Purcell holds firm in weather delayed ISCO Championship

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Dubliner Conor Purcell shot an even-par round of 70 to remain inside the top-30 as American Paul Peterson edged ahead late into the evening of a weather-hit third round of the ISCO Championship.
In a topsy-turvy round, Purcell managed to card six birdies and a triple-bogey to eventually sign for a score that leaves him on level par overall, tied for 29th spot. Purcell was one of the lucky players who got his third round completed before play was suspended for the evening.
A birdie just before play was suspended around 9pm in Kentucky lifted Skinns to seven-under-par and three strokes off the pace with three holes of his round to complete.
American Chan Kim headed into Saturday with a five-stroke lead, but he saw that whittled away after lightning forced play to be delayed by three hours in Louisville.
A bogey on the sixth after the second resumption dropped Kim to 10-under-par and although he birdied the 10th, he immediately dropped another shot as five birdies from the sixth to the 14th lifted Peterson out of the pack to join him.
Kim dropped another at the 12th just before play was suspended to drop out of the lead to sit one stroke back.
England's David Skinns holed an eight-foot birdie putt on the 15th before darkness forced the players off the course, moving into a share of third with American Luke List who carded a bogey-free 65 to take the lead in the clubhouse.
Three birdies around the turn had seen Skinns bounce back from a couple of dropped shots. A bogey at the 11th stalled his momentum before the late birdie.
Fellow Englishman Callum Tarren also reached seven-under-par with three birdies in five holes, but back-to-back bogeys on the 13th, 14th and 15th left him six strokes off the pace with three holes to complete.