Nick Flanagan has shot a disastrous five-over par 77 in his third round to plummet down the leaderboard at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada. Flanagan was tied for second place at the halfway mark and looked set to challenge the leaders over the weekend, but three bogeys, a double bogey and a triple bogey removed him from contention for the title. The winner looks to be a formality with American Parker McLachlin carding a six-under 66 to take him to 20-under for the tournament. McLachlin&aposs superb round included five birdies, an eagle on the par-four fifth and just one bogey as he all but assured himself of victory. McLachlin holds a six stroke lead over Englishmen Brian Davis, who is a further four strokes clear of John Rollins. Andrew Buckle continued his fine form to be the best placed Australian in a tie for fourth place at nine-under. The rest of the Austrlalian contingent is well down the leaderboard with Gavin Coles at two-under and Matt Jones and Steve Elkington at one-under. Legends Reno-Tahoe Open Results from Round 3: -20: Parker McLachlin 68 62 66 -14: Brian Davis 67 68 68 -10: John Rollins 70 66 70 -9: Andrew Buckle (Australia) 70 69 68, John Merrick 67 67 73 -8: Cameron Beckman 68 71 69, Jason Gore 68 70 70, Ryan Palmer 71 66 71, Joe Ogilvie 70 66 72 Also: -5: Nick Flanagan (Australia) 69 65 77 -3: Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 73 71 69 -2: Gavin Coles (Australia) 74 68 72 -1:Matt Jones (Australia) 71 72 72, Steve Elkington (Australia) 73 69 73 Missed Cut: +2: Nathan Green (Australia) 74 72, Mark Hensby (Australia) 77 69 +3: Grant Waite (New Zealand) 73 74 +5: Steve Allan (Australia) 72 77 +8: David Lutterus (Australia) 78 74 +9: Phil Tataurangi (New Zealand) 78 75