New Zealand’s Ryan Chisnall is on track for a wire-to-wire victory at RACV Cape Schanck Resort after his round of 3-under 67 handed him the outright lead in the Victorian PGA Championship.

Chisnall teed off for round three with West Australian Rick Kulacz and Victorian PGA Trainee Frazer Droop and the trio will play together in the final group on Sunday after an up and down round saw the lead change hands multiple times.

However a birdie on the 18^th hole proved enough for Chisnall to take the lead at 10-under the card.

“It was pretty tough out there and I was really struggling through the front-9, I had to try and really empty the tank on the back-9 and try to get as much as I could out of it,” said Chisnall who leads despite battling a nasty cough throughout the tournament.

“I’m not one hundred percent but I’m okay, the coughs annoying but in terms of health I feel okay, it is what it is, so I’ll keep moving forward.”

Fresh off a second place finish on the Charles Tour in New Zealand, Chisnall said he can feel a little momentum in his game heading into tomorrow’s final round.

“I’ve just taken consistency (from last week) I’ve just got to keep doing what I’m doing and hopefully it all gels tomorrow.”

Kulacz and Droop are tied at 9-under the card following rounds of 3-under 67 and 2-under 68 respectively.

“It was a good grind all day today, we had a great group out there with Ryan and Rick, then my partner in the amateur challenge Lukas so I’m looking forward to tomorrow with the same group,” said Droop, a second year PGA Trainee professional who won’t be overawed by the occasion on Sunday.

“It’s just business as usual; you’ve got to take it all in. Any chance you get to play in the last group on a Sunday is great and a home state title is even better.”

There’s a healthy pack chasing the leading group with the ever consistent Matt Millar, Darren Beck and Aaron Pike all tied for fourth position at 8-under the card.

The highlight of the day belonged to Ben Ford who hit his seventh career hole-in-one on the par-3 16^th from 139 metres with his 6-iron.

“I was lucky enough to hit second, my playing partner Adam Burdett hit a nice 5-iron which I thought was a little bit too much so I went back one and really punched it in there,” said Ford.

“It was just the perfect wind for me from the left and off the bat we knew it was going to be close, it landed above the flag and with the wind and how quick that green is it just trickled in.”

Ford is tied in seventh position with Andrew Martin at 7-under the card and still well in the hunt for the championship.

In the Victorian PGA Championship Celebrity Challenge, Frazer Droop and Lukas Michel lead at 28-under over Maverick Antcliff and Danny Lovell at 24-under.

Josh Younger and Campbell Neal are third at 23-under.

To view the full leaderboard, visit pga.org.au.

Ryan Chisnall, Frazer Droop and Rick Kulacz will tee off for round four at 11am, tee times are available at pga.org.au.

Entry is free all week for spectators with a Family Day to be hosted at RACV Cape Schanck Resort this Sunday providing plenty of free entertainment for the kids.

The final round will be broadcast live on PGA TV powered by TaylorMade from 11am AEDT Sunday 14 October.