Amateur Nick Dunlap takes three-shot lead into final round

Nick Dunlap hits from the eighth tee on the La Quinta Country Club. Pic: Ryan Sun/AP

Nick Dunlap will take a three-shot lead into the final round of The American Express tournament as he chases the first win by an amateur on the PGA Tour for 33 years.

The University of Alabama student shot 10 birdies and an eagle in a third round 60 – equalling the lowest round by an amateur in a tour event – on the La Quinta course to follow his second round 61 as he moved into pole position on 27-under-par.