DeLaet Delighted To Be Leading In Edmonton

First, however, he'll have to fend off the challenges this week of Andrew Parr, James Hahn, Jim Rutledge and Brady Stockton who are tied for second two shots behind and  Danny Sahl, George Coetzee, Liam Kendregan and Hugo Leon, who share sixth place, three strokes off the lead.

DeLaet’s 12 under par 204 and two shot advantage, coupled with last week's victory in the ATB Financial Classic, gives the Weyburn native a chance to try to become the Tour's first back-to-back winner of the 2009 season. Last August, DeLaet's first pro victory came in the Desjardins Montreal Open pres. by Lexus, which he'll defend this year.

“I didn’t think 70 would hold up for the lead,” said DeLaet. “It always gets a little more difficult on the weekend. We also had swirling winds and the long delay.
 
“I didn’t play my greatest golf but I am happy I kept it together. Hopefully, today was my bad round of the week, and if it is, I should have a good chance tomorrow.”
 
DeLaet missed two putts from inside five feet, which would have put some daylight between him and the pack.
 
“I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to put together any clutch shots down the final stretch but I did make that downhill putt (from 18 feet) on the final hole,” said DeLaet.
 
“No matter what you have shot on the day, making a birdie on 18 always feels good.”
 
AMJ CAMPBELL MOVING DAY
-    Marc Peterson’s 66 was low round of the day.
-     Andrew Parr and Graham DeLaet will be in the final group.
-    For the second day in a row a weather delay held up play for over an hour and a half Saturday afternoon.


Canadian Tour -- $150,000 TELUS Edmonton Open
Glendale Golf & Country Club -- 6,911 yards, par-72
(a-denotes amateur):


1 -- Graham DeLaet    67-67-70-----204
T2 -- Andrew Parr        74-65-67-----206
T2 -- James Hahn        68-71-67-----206
T2 -- Jim Rutledge        67-67-72-----206
T2 -- Brady Stockton        65-69-72-----206
T6 -- Danny Sahl        67-72-68-----207
T6 -- George Coetzee    67-70-70-----207
T6 -- Liam Kendregan    66-71-70-----207
T6 -- Hugo Leon        69-67-71-----207
10 -- Garrett Frank        74-67-67-----208

Marc Peterson        73-70-66-----209
Clayton Rask        74-66-69-----209
Wes Heffernan        68-72-69-----209
Brian Unk        70-70-69-----209
Greg Machtaler    70-68-71-----209
Tyler Harris        68-71-70-----209
Matt McQuillan        69-70-70-----209
John Ellis        72-71-67-----210
Scott Gibson        72-69-69-----210
Robert Gates        65-75-70-----210
Rob Grube        71-68-71-----210
Jim Lemon        71-68-71-----210
Garrett Sapp        67-70-73-----210
Richard Scott        72-71-68-----211
Mike Mezei        69-73-69-----211
Brad Heaven        71-71-69-----211
J.J. Rodriguez        73-69-69-----211
Matt Marshall        71-71-69-----211
Dong Yi            69-72-70-----211
Byron Smith        74-66-71-----211
Brent Schwarzrock    67-72-71-----211
Rob Johnson        69-71-71-----211
Mitchell Gillis        71-69-71-----211
Ryan Yip        68-71-72-----211
Andres Gonzales    72-67-72-----211
Jon Turcott        66-73-72-----211
Mauricio Molina        70-69-72-----211
Derek Gillespie    71-72-69-----212
Rafael Gomez        70-72-70-----212
George Bradford    70-71-71-----212
Eugene Smith        67-71-74-----212
Barrett Jarosch    70-67-75-----212
Yohann Benson    70-67-75-----212
David Williamson    71-72-70-----213
Russell Surber         71-72-70-----213
Mike Grob        69-72-72-----213
Adam Short        70-71-72-----213
Brett Lederer        71-69-73-----213
Nemanja Savic        72-71-71-----214
Hoyt McGarity        71-71-72-----214
Tom Stankowski    68-73-73-----214
Jason Anthony         71-70-73-----214
Pan Singhaseni        67-75-72-----214
Ryan Carter        74-69-71-----214
Warren Pineo        70-70-74-----214
Oliver Tubb        71-69-74-----214
JC Deacon        71-68-75-----214
Steve Conway        75-68-72-----215
Jordan Irwin        68-75-72-----215
Ryan Williams        70-73-73-----216
Darren Griff        73-70-73-----216
John Cassidy        69-74-73-----216
Victor Ciesielski    70-73-74-----217
Lee Williamson        74-68-75-----217
Alex Coe        69-72-76-----217
Alan McLean        73-70-75-----218
Ryan Panichpakdee    72-69-77-----218
Aaron Goldberg        72-68-78-----218
Kent Fukushima    71-72-76-----219
Erik Olson        71-72-80-----223