Akshay Bhatia and England’s Aaron Rai shot four-under-par 68s to stay co-leaders by the third spherical of the Rocket Mortgage Traditional on Saturday in Detroit.
American Bhatia and Rai started the spherical sharing the lead, however the total leaderboard has tightened. Rai had 5 birdies and a bogey, whereas Bahatia navigated his third consecutive spherical and not using a bogey.
They’re each at 17-under 199 going into Sunday’s ultimate spherical.
Cameron Younger (67), who birdied three of his final 5 holes, and Australia’s Cam Davis (66), who had birdies on three of his first 4 holes and accomplished a bogey-free spherical, are one shot again at 16 underneath.
Sam Stevens (66), who birdied the ultimate two holes, and South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen (68), who didn’t register a bogey, are at 15 underneath.
Novice Luke Clanton (65), Joel Dahmen (68) and Australia’s Min Woo Lee (66) are tied for seventh at 14 underneath. Clanton climbed to a share of second place by the point he completed his third spherical earlier than others took benefit of scoring probabilities within the early night.
“It is my first PGA Tour occasion and to be in competition the place I am at proper now’s superior,” Clanton stated.
Clanton, a 20-year-old Florida State golfer, performed earlier within the month within the US Open, making the minimize and tying for forty first place. On Saturday, he eagled the par-five 14th gap, simply two holes after his solely bogey of the spherical.
Defending champion Rickie Fowler shot 67 and moved to 11 underneath. The beginning of the third spherical had a major delay and tee instances had been revised, with golfers utilizing the primary and tenth tees as beginning spots.
Will Zalatoris, citing a again damage, withdrew throughout the third spherical. He was seven underneath by the primary two rounds. however three over by eight holes on Saturday earlier than ending his spherical.
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