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GOLF: Risdon Backs Up Record-Tying Round To Take Over Top Spot In Edmonton
EDMONTON, Alb. - Trying to back up a low round from the previous day is generally regarded as one of the toughest things to do in pro golf.
It certainly wasn’t much of a problem for Calgary’s Dustin Risdon Saturday during the third round of the TELUS Edmonton Open.
Less than a day after equalling the Edmonton CC record with a 63, Risdon followed up with an impressive 6-under 66 to jump into top spot with a three-day total of 15-under 198 and put himself on the cusp of his first Tour triumph.
Pan Singhaseni of Thailand posted 68 and is two shots back. Overnight leader Alan McLean (70) and Derek Gillespie (67) are at minus-12 while five others are four shots behind Risdon.
Risdon picked off right where he left off Saturday, posting a front-side 4-under 31 en route to his second consecutive bogey-free round. Reeling off four straight birdies beginning on the par-3 second, including holing out from a bunker on the fourth and canning a 30-footer on the next hole, didn’t hurt his cause.
“That was something that was on my mind last night,” admitted Risdon, who has hit 33 of his last 36 greens in regulation. “I knew I had to back up that round, which can be hard to do after a day like (Friday). I didn’t want to change anything from the first two days. It seems to be working.”
Risdon appears to have brought a lot of confidence up from last week’s stop in Calgary, where he needed a second round 66 to make the cut on the number and was 9-under on the weekend to finish 17th.
“I think last week was a big stepping stone for me,” he added. “It gave me a lot of confidence coming to Edmonton.”
With three rounds now in his rearview mirror, all that stands between Risdon and his first Tour championship is a 6,900 stroll Sunday afternoon. If he is looking for a positive omen as he sleeps on an overnight lead for the first time, Risdon had a tie for second in Edmonton five years ago, his best showing on the Canadian Tour.
But he knows his pursuers will come out with guns blazing Sunday, and he doesn’t plan on letting up.
“I’m just going to try to use the same approach as when I was a junior,” said Risdon, a two-time Alberta amateur champion who won the Canadian Junior and Juvenile crowns in 1997. “Obviously it’s a lot different, but I’ll try not to make a big deal of it. Go out there, try to give myself 18 looks at birdie and see if I can get a few to fall.”
Scores Saturday after the third round of the Canadian Tour’s TELUS Edmonton Open being held at the 6816-yard, par-71 Edmonton Country Club (A-denotes amateur): http://www.cantour.com/stats.php?pageID=Round_Scores&eventID=208&round=3
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