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Jared du Toit acknowledges he can be tough on himself on the golf course and that is one of the reasons why he loves having his brother Russell on his bag as caddie. While Jared may be more of a glass is half empty kind of guy, Russell sees that glass as half full.

Kimberley’s Jared du Toit set the tone with an early-morning 10-under 61, but there were many more birdies and eagles to come during the remainder of Saturday’s third round of the GolfBC Championship.

Jared du Toit didn’t sleep especially well Friday night and had an early wake-up call with a 7:27 tee time Saturday morning at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club but he ended the day with a course record 10-under 61.

Robby Shelton knew he had a share of the lead on the 18th tee early Friday evening, but decided he wanted it all to himself. Shelton got his wish. He will sleep on the lead at the GolfBC Championship for the second straight night.

It didn’t last quite as long as he would have liked, but Matt Hopley still had the time of his life. The 15-year-old Kelowna resident, who this week became the youngest player to tee it up in a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada event, finished his GolfBC Championship with a nice up-and-down par from behind the 18th green at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club.