Great Britain’s Justin Rose shot a 6-under 65 to take the 54-hole lead in the men’s competition of Olympic golf. Rose sits at 12-under par for the Rio Olympics golf tournament. One back of Rose is 2016 British Open winner Henrik Stenson of Sweden (-11). Rounding out the top three is 36 hole leader Marcus Fraser of Australia who is at 9-under, three shots back of Rose.
This trio will be paired together in Sunday’s final round.
“It would mean an awful lot to win, especially when you see what it means to other athletes here,” said Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open winner. “It would be unbelievable.”
Bubba Watson, David Lingmerth, also of Sweden, and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina are tied fourth at 6-under, and will be grouped in the second to last tee time on Sunday.
Top 10
-12 Rose (GB); -11 Stenson (Swe); -9 Fraser (Aus); -6 Watson (US), Lingmerth (Swe), Grillo (Arg); -5 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Matt Kuchar (USA), Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
Tee Times
7:00 AM Anirban Lahiri Shingo Katayama
7:11 AM Siddikur Rahman Miguel Luis Tabuena Julien Quesne
7:22 AM Gavin Green Danny Chia Jeunghun Wang
7:33 AM Jose-Filipe Lima Brandon Stone Jhonattan Vegas
7:44 AM David Hearn Felipe Aguilar Ricardo Gouveia
7:55 AM Adilson da Silva Espen Kofstad Ryan Fox
8:11 AM Wu Ashun Nino Bertasio Roope Kakko
8:22 AM Scott Hend Patrick Reed Jaco Van Zyl
8:33 AM Martin Kaymer Danny Lee Hao Tong Li
8:44 AM Thorbjorn Olesen Alex Cejka Matteo Manassero
8:55 AM Yuta Ikeda Joost Luiten Seamus Power
9:06 AM Graham DeLaet Thongchai Jaidee Fabrizio Zanotti
9:17 AM Chawrasia Soren Kjeldsen Sergio Garcia
9:33 AM Nicolas Colsaerts Fabian Gomez Thomas Pieters
9:44 AM Danny Willett Bernd Wiesberger Byeong Hun An
9:55 AM Cheng Tsung Pan Rickie Fowler Rodolfo Cazaubon
10:06 AM Gregory Bourdy Rafa Cabrera Bello Kiradech Aphibarnrat
10:17 AM Mikko Ilonen Padraig Harrington Matt Kuchar
10:28 AM Bubba Watson David Lingmerth Emiliano Grillo
10:39 AM Justin Rose Henrik Stenson Marcus Fraser