.
Fox had a 70. He played the first five holes in 4-under with a eagle and two birdies, then made four bogeys on the final 13 — three in a four-hole span in the middle of the back nine.
Ryan Fox sticks second to set up eagle at RBC Canadian
Griffin bogeyed the 18th in a 65.
Fleetwood (64) was 9-under along with Sam Burns (67), Trace Crowe (67) and Joel Dahmen (69).
Two-time RBC Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy was tied for 11th at 7-under after a 65. He won in 2019 the last time the tournament was in Hamilton and again in 2022 at St. George’s in Toronto.
Taylor missed the cut with rounds of 72 and 71.
MacIntyre played the first 13 holes in 1-over, making three birdies and four bogeys. After a bogey on the par-3 13th, he began the late charge with a 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th. He ran in a 50-footer on the par-4 15th and a 10-footer on the par-3 16th before holing the eagle putt on No. 17.