Stuart Macdonald takes the lead of the Diners Club Perú Open with one day left at Los Inkas Golf Club

One day before the definition of the Diners Club Perú Open, Canadian Stuart Macdonald took the lead in the tournament played at Los Inkas Golf Club as part of the PGA TOUR Americas tour. With a total of 16 under par (200 strokes), he beats Mexican Rodolfo Cazaubón by just two strokes.

Stuart Macdonald shot 7 under par (65) playing in the penultimate group to reach -16 and assume the lead after 54 holes. Macdonald tied for third place halfway through the tournament and enters the final day as the leader.

“The tournament is not over until the ball is in the hole on the 18th green. (This Sunday) we have a long day ahead of us and anything can happen,” Macdonald said of a tournament that has had six different leaders or co-leaders. leaders throughout the first 54 holes. “There is a lot of golf left to play and it will be a matter of staying patient, staying in the present and giving your best shot on every shot.”

Meanwhile, Rodolfo Cazaubón remains waiting. He closed the third day with 67 goals to remain in second place in the Diners Club Perú Open.

“It’s been a long time since I was in a position like this, playing in the final group. It was a lot of fun,” said Cazaubón, who for personal reasons did not play in the first three tournaments of the PGA TOUR Americas season.

In turn, Samuel Anderson, who started the day as the leader, fell to third place. A triple bogey 8 on the par-5 14th cost the player dearly, who is four strokes behind Macdonald.

Macdonald, last year’s winner of the PGA TOUR Canada’s Commissionaires Ottawa Open, will share Sunday’s final outing with Mexican Rodolfo Cazaubón, a former champion of this event who won four titles on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, and with American Samuel Anderson, who comes from tying for sixth place at the ECP Brazil Open last Sunday. His departure to the Los Inkas Golf Club course will be from the 1st tee at 12:10 pm local time.

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