The 30-year-old, who has enjoyed a victory on the Japan Golf Tour, fired nine birdies and a bogey, including birdies on his final four holes to move to nine-under for the tournament.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, joint overnight leaders Joohyung Kim (Korea) and Lucas Herbert (Australia) are still locked together on 16-under par, after both made a birdie in their opening four holes.<\/p>\n
Just one shot behind is 2011 champion Brad Kennedy who has made two birdies in his first five holes, with 2017 winner Michael Hendry in a share of fourth place with American Chan Kim on 13-under after two birdies.<\/p>\n
Players and massive crowds are enjoying perfect conditions at Millbrook Resort for the final round.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n
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Japan\u2019s Tatsuya Kodai fired a brilliant eight-under 63 to hold the early clubhouse lead on the final round of the New Zealand Open, presented by Sky Sport, at Millbrook Resort near Queenstown today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"