Martin Dempster at Genesis Scottish Open on day 3

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00:00Hello it's Martin Dempster the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here coming to you from the

00:06Renaissance Club in East Lothian at the end of the third round in the Genesis

00:12Scottish Open. Another cracking day weather-wise here and a little bit tar

00:19rolled in early afternoon before clearing however with that set to return on

00:28Sunday morning and also Sunday evening potentially the tee times have been

00:33delayed for Sunday's final round. Action here will not get underway until 11.30 a.m.

00:40but with a 2 tee start being used play will finish a little bit earlier in

00:46schedule around 7 p.m. Leading going into that closing circuit two players one

00:55everyone knows Rory McIlroy the 2023 winner and the man who became just a sixth

01:03player to complete a career Grand Slam in golf early in the year he shot a 66 today

01:094 under 66 to move to 11 under par and he's sharing the lead with a little-known

01:16American Chris Gotterup he had led by two shots at the halfway stage battled to a

01:24level par 70 today and it's certainly going to be a big task for him in that final round

01:32on Sunday. Four players American duo Jake Knapp and Wyndham Clark and the English pair

01:42Matthew Fitzpatrick and Marco Penge are two shots off the base and not a great day

01:49really for the Scots Grand Forest shot 71 to set just outside the top 20 defending

01:57champion Bob McIntyre and Connor Syne meanwhile both shot 72 to sit on one over par

02:05it's been a great week so far and we're set for a cracking final day here and

02:11sun-kissed East Lothian to keep up to date with everything about the Genesis

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