Team Canada

Team Canada is tied for third through 54 holes of play at The Spirit International Amateur Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas, after posting a four-player score of 2-under par (142) on Friday to sit at 16-under par (416) for the tournament. After leading the competition through two rounds of play, the Canadians are now four shots back of leaders Team USA, the defending Spirit International champions, heading into Saturday’s final round.

National Squad members Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and Garrett Rank of Elmira, Ont., continue to lead the men’s division with a three-day tally of 15-under par (201), leading the teams from Australia, Denmark and Japan by four shots. Hughes and Rank combined to shoot a round of 3-under par (69) on day three, with both players converting two birdies each.

On the women’s side, Taylor Kim of Surrey, B.C., and Mackenzie Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., sit T9 at 1-under par (215) after posting a score of 1-over par (73). Henderson registered two birdies on the day, while Kim converted a long chip-in birdie on No. 18 for her lone sub-par score on Friday. The Development Squad duo trail the leaders from Argentina by 11 strokes.

Team Canada is looking to improve upon its T8 overall showing from the 2009 event that saw the men’s team finish tied for 4th and women’s team finish 16th.

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