Billy Walsh did most of the moving in the third round of the Gosling’s Invitational and grabbed a tie for first place in the process.

The Canadian shot a five-under par 65 yesterday, the lowest round of the week, erasing Patrick Horgan III’s overnight lead to leave the pair tied at seven-under for the tournament.

Walsh started the day at two-under par, three shots back of Horgan, and was actually four behind at the turn, but a sparkling back nine, where he eagled the par-five 12th, and then hit approach shots to within four feet on 14 and 18 for birdie helped him close the gap.

“I hit it really well today, I drove the ball really well, kept it in the fairway almost all day and from there it’s the only chance you get to be aggressive at these pins because you have to be coming in from the right angles,” Walsh said.

“A lot of the time out here you’re accepting that [leaving yourself] a 20-foot putt is a good shot into the green, sometimes when you try to get too aggressive you leave yourself in trouble.”

Horgan’s two-under par 68 kept him at the front, but he should have been going into today’s final round with a two-shot lead. The Champions Tour player double-bogeyed 17 after hitting his tee shot out of bounds, and coupled with Walsh’s birdie at the last, means the pair are in a straight fight for the title.

“[The double-bogey] is disappointing because it was an unforced error. I didn’t hit a bad shot, I made a bad club selection,” Horgan said. “After watching Bill [Walsh] hit a wedge and come up short I thought a 9-iron would be all right, but it turned out to be a wedge.

“That’s disappointing because I was four-under for the day at that point. But I’m still tied for first, and I would have had to play tomorrow regardless whether I was two-shots ahead or one, or even.”

Brian McCann is alone in third at three-under after his round of 69, and while still in contention, is going to need a little bit of help. At two-over, a further five-shots back, Andrew Turner and Danny King are tied for fourth, with Dwayne Pearman and Walter Keating tied at three-over in sixth.

For Horgan and Walsh though their destinies lie in their own hands, and while disgruntled at dropping two shots at the end of his round, Horgan is right where he wants to be coming to the end of the week.

“I felt like I left a little on the table every day, but I’m sure everyone has,” Horgan said. “But I’m in control of my own destiny, and it’s where you want to be in a tournament.

“I came here to win the tournament, to contend. I love coming here, but I’m also coming, honestly, to make money. This is so nice that we have this tournament to play in, it’s one of the best places in the world for me to come and play golf, but at the same time I’m sitting here and I’m disgruntled about my finish.”

Both of the leaders are chasing their third Gosling’s Invitational title, for Walsh it would be his third in five years, after wins in 2010 and 2012, for Horgan, the gap is slightly larger, victory tomorrow would come exactly ten years after his first, and eight years after his last, in 2006.

Walsh might be considered to be the player with momentum, but neither he, nor Horgan are willing to predict what might happen today.

“You wake up here [Bermuda] tomorrow, and the wind is blowing in a certain direction, and then who knows,” Walsh said.

“I’m just going to try to do what I have been doing all week, make smart decisions and if I can do that I’ll be happy. If someone shoots a great round and beats me then I’ll take my hat off too them and shake their hand.”

While the professional division and $12,000 first place prize money is still up for grabs, the amateur division has been over for some time.

Another impressive display from Steven DeCosta, whose even-par 70 included an eagle at the par four 14th, is even-par for the tournament, some 22 shots ahead of Mark Philips, his nearest rival. Donny Jarvis and John Rushnell are separated by just two shots in the senior professionals event, and in the senior amateur division, Glenn Kelly, from America, is 12-over for the tournament and has a ten-shot lead over Hav Trott.