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LEE OFF TO PERFECT START

Min Woo Lee has stretched his lead at the Australian PGA to two shots after making the perfect start to his third round at Royal Queensland.

Starting the day at 12-under, one stroke clear of his playing partner Adam Scott, Lee birdied the par-four opening hole to move to 13-under.

Scott remained at 11-under after taking par and was briefly joined in second place by John Lyras — who is playing in the same grouping — after he made birdie.

Lyras gave the shot back when he bogeyed the second hole.

Lucas Herbert also picked up a shot on the first hole to move to outright fourth at four-under under overcast conditions in Brisbane.

An early morning downpour has softened the course, pacing the way for low scores.

Inspirational New Zealand golfer Michael Hendry climbed 17 places when he reeled off seven birdies in a seven-under 64 to get to seven under for the tournament.

Diagnosed with leukaemia earlier this year, Hendry was forced to withdraw from the British Open to undergo bone marrow treatment but is in remission and back playing.

“The good thing is now they’ve managed to get the medication right when they’ve given me a bone marrow biopsy now,” Hendry said.

“It’s painful even though I’m medicated but the day after there’s no pain, but the day after there’s no pain so that’s a real bonus because the first few really hurt for a few days.”

Scotland’s Conor Syme made an even better start to his round, making six birdies in his first nine holes to get to the turn in just 30 shots at nine-under.

HENDRY, GARCIA-HEREDIA MAKE EARLY MOVES

New Zealand’s Michael Hendry and Spain’s Alfredo Garcia-Heredia have made the most of the calm early morning conditions at the Australian PGA to shoot up the leaderboard as the top guns prepare to tee off.

Hendry and Garcia-Heredia have both shot five-under par so far this morning with just a few holes to play, moving up to just outside the top 10 at five-under.

The pair have been faultless all morning, raising hopes leaders Min Woo Lee and Adam Scott should be ready to unleash more low scoring at Royal Queensland when they tee off at 11.05am (AEST).

SCOTT V LEE: WHY AUS PGA IS STILL BOX OFFICE WITHOUT SMITH

The premature exit of Cam Smith withstanding, the Australian PGA is set for a heavyweight showdown for the ages with Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee paired together for today’s third round at Royal Queensland.

Smith was in tears after his game fell to pieces during Friday’s second round and he missed the cut by nine shots but his absence has set the stage for an epic clash between the past and present of Australian golf.

Scott, 43, will be the clear crowd favourite because he’s a beloved member at Royal Queensland but Lee, 25, is one of the rising stars of the game and has plenty of followers of his own.

“I think we’re excited to play some good golf in front of them and hopefully we can get some roars in the crowd,” Lee said.

“I hope it’s not split like that (heavily in Scott’s favour).

“I think I’ve got tremendous support over the last two days and last year, so hopefully it’s going to be like that.”

Lee, fresh from winning the Macau Open, leads the tournament at the halfway stage at 12-under, with Scott one stroke behind at 11-under.

John Lyras is third at 10-under and will join them in the final grouping.

Lucas Herbert, Curtis Luck and Spanish first round leader Joel Moscatel are all at eight-under so will play in the penultimate group.

Almost two decades older than Lee, Scott said he has no qualms about playing alongside his younger opponent but expects whoever wins will have to attack and shoot a low score.

“I really don’t care who I play with. I’m playing in the final group and I’m happy about that,” Scott said.

“Someone is going to get close to 20-under, so I’m just keeping pace with that kind of mark.

“You never know, it could get really windy and we’re not going that deep, but this is kind of the place that was identified earlier in the week, so I’m really happy with – I call it par – but that’s very good.”

A total of 80 players made the cut, more than usual, prompting organisers to play the final round in groups of three.

Smith was visibly devastated at missing out but Lee, who played in his group on the first two days, tipped him to rebound quickly.

“That’s golf. That happens. Next week I’m sure he’s going to bounce back,” Lee said.

“It’s just what good players do. That’s the good thing about golf, you have one bad

week and the next week you can win. I’m sure he’s going to have a good time hanging

out with his family and friends in his hometown. He’ll have a few drinks and loosen up

for next week.

“Obviously you want to play well in front of the crowd, but that’s golf. He made bogey on the last hole but the supporters were screaming, “We still love you,” and stuff like that. Australia’s behind Aussie golfers.

“It’s good enough for him to come back and play in front of Australia. He didn’t need to, but good on him.”

Originally published as Australian PGA: Day three leaderboard, latest news