Scottie Scheffler moved one other step nearer to a maiden FedExCup victory after extending his result in 5 pictures heading into the ultimate spherical of the Tour Championship.
The Masters champion went into the weekend 4 forward at East Lake after rounds of 65 and 66 over the primary two days, with the American recovering from a sluggish begin to his third spherical to extend his benefit over closest challenger Collin Morikawa.
Scheffler noticed his lead decreased to 2 strokes after an early bogey however adopted back-to-back birdies from the seventh with 4 extra over his final 5 holes, with a five-under 66 lifting him to 26 beneath and rising his hopes of a seventh PGA Tour win of the season.
Scheffler got here into the Tour Championship as FedExCup chief for the third consecutive season
He will likely be paired once more on the ultimate day with Morikawa, who birdied three of his final 4 to salvage a third-round 67, whereas Sahith Theegala produced a five-birdie end to leap into third spot on 17 beneath forward of Xander Schauffele.
How Scheffler stored pushing in the direction of FedExCup glory
Scheffler bogeyed the par-four first for the second time in three days, permitting Morikawa to shut inside three after holing from seven-feet to save lots of par, with the world No 1 having to scramble a par on the subsequent after lacking the inexperienced off the tee.
Collin Morikawa will likely be paired with Scottie Scheffler for the third spherical operating on the ultimate day
Morikawa briefly reduce Scheffler’s result in two when he made an eight-foot birdie on the par-five sixth, as his enjoying associate missed from the same distance, just for Scheffler to revive his in a single day cushion with a two-shot swing on the subsequent.
Scheffler rolled in from 15 toes for birdie as Morikawa squandered his four-footer for par, with each gamers making close-range birdies on the subsequent and saving pars on the ninth to maintain the hole at 4 strokes on the flip.
The ultimate pair exchanged pars for the early a part of the again 9, earlier than Scheffler drained a 20-foot birdie on the par-five 14th to go 5 forward when Morikawa three-putted from lengthy vary to settle with a par.
Morikawa fired his tee shot in near arrange a birdie on the par-three subsequent, the place Scheffler negotiated a tough two-putt forward of him rolling in from 20 toes on the sixteenth to leap to 24 beneath.
Scheffler capitalized on a beneficial lie close to a tree off the tee on the par-four seventeenth to arrange a 10-foot birdie, matched by Morikawa to increase their hole over the remainder of the sector, with each gamers then getting up and down on the final to log out with matching birdies.
“It will be very onerous, however I imagine in myself that I can do it,” Morikawa stated. “5 pictures is quite a bit, however two-shot swings occur. I feel I’ve seen a pair over the previous few days. I’ve simply obtained to play my recreation. I’ve obtained to go low. I’ve obtained 18 holes left to the season – I will put every thing I’ve into these subsequent 24 hours.”
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Talking about his FedExCup hopes, Scheffler advised Sky Sports activities: “I’ve had my possibilities right here to win some tournaments and I am going to don’t have any higher alternative than tomorrow. I have been mentally at my greatest this 12 months and I am wanting ahead to doing extra of that tomorrow.”
Schauffele’s push for FedExCup victory rapidly unravelled with two bogeys in his first 4 holes, with two birdies over the remainder of his spherical leaving him with a level-par 71 and 10 behind Scheffler.
The Open champion was upstaged by enjoying associate Theegala – who referred to as a two-shot penalty on himself earlier within the spherical for grounding the membership in a bunker, as he made seven birdies in his final eight holes to leap into third spot.
Wyndham Clark shares fifth spot with Adam Scott on 15 beneath forward of Sam Burns, whereas Shane Lowry equalled the bottom spherical of the day and moved to eighth spot with a six-under 65. Rory McIlroy is tied-Tenth and on 11 beneath after a third-round 68.
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