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Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon tied for Portugal Masters lead; four strokes ahead

Pieters 'not making excuses' at Portugal Masters

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VILAMOURA, Portugal — Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon are tied at the top of the leaderboard, four strokes clear of the pack heading into the final round of the Portugal Masters at Dom Pedro Victoria.

Nothing has separated the pair across the opening three days, both carding identical rounds of 68, 64 and 65 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday respectively.

It was the Frenchman in the ascendancy for most of Saturday, with an outward nine of 31, in contrast to Pieters who slumped to 35 after a double-bogey 7 on the 5th.