The Australian is seven-under par today and after four birdies in five holes on the back nine at Millbrook Resort today, he now has a three-shot lead on overnight leader Lucas Herbert and another Australian Nick Flanagan who are on 17-under par.<\/p>\n
Herbert\u2019s chances tipped when he made a double bogey on the par-3 13th<\/sup> hole after hitting into the water.<\/p>\n The leading New Zealander is Michael Hendry on 15-under with three holes to play, sharing fourth place with the other overnight leader, 17-year-old Joohyung Kim from Korea.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n The 2011 Champion Brad Kennedy has one hand on the Brodie Breeze Trophy with four holes to play in the New Zealand Open, presented by Sky Sport.<\/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":"