Fox, Ko settle in top-10 ahead of final rounds
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New Zealand golfers Ryan Fox and Lydia Ko sit in the top-10 of their respective PGA Tour and LPGA tournaments.
Fox rose three spots into a tie for ninth during the third round of The Genesis Invitational on Saturday (Sunday NZ TIme), while Ko dropped three places into solo sixth at the LPGA Thailand tournament.
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Fox, a two-time PGA Tour winner last season, carded a two-under 69 at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles to sit at eight-under for the tournament, 11 strokes behind runaway 54-hole leader, American Jacob Bridgeman.
The 39-year-old Aucklander posted six birdies, including four on the front-nine, and four bogeys to be joined Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Australian Adam Scott.
Fox's round came slightly undone with three bogeys - at the 12th, 15th and 18th holes, all par-fours, in his last seven holes.
The world No 49 will tee off his final round with American Jake Knapp on Sunday at 1.40pm local time (7.40am Monday NZT).
Ko surged on the back-nine in the third round at the Siam Country Club - Old Course in Chonburi, Thailand on Saturday to sit at 16-over for the week, four shots behind the leader, Thai Jeeno Thitikul.
After a front-nine featuring a birdie, bogey and double-bogey, the 28-year-old strung together birdies on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th holes, before another at the par-five 18th.
It was Ko third straight round in the 60s, after an opening five-under 67 and eight-under 64 in the second round.