Cook fires up with 64 for one-stroke lead after three rounds

Jan 20, 2018; La Quinta, CA, USA; Austin Cook hits out of a bunker on the 18th during the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge golf tournament at La Quinta Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Austin Cook expressed comfort playing with the lead after surging to a one-shot advantage in the third round at the CareerBuilder Challenge in southern California on Saturday.

Cook picked up six strokes in a six-hole stretch from the fourth hole en route to an eight-under-par 64 at La Quinta, the easiest of the three courses used for the pro-am event in the Palm Springs area.