Garrigus leads by 1 at Canadian Open
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Robert Garrigus fired a 6-under 64 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead after three rounds of the Canadian Open.
Garrigus, who will go for his second PGA Tour win on Sunday, finished 54 holes at 16-under-par 194.
His total of 194 broke the tournament's 54-hole scoring record. Arnold Palmer first set the mark of 195 in 1955 and Dean Wilson matched that total in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Second-round co-leader William McGirt posted his second straight 66 to end three rounds at minus-15. Scott Piercy, who led after round one and shared the second-round lead, shot 67 for the second day in a row and is alone in third at 14-under-par 196.
Scott Stallings and Chris Kirk both fired 7-under 63s Saturday. They share fourth place at minus-12 with Bo Van Pelt, who posted a 67 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Piercy, who played in the final group with Garrigus and McGirt, grabbed the early lead with a birdie at the first, but he stumbled to a bogey on No. 3.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The trio all took advantage of the par-5 fourth. Piercy and McGirt made birdie to move to 12-under, while Garrigus kicked in a short eagle putt to join them there.
All three birdied the short par-4 fifth. McGirt made it three in a row with an 18-foot birdie putt at the sixth that gave him a 1-shot lead.
Piercy joined him atop the leaderboard with a birdie at the eighth, but two bogeys in his next five holes dropped Piercy three back.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Garrigus and McGirt traded birdies at nine and 10, but only Garrigus could keep the hot play going. He rolled in a birdie putt from just off the green at No. 11. Garrigus came right back with a birdie on 12 to grab a 1-shot lead.
McGirt fell two back as he failed to get up and down for par from a greenside bunker on the par-3 13th. He inched back within one with a 14-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th.
Garrigus two-putted for par on his final six holes to end at 16-under.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It was good to great," Garrigus said of his putting in a television interview. "I made a couple of long ones, which you need to make. When you make long putts and you're in contention, it puts you up there. I felt like I putted well today. I didn't have a three-putt and didn't have a bogey."
McGirt, who is playing his 23rd event of the year, parred his last two to finish one back.
"My legs are a little bit tired right now, and mentally I'm a little tired because of being in the mix last week and all week being right there, here," McGirt said in a TV interview. "I just have to keep playing my game and take advantage of the opportunities that I get."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Piercy rallied with birdies at 15 and 17 to post 14-under through three rounds.
Ryan Palmer (64), J.B. Holmes (64), Josh Teater (68) and Bud Cauley (67) share seventh place at 10-under-par 200.
NOTES: Garrigus' lone PGA Tour title came at the 2010 Children's Miracle Network Classic...McGirt played in the final group on the weekend for the first time in his PGA Tour career.