MacIntyre in front by four at Canadian Open

Canadian Open third-round leaderboard

-14 R MacIntyre (Sco); -10 R Fox (NZ), M Hughes (Can), B Griffin (US); -9 T Fleetwood (Eng), T Crowe, J Dahmen, S Burns (all US)

Selected others: -8 A Rai (Eng); -7 R McIlroy (NI); -5 M Wallace (Eng), D Skinns (Eng); -2 S Lowry (Ire)

Robert MacIntyre takes a four-shot lead into nan last time of nan Canadian Open.

The 27-year-old Scot picked up 5 shots complete nan closing 5 holes of his 3rd information to scope 14 nether par.

Mackenzie Hughes, Ryan Fox and Ben Griffin are successful a stock of 2nd place, pinch England’s Tommy Fleetwood connected 9 nether aft a bogey-free 64 connected Saturday.

Rory McIlroy besides fired himself backmost into contention pinch a 65, taking nan Northern Irishman to 7 under.

"There are still immoderate debased scores retired there," said nan world number three. "It felt for illustration it could’ve been amended but I sewage myself backmost into nan tourney and hopefully wrong rubbing region of nan guys going into tomorrow."

MacIntyre, seeking his first PGA Tour title, was 1 complete for nan time aft 13 holes.

However, he knocked successful 3 consecutive birdies earlier sinking a 30-foot putt for eagle connected nan par 5 17th.

"I conscionable stuck successful there. I didn't person it awesome astatine nan start, but I consciousness for illustration whenever I dropped a shot, I bounced backmost pinch possibly 2 bully shots into nan green, and I would prime up a changeable back," said MacIntyre, who has his father, Dougie, caddying for him this week astatine Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

"It ne'er sewage distant from me. A spot of luck, a spot of myself being staying successful nan moment, staying calm. I sewage my reward pinch nan putter successful nan end."