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Canada Standard
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Canada Standard
Manassero, Fox one stroke clear of pack in Canada
OTTAWA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Italian Matteo Manassero and New Zealander Ryan Fox were deadlocked atop the leaderboard during third-round play of the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday as each carded a six-under 64 at the 114th national championship to share a one-stroke lead in Ontario. With the weather conditions hot and dry at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Manassero and Fox were both on 14-under 196 at the 9.8 million U.S. dollars PGA Tour tournament. Kevin Yu of Chinese Taipei carded a 63 for his best round of the week to sit equal third at one shot back with Americans Lee Hodges (63) and Matt McCarty (64). Mackenzie Hughes (64) was the top Canadian, tied for equal sixth with Americans Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68), two strokes off the pace. Overnight leader Cameron Champ was three shots back in a group of seven players as the American carded 17 pars and a bogey five at the 463-yard second hole. Defending champion Robert MacIntyre (69) was 10 shots back. Fox, a 38-year-old journeyman who won in Myrtle Beach last month for his first PGA Tour title, made birdie on the first three holes to quickly get into contention. After picking up further birdies at the eighth and ninth holes to make the turn at five-under 30, he dropped his only shot of the day with a bogey four at the 194-yard 11th hole. The Kiwi would then rebound with birdies at the 12th and the last. "To be honest, everything went pretty right. I drove it great. I think, if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part," said the Auckland native, a winner of 18 titles around the world since turning pro in 2012. Manassero, a five-time winner in Europe, started the day four shots off the lead. After getting to 14-under through 15 holes, he dropped his only shot of the day when he missed a short putt for par at the 503-yard 17th. He would then take the outright lead temporarily at the par-five last when he put his approach to within two feet of the pin and converted. "I played well from tee to green, but I did that yesterday too. It's hard to say anything wasn't how I wanted it because I need to look at the bigger picture and I'm going to be standing in a really nice position. I will focus onto that, and today was just really good," said the Verona native who was making no predictions for Sunday's final round. "I'm going to do some putts now. Then I'm going to go rest and basically try to do exactly the same things I've been doing until today. They've been working. That's what I do all the time, and I wouldn't want to change anything." With eight Canadians within seven shots of the lead, Ontario native Hughes is leading the charge for a homegrown champion. His round on Saturday included eight birdies and two bogeys. "Obviously it's still so wide open. Someone tomorrow near the top can go out there and shoot 61 and blow this thing open," said Hughes, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour who hails from nearby Hamilton. Last year, he finished equal seventh at the national championship after starting the final round four shots off the lead. "Last year I got off to that great start. It was easy to kind of look forward and imagine what it would be like to win a tournament 10 minutes from my house and win the Canadian Open. It was difficult not to have that in your mind. I think it affected me. So tomorrow I'm going to need to do a good job of really staying present and being where my feet are. If I do that, I'll have a good chance."
The Journal
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Journal
Shane Lowry stays four shots off the lead at Canadian Open
The 42 IRELAND'S SHANE LOWRY remains four shots off the lead after moving day at the RBC Canadian Open. Lowry shot another round of 68 in to stay in contention in Toronto. Italy's Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox of New Zealand share the lead on 14-under for the tournament. You can follow the leaderboard here> It's tight at the top, with Lowry in a nine-way tie for 16th on 10-under. The Offaly man has now carded back to back 68s, having opened with a 64. He started on the front nine today, birdying the eighth, 11th and 13th, while he dropped a shot on hole 12. Rory McIlroy missed the cut, while Seamus Power withdrew during his first round on Friday. Italian veteran Manassero is poised to challenge for his first US PGA Tour title after conjuring seven birdies in a six-under par 64 to share the 54-hole lead with Fox. Fox also fired seven birdies and a bogey at TPC Toronto Osprey Valley, their 14-under par total of 196 putting the leaders one stroke clear atop a congested leaderboard, with 22 more players within four strokes of the lead. On a day when as many as 11 players shared the lead at one point, Manassero was the first to reach 14-under with his sixth birdie of the day at the 15th. He bogeyed 17, where he was in the left rough off the tee and missed a four-footer to save par, but he birdied the par-five 18th. 'It was a really good round,' Manassero said. 'I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today. I try to think of them just like a shot really, like a driver, like a six-iron, whatever. It's just a shot. 'It wasn't that hard for me to stay focused into what I was doing and not ruining (it) at the end.' Advertisement Matteo Manassero (file photo). Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO Manassero, a five-time winner on the DP World Tour, is seeking his first US tour title. The 32-year-old Italian has revived his career after briefly walking away from the game in the midst of a prolonged slump. He claimed his first DP World Tour victory in more than a decade in March of 2024. 'It's definitely made me more mature and much better perspective towards golf, which at one point was everything,' he said of the ups and downs of his career. 'I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow.' Fox, 38, is aiming to build off his first US PGA Tour title, captured in a playoff at the Myrtle Beach Classic last month. He launched his round with three straight birdies and had five on the front nine, bouncing back from a bogey at 11 — where he was in the water — with birdies at 12 and 18. Stress-free golf 'To be honest, everything went pretty right,' Fox said. 'I drove it great. I think, if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. 'Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part.' Americans Lee Hodges and Mat McCarty and Taiwan's Kevin Yu were tied for third on 13-under 197. Hodges bookended his seven-under 63 with eagles at the first and 18th, with three birdies in between. Yu had eight birdies and a bogey in his 63 while McCarty had seven birdies in his 64. Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Americans Jake Knapp and Andrew Putnam were tied on 12-under, one stroke clear of a group of seven players on 11-under 199, while Lowry headlined a group of nine players on 200. Fox said his victory last month had him feeling 'more comfortable in my own shoes,' but he with so many within striking distance he said that Sunday promised to be a shoot-out. 'Obviously there's a lot of good players behind me,' he said. 'I feel like it's going to take a pretty low (score) to get the job done.' © AFP 2025 Written by AFP and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
Irish Independent
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Shane Lowry just four back in crowded Canadian Open field
The world No 12 missed just two greens in regulation, a major requirement in next week's US Open, as he made three birdies and a lone bogey to share 16th on 10-under in Toronto. He's just four strokes behind Italy's Matteo Manassero and New Zealander Ryan Fox, who both shot six-under 64s on Saturday to share the third-round lead. Manassero fought back from a three-putt bogey on the 17th with a birdie on the par-five 18th to get to 14-under on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. 'I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today,' Manassero said after hitting his 80-yard third to two feet at the last. 'I try to think of them just like a shot, really, like a driver, like a six-iron, whatever. 'It's just a shot. So I don't want it to get in my head, and I don't want that to ruin anything or my attitude going towards the next shots.' Seeking his first win on the PGA Tour, Manaserro (32) overcame a severe slump to win back his DP World Tour card and earn dual membership of the US circuit. 'I try to get a good attitude, a good thought process, talk well to myself,' he said. 'Very basic things. 'I've matured a lot and I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Powerful hitter Fox (38) also birdied the 18th as he bids to add to his maiden win following a play-off in the Myrtle Beach Classic last month. ADVERTISEMENT 'To be honest, everything went pretty right,' Fox said. 'I drove it great. I think if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. 'Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part.' The top 28 on the leaderboard are covered by just five strokes. Lee Hodges and Kevin Yu shot 63 and Matt McCarty a 64 trail the leaders by just one stroke behind on 13-under. Canadian Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12-under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68). 'I've been putting the ball in play quite a bit, driving it pretty nice,' Hughes said. 'I feel like that's taken some pressure off the putter and the short game. It's a big key around here. You start driving it well, you can attack and be aggressive.'
The Advertiser
14 hours ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Canadian Open winner no clearer after hot third round
Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox have both shot six-under 64s to share the third-round lead in the Canadian Open, the final event before the US Open next week at Oakmont. Italian Manassero rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-4 17th with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get to 14-under 196 on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on Saturday. Trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, the 32-year-old has eight international victories. "I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today," Manassero said. "I try to get a good attitude, a good thought process, talk well to myself. Very basic things. "I've matured a lot and I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Fox also birdied the 18th. The 38-year-old New Zealander won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month in a playoff for his first PGA Tour title. "To be honest, everything went pretty right," Fox said. "I drove it great. I think if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part." Lee Hodges, Kevin Yu and Matt McCarty were a stroke back. Hodges and Yu shot 63, and McCarty had a 64. Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12 under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68). With 15 golfers within three strokes of the lead, the possibilities appear endless. "It's anyone's game at this point," Canadian Hughes said. "No one has been able to totally light this place on fire yet." Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner at Oakville, eagled the 18th for a 69 to get to 10 under. Countrymen Adam Hadwin (65) and Taylor Pendrith (67) also were 10 under. Masters champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 78, as did Aussie trio Harryson Endycott, Aaron Baddeley and Karl Vilips. With AAP. Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox have both shot six-under 64s to share the third-round lead in the Canadian Open, the final event before the US Open next week at Oakmont. Italian Manassero rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-4 17th with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get to 14-under 196 on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on Saturday. Trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, the 32-year-old has eight international victories. "I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today," Manassero said. "I try to get a good attitude, a good thought process, talk well to myself. Very basic things. "I've matured a lot and I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Fox also birdied the 18th. The 38-year-old New Zealander won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month in a playoff for his first PGA Tour title. "To be honest, everything went pretty right," Fox said. "I drove it great. I think if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part." Lee Hodges, Kevin Yu and Matt McCarty were a stroke back. Hodges and Yu shot 63, and McCarty had a 64. Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12 under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68). With 15 golfers within three strokes of the lead, the possibilities appear endless. "It's anyone's game at this point," Canadian Hughes said. "No one has been able to totally light this place on fire yet." Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner at Oakville, eagled the 18th for a 69 to get to 10 under. Countrymen Adam Hadwin (65) and Taylor Pendrith (67) also were 10 under. Masters champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 78, as did Aussie trio Harryson Endycott, Aaron Baddeley and Karl Vilips. With AAP. Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox have both shot six-under 64s to share the third-round lead in the Canadian Open, the final event before the US Open next week at Oakmont. Italian Manassero rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-4 17th with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get to 14-under 196 on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on Saturday. Trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, the 32-year-old has eight international victories. "I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today," Manassero said. "I try to get a good attitude, a good thought process, talk well to myself. Very basic things. "I've matured a lot and I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Fox also birdied the 18th. The 38-year-old New Zealander won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month in a playoff for his first PGA Tour title. "To be honest, everything went pretty right," Fox said. "I drove it great. I think if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part." Lee Hodges, Kevin Yu and Matt McCarty were a stroke back. Hodges and Yu shot 63, and McCarty had a 64. Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12 under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68). With 15 golfers within three strokes of the lead, the possibilities appear endless. "It's anyone's game at this point," Canadian Hughes said. "No one has been able to totally light this place on fire yet." Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner at Oakville, eagled the 18th for a 69 to get to 10 under. Countrymen Adam Hadwin (65) and Taylor Pendrith (67) also were 10 under. Masters champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 78, as did Aussie trio Harryson Endycott, Aaron Baddeley and Karl Vilips. With AAP. Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox have both shot six-under 64s to share the third-round lead in the Canadian Open, the final event before the US Open next week at Oakmont. Italian Manassero rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-4 17th with a birdie on the par-5 18th to get to 14-under 196 on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on Saturday. Trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, the 32-year-old has eight international victories. "I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today," Manassero said. "I try to get a good attitude, a good thought process, talk well to myself. Very basic things. "I've matured a lot and I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Fox also birdied the 18th. The 38-year-old New Zealander won the Myrtle Beach Classic last month in a playoff for his first PGA Tour title. "To be honest, everything went pretty right," Fox said. "I drove it great. I think if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part." Lee Hodges, Kevin Yu and Matt McCarty were a stroke back. Hodges and Yu shot 63, and McCarty had a 64. Mackenzie Hughes (64) was 12 under with Jake Knapp (66) and Andrew Putnam (68). With 15 golfers within three strokes of the lead, the possibilities appear endless. "It's anyone's game at this point," Canadian Hughes said. "No one has been able to totally light this place on fire yet." Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner at Oakville, eagled the 18th for a 69 to get to 10 under. Countrymen Adam Hadwin (65) and Taylor Pendrith (67) also were 10 under. Masters champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut on Friday, following an opening 71 with a 78, as did Aussie trio Harryson Endycott, Aaron Baddeley and Karl Vilips. With AAP.
France 24
16 hours ago
- Sport
- France 24
Manassero, Fox share PGA Canadian Open lead with plenty in pursuit
Fox also fired seven birdies and a bogey at TPC Toronto Osprey Valley, their 14-under par total of 196 putting the leaders one stroke clear atop a congested leaderboard, with 22 more players within four strokes of the lead. On a day when as many as 11 players shared the lead at one point, Manassero was the first to reach 14-under with his sixth birdie of the day at the 15th. He bogeyed 17, where he was in the left rough off the tee and missed a four-footer to save par, but he birdied the par-five 18th. "It was a really good round," Manassero said. "I missed the short one on 17, and I did miss a couple more short ones today. I try to think of them just like a shot really, like a driver, like a six-iron, whatever. It's just a shot. "It wasn't that hard for me to stay focused into what I was doing and not ruining (it) at the end." Manassero, a five-time winner on the DP World Tour, is seeking his first US tour title. The 32-year-old Italian has revived his career after briefly walking away from the game in the midst of a prolonged slump. He claimed his first DP World Tour victory in more than a decade in March of 2024. "It's definitely made me more mature and much better perspective towards golf, which at one point was everything," he said of the ups and downs of his career. "I have a better perspective towards, for example, a day like tomorrow." Fox, 38, is aiming to build off his first US PGA Tour title, captured in a playoff at the Myrtle Beach Classic last month. He launched his round with three straight birdies and had five on the front nine, bouncing back from a bogey at 11 -- where he was in the water -- with birdies at 12 and 18. Stress-free golf "To be honest, everything went pretty right," Fox said. "I drove it great. I think, if you do that round here, you give yourself lots of chances. "Had a lot of good wedge shots, holed a few putts early. Just played really solid kind of stress-free golf for the most part." Americans Lee Hodges and Mat McCarty and Taiwan's Kevin Yu were tied for third on 13-under 197. Hodges bookended his seven-under 63 with eagles at the first and 18th, with three birdies in between. Yu had eight birdies and a bogey in his 63 while McCarty had seven birdies in his 64. Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Americans Jake Knapp and Andrew Putnam were tied on 12-under, one stroke clear of a group of seven players on 11-under 199. Ireland's Shane Lowry headlined a group of nine players on 200. Fox said his victory last month had him feeling "more comfortable in my own shoes," but he with so many within striking distance he said that Sunday promised to be a shoot-out. "Obviously there's a lot of good players behind me," he said. "I feel like it's going to take a pretty low (score) to get the job done." © 2025 AFP
