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FPO

Paige Pierce played a round on the Glendoveer West layout, then improved on it by four strokes just 24 hours later. For Saturday’s round three at the DGPT Elite+ 2024 Portland Open presented by Latitude 64, the field shifted over to Glendoveer East. Would Pierce’s momentum carry over as well?

Yes… and then some.

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Pierce shot the best FPO round of the day, a 9-under-par effort, to vault into the solo lead at 19-under for the tournament. She sits two clear of the duo of Kat Mertsch and Ohn Scoggins (-17), who remain lurking. The fourth member of the lead card remains as well, as Sofia Donnecke (-16) continues to impress.

The chase card includes Holyn Handley (-13), Missy Gannon (-13), Anniken Kristiansen Steen (-12), and Rebecca Cox (-10), all vying for valuable DGPT Tour points and a top finish.

MPO

Gannon Buhr.

That’s it. That’s the story.

A 9-under-par moving day – just one away from a third consecutive hot round in the division – launched Buhr (-29)into a 10-stroke lead over the trio of Cole Redalen, Richard Wysocki and Calvin Heimburg, all at 19-under.

Buhr never had a throw-in longer than 26-feet during the round and only missed one circle-1 putt on the day… on a hole he still birdied (the 18th).

Deeper in the field, Niklas Antilla (T7, -17) and Paul McBeth (T12, -15) each moved up 24 places in the field thanks to hot rounds… but all distantly trail Buhr heading into Sunday’s final round.