Xander Schauffele shot a 65 to lead his playing partner Wyndham Clark in the third round of The Players Championship this Saturday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Schauffele played a bogey-free round that began with a stellar first nine holes birdies on holes 2, 4, 6 and 9 at TPC Sawgrass.
Clark, the defending US Open champion, had a four-stroke lead over Schauffele and Canadian Nick Taylor entering Saturday, but a bogey on the eighth hole and another on the 17th cost him.
Brian Harman He carded a best 64 of the day to stand at 15 under par, two shots from Schauffele.
Matt Fitzpatrick (68) and Maverick McNealy (68) shared fourth place with -13including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (68) and Sahith Theegala (67) another shot away at -12.
Nate Lashley is alone in eighth place with -11 after a 67, while Taylor Montgomery and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama each shot 68 and shared ninth place with JT Poston (69) at 10 under par.
Taylor had to work hard for a 76, which dropped him from second place to 29th.
Source: La Verdad
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