Golf-Fowler leads Barclays as Ryder Cup race intensifies

(adds detail, quotes) * Both players in Ryder Cup contention * Fowler bogey-free run at 45 holes * Aussie Scott shoots 65 to trail by two NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - American Olympic team mates Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed will have one eye on victory and another on the Ryder Cup in the final round of The Barclays on New York's Long Island on Sunday. Fowler has a one-stroke lead over his compatriot after Saturday's third round in the first of four events making up the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoff series. Extending his bogey-free streak to 45 holes, Fowler sank a four-foot birdie at the last to edge ahead with a three-under 68 on the tough Bethpage Black course in Farmingdale.

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