2014 RBC Canadian Open scores: Jim Furyk opens a 3-shot lead

He didn't quite match his second-round 63, but Jim Furyk was excellent again on Saturday and has a three-shot lead heading into Friday.

Jim Furyk hasn't won on the PGA Tour since 2010 but the 44-year-old is now 18 holes away from ending that drought. He opened the third round of the RBC Canadian Open tied for the lead only to shoot a 5-under round of 65 to move three strokes clear of the field. He holds the 54-hole lead at 15-under with only two players within five strokes.

Furyk wasn't able to match the seven birdies he carded on Friday, but did manage five birdies and played a bogey-free round for the second straight day. He now has 16 birdies and just one bogey in 54 holes. A major part of Furyk's success has been due to his ability to hit greens. He's hit 83.3 percent of greens in regulation this week, best in the field. Furyk has done well to take advantage of his birdie tries, including when he sunk a 23-foot putt for birdie in the third round.

Success at the RBC Canadian Open is nothing new. He won the even in 2006 and repeated as champion in 2007. A win would make him the fourth player to win the event three times and give him 17 career wins on the PGA Tour.

In order to do that, Furyk will have to hold off the rest of the field including Tim Clark. Clark carded the low round of the day on Saturday, moving into second place with a 6-under round of 64. He is 12-under through 54 holes. He got his third round off to a good start with a birdie at the first and an eagle at the second. He closed strong too, with birdies on two of his final three holes. It helps when you hit shots like this, even if Clark didn't like it at first.

Kyle Stanley remains in third place at 10-under. He will join Furyk and Clark in the final pairing on Sunday. Five other players will open the final round at 8-under or better. Here is a complete look at the leaderboard through 54 holes:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round
1	Jim Furyk	-15	67	63	65
2	Tim Clark	-12	67	67	64
3	Kyle Stanley	-10	65	67	68
4	Jamie Lovemark	-9	69	65	67
T5	Joe Durant	-8	69	66	67
T5	Scott Brown	-8	67	66	69
T5	Graham Delaet	-8	69	63	70
T5	Tim Petrovic	-8	64	66	72
T9	Gonzalo Fdez-Castano	-7	67	67	69
T9	Michael Putnam	-7	64	70	69
T9	Justin Hicks	-7	66	67	70
T9	Graeme McDowell	-7	68	65	70
13	Matt Kuchar	-6	69	65	70
T14	Charlie Wi	-5	66	73	66
T14	Brandt Snedeker	-5	69	69	67
T14	Troy Matteson	-5	70	68	67
T14	Matt Bettencourt	-5	67	70	68
T14	Retief Goosen	-5	69	67	69
T14	Will Wilcox	-5	68	68	69
T14	Nick Watney	-5	66	68	71
T14	Andrew Svoboda	-5	67	66	72
T22	Andres Romero	-4	71	68	67
T22	Joel Dahmen	-4	66	72	68
T22	Ernie Els	-4	70	67	69
T22	Tim Herron	-4	69	67	70
T22	Roberto Castro	-4	69	67	70
T22	Danny Lee	-4	69	65	72
T28	Brad Fritsch	-3	72	68	67
T28	Kevin Chappell	-3	72	67	68
T28	Adam Hadwin	-3	70	69	68
T28	Josh Teater	-3	70	69	68
T28	Kevin Kisner	-3	70	69	68
T28	Russell Knox	-3	72	66	69
T28	Patrick Rodgers	-3	71	66	70
T28	Martin Laird	-3	71	66	70
T28	Ben Curtis	-3	67	70	70
T28	David Hearn	-3	67	70	70
T28	Dicky Pride	-3	66	71	70
T28	Eric Axley	-3	68	68	71
T28	Nathan Green	-3	67	69	71
T28	J.J. Henry	-3	67	69	71
T28	Robert Allenby	-3	66	69	72
T43	Taylor Pendrith	-2	65	75	68
T43	James Hahn	-2	72	68	68
T43	D.H. Lee	-2	69	70	69
T43	D.A. Points	-2	71	68	69
T43	Sean O'Hair	-2	69	70	69
T43	William McGirt	-2	69	70	69
T43	Geoff Ogilvy	-2	70	68	70
T43	Vijay Singh	-2	69	69	70
T43	Morgan Hoffmann	-2	69	69	70
T43	Charl Schwartzel	-2	66	72	70
T43	Steve Marino	-2	69	69	70
T43	Scott Piercy	-2	72	65	71
T43	Stewart Cink	-2	68	69	71
T56	Jeff Overton	-1	69	71	69
T56	Johnson Wagner	-1	71	67	71
T56	Woody Austin	-1	68	70	71
T59	Troy Merritt	E	66	74	70
T59	Ricky Barnes	E	70	70	70
T59	Charlie Beljan	E	67	72	71
T59	Ken Duke	E	67	71	72
T59	Jerry Kelly	E	67	71	72
T59	Tim Wilkinson	E	67	68	75
T59	Greg Chalmers	E	66	68	76
T66	Mike Weir	1	70	70	71
T66	Ben Crane	1	71	69	71
T66	Edward Loar	1	72	64	75
T69	Thomas Aiken	2	70	69	73
T69	Derek Ernst	2	70	69	73
71	K.J. Choi	3	72	68	73
T72	Jim Herman	5	70	70	75
T72	Ryuji Imada	5	68	72	75

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