Sepp Straka made three birdies and two eagles on par 5s for an eight-under 64 and seized on some late misses by Scottie Scheffler to take a one-shot lead on Saturday going into the ultimate spherical of the Hero World Problem.
Straka chipped in for eagle on the par-5 sixth and performed nice golf simply to maintain tempo with Scheffler, who had 5 straight 3s on his scorecard to start out the third spherical – one eagle, ytwo birdies, two pars – and was 9 below for his spherical by means of 15 holes.
Scheffler, going for a 3rd straight win at Albany Golf Membership, has stumbled over the ultimate three holes day by day this week – a double bogey on the sixteenth on Thursday, a bogey on the sixteenth on Friday, after which a bogey-par-bogey end.
He nonetheless had a 65, sits on 16 below, and might be within the ultimate group with Straka on Sunday, one shot behind the Austrian.
Scottie Scheffler stays one shot off the lead heading into the ultimate spherical
Straka seized on the par 5s. Alongside along with his chip-in on the sixth gap, he holed an 18-foot eagle putt on the downwind, par-5 fifteenth. He additionally hit a 3-wood that landed completely in entrance of the inexperienced on the par-5 ninth that rolled out to fifteen ft for a two-putt birdie.
He trailed Scheffler by three pictures by means of 5 holes, and by two pictures with 4 holes left. However Straka was bogey-free on the day and completed at 18-under 198.
“He undoubtedly bought it going fast,” Straka mentioned of the world’s No 1 participant. “It did not seem like he was going to overlook a putt there for just a little bit. However it’s golf, it normally evens out so much and I simply tried to focus alone recreation.”
The one par 4 that Straka birdied was No 7, the place the tee was moved again. That stored gamers from attempting to drive the inexperienced and as a substitute examined them with a wedge to a harmful back-left pin. Straka took it on and hit it to seven ft.
Scheffler, who went left of the sixteenth fairway in the course of the opening two rounds – a type of resulting in a penalty drop from a bush – this time discovered the quick grass and it wasn’t significantly better. He had an ungainly stance, tugged it left right into a bunker and the ball buried within the sand, resulting in bogey.
He additionally dropped a shot on the 18th by lacking the inexperienced to the appropriate – water is left – leaving a tough pitch up the slope.
“A number of unlucky breaks, however general did some actually great things,” Scheffler mentioned.
Alex Noren (67) and Hideki Matsuyama (68) are three pictures behind Straka, whereas JJ Spaun and Wyndham Clark every shot 69 and are 4 behind.
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