Kiwi Ryan Fox is poised for his best individual finish on the PGA Tour, sitting seven strokes off the pace in a tie for seventh after three rounds at the Myrtle Beach Classic.
While most of the world's biggest names tune up for next week's US PGA Championship at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina, Fox is playing his trade about 280km south, among a field battling to climb the tour rankings.
His five-under 66 on the third day followed an identical score on the previous round and elevated him 11 places up the leaderboard. Four birdies on the opening nine were followed by two on the back nine, before he spoiled his card with a bogey on the last hole.
At 11 under, Fox lies seven shots behind American leader Chris Gotterup, who carded 65, but just three behind second-placed South African Erik van Rooyen, Spaniard Jorge Campillo and Scot Robert MacIntyre.
In his first full season on the PGA tour, Fox's best finish was at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he combined with South African Garrick Higgo to share fourth in the team event. Higgo has missed the cut at Myrtle Beach.
He has made the cut in only five of the 11 events contested this year, including last month's US Masters at Augusta, where he led briefly on the opening day and finished tied for 38th.
