Stuart Macdonald leads after Round 3 at Diners Club Peru Open

Stuart Macdonald took sole possession of the 54-hole lead after turning in his best round of the week, a 7-under 65 in the third round of the Diners Club Peru Open at Los Inkas Golf Club.

After making par on Nos. 1-2, Macdonald took advantage of the 509-yard par-5 third and converted for eagle. After a par on No. 4, Macdonald birdied Nos. 5-7 to get to 5-under entering the back-nine. Macdonald did not make a bogey on the front nine, and only made bogey once in the third round.

In six starts on PGA TOUR Canada in 2023, Macdonald’s consistency stood out. Macdonald finished with three top-20 finishes and only missed the cut once. Macdonald’s best finish came at the 2023 Commissionaires Ottawa Open, where he defeated Devon Bling and Luke Schniederjans in a playoff to claim his first victory as a professional. Macdonald picked up a second top-5 finish after finishing T2 at the 2023 Windsor Championship.

Prior to turning professional in 2017, the Vancouver native starred at Purdue University from 2012-16. Macdonald ended his career with the 14th-best scoring average in Purdue program history and finished fourth on the team in top-10’s his senior year with four.

Third-round play finished at 4:30 p.m. CT. Final round tee times will start Sunday off the No. 1 tee at 8:09 a.m., with the final group teeing off at 12:10 p.m.

About Stuart Macdonald (1st/16-under)

Age: 29
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
College: Purdue University
Fortinet Cup (start of week): T22

• Earned his first win at the 2023 Commissionaires Ottawa Open on PGA TOUR Canada
• Finished 7th on the 2023 Fortinet Cup points list on PGA TOUR Canada
• Enjoys playing Ping-Pong and Badminton
• His mother, Susan Macdonald, played golf at the University of British Columbia
• Earned Big Ten All-Academic honors in 2015 and 2016
• Was teammates with fellow PGA TOUR Americas members Brian Carlson and Luis Fernando Barco at Purdue

Competition Notes

Course Setup: Par 72 / 6,887 yards; Cumulative average: 71.770
Weather: Sunny with a high of 79. Wind from the SW at 2-8 mph with gusts up to 16 mph.

• Hole 4 – the 201-yard par 3 – has been the most challenging hole at Los Inkas Golf Club through 54-holes; averaging a +.360. Hole 4 has carded 128 bogeys to only 17 birdies through three rounds of tournament play
• Hole 3 – the 509-yard par 5 – has been the lowest scoring hole through 54 holes; averaging -.660. Players have made 29 eagles, 193 birdies and 17 bogeys on hole No. 3
• Stuart Macdonald (1st/-16) is the low Canadian through 54 holes
• Rodolfo Cazaubon (2nd/-15) leads all Latin players in the field through 54-holes, and his one of three Latins in the top-5 entering the final round: Julián Etulain of Argentina (T4/-11) and Agustin Errazuriz of Chile (T4/-11)
• Errazuriz (T4/-11) secured his spot in the field as a Monday Qualifier and is inside the top-5 after carding a 4-under 68 in the third round