Canada’s Pendrith grabs three-stroke PGA Bermuda lead

The 30-year-old newlywed from suburban Toronto, who barely practiced before the event began, stood on 17-under par 196 after 54 holes at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton.Pendrith, coming off a career-low 61 on Friday that gave him a one-shot lead, stumbled early with a bogey at the fifth hole but responded with four birdies in a row starting at the par-5 seventh."It's definitely nice to get a couple late in the round," Pendrith said. "To see that 40-plus footer go in was a nice bonus."He expects a challenge not only from rivals but from predicted windy and rainy conditions for Sunday's final round, which was moved earlier to try and finish before the worst storms."It's nice to be a couple ahead. I'm just going to try and grind it out and make a few pars and see what happens. I'll try and stick to what I know. It's going to be a hard day out there."Lee birdied the par-5 second and ran off three consecutive birdies starting at the fifth. He began the back nine with back-to-back birdies but stumbled with back-to-back bogeys at 13 and 14 before righting the ship with birdies at 15 and 17.South Korean-born Lee, a 31-year-old who became a New Zealand citizen in 2008, won his only PGA title at the 2015 Greenbrier Classic.The 25-year-old is a two-time European Tour winner, having taken last year's Dubai Desert Classic and the Irish Open this past July."But Taylor is a great player. There are some good names right there. Experience is good but I'm going to have to play well to beat them."js/mw... Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au