Conners climbs standings in third round at BMW Championship

Corey Conners shot a 3-under-par 67 in the third round of the BMW Championship on Saturday to give himself a boost in the FedExCup standings.

The field will narrow from 50 to 30 golfers ahead of next week’s Tour Championship and Conners had climbed eight spots to 17^th overall when his round was complete.

Fellow Canadian Nick Taylor was 4-over on the day, turning in a 74. Taylor fell back nine spots and was sitting in 25^th place in the playoff picture.

Adam Svensson turned in a 4-under-par 66 in his third round, but he was in 35^th place heading into the final round on Sunday.

Adam Hadwin rounds out the Canadian contingent and sits in 43rd overall in the FedExCup standings after shooting 2-over on Saturday.