Herbert saved by wonder shot as Burns takes Open command<\/a><\/p>\nWhile the lion\u2019s share of the Australian focus was really on Bendigo\u2019s overnight leader Lucas Herbert\u2019s title bid, his fellow Victorian John just knuckled down quietly to put together his third impressive round of the week and ended up sitting tied for 11th place.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s one-under 69 left John four-under for the championship and still believing he\u2019s right in the thick of the hunt for the Claret Jug, only three shots behind fourth-placed Herbert and six adrift of US leader Sam Burns.<\/p>\n
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Cameron John has his sights set on improving on 11th in the final round in England. (Jono Searle\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of pinch me stuff,\u201d said the 27-year-old with a smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I feel like over the past two years, especially working with (coach) Denis (McDade), this is kind of what we\u2019ve built my game around.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019m capable of competing at the highest level and hopefully I\u2019ve shown enough of that already this week and hopefully I can do even more tomorrow.<\/p>\n
John, who\u2019s on the same four-under total as major-winning luminaries like world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry and Hideki Matsuyama, added: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m playing great golf and today I was hitting the ball probably better than the first two days.<\/p>\n
\u201cScore-wise, it felt like there was a couple that I let go and there was a couple that obviously went my way. That\u2019s golf; it doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re playing, I\u2019m always going to give it 100 per cent and hopefully that holds me in good stead come tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
And he\u2019s staying ambitious.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still 18 holes of golf and focus on trying to win the tournament and try to at least give myself a chance with nine holes to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, I\u2019m focusing on hopefully trying to catch him (Herbert), and he\u2019s hopefully going to have a good round tomorrow and we can sort of battle it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Scott didn\u2019t fire on all cylinders as he had hoped, ending at one-under for the tournament after a 71, while Min Woo Lee also had a one-over round as he slipped to two-over.<\/p>\n
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