Canadians Tracker: Pendrith tees off, Conners fires 6-under 66

The third round of the Players Championship is underway with two Canadians making it to the weekend at TPC Sawgrass.

Corey Conners, a native of Listowel, Ont., fired a scintillating 6-under 66 on Saturday to tie Danny Walker for the lowest round of the day.

The 33-year-old poured in seven birdies, four on the front and three on the back, while carding just one bogey, coming on the par-3 eighth.

At the conclusion of his round, Conners headed into the clubhouse in a tie for seventh after starting the day tied for 48th.

He snuck just below the 1-under cutline on Friday, and has now played his way into contention heading into the final round.

Taylor Pendrith, hailing from Richmond Hill, Ont., is paired with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler on Saturday. Scheffler is looking to three-peat at The Players Championship having won the tournament in each of the last two years.

Pendrith begins his round at 5-under, just six shots off co-leaders Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia.

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The $25 million purse this week is the largest for any non-cumulative event on the PGA Tour season with $4.5 million going to the winter. Forty-eight of the top 50-ranked players on Tour are included in the tournament’s 144-player field.

Track the scores of the Canadians below, with the full leaderboard available here.

Leader: Min Woo Lee, Akshay Bhatia (-11)