Italian Matteo Manassero and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox had been tied for the lead after the third spherical at a carefully contested Canadian Open.

Manassero and Fox each carded rounds of 64, every together with seven birdies and one bogey as they moved to 14 below.

“It was a very good spherical,” stated Manassero, whose bogey got here on the seventeenth gap earlier than he recovered the stroke with a birdie on the final.

“I missed the quick one on 17, and I did miss a pair extra quick ones. I attempt to think about them identical to a shot actually, like a driver, like a six-iron, no matter. It is only a shot.

“It wasn’t that arduous for me to remain centered into what I used to be doing and never ruining [it] on the finish.”

Manassero will likely be chasing his first PGA Tour title, whereas Fox is looking for a second only a month after his first triumph on the tour on the Myrtle Seaside Traditional.

“Clearly there’s a number of good gamers behind me,” stated Fox. “I really feel like it should take a fairly low [score] to get the job accomplished.”

Lee Hodges and Kevin Yu each shot seven below par rounds of 63 and sit one again together with Matt McCarty.

A 65 from England’s David Skinns moved him on to 11 below together with seven different gamers, together with in a single day chief Cameron Champ.

Champ may solely handle a one over-par 71 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley.

England’s Danny Willett (67) and Eire’s Shane Lowry (68) are a shot additional again on 10 below.