CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to interrupt the match 54-hole scoring document at 21 below within the Vacationers Championship, whereas Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands.
The earlier three-round mark was 18 below, set by Brendon Todd on an empty course in the course of the peak of the pandemic in 2020. The four-round match document is 22 below, set by Kenny Perry in 2009.
Bradley missed a 20-foot putt on 18 that might have tied the PGA Tour’s 54-hole mark of 188 set by Steve Stricker within the 2010 John Deere Basic and matched by Justin Thomas within the 2017 Sony Open. Bradley opened with rounds of 62 and 63.
“I’ve needed to win this match ceaselessly,” stated Bradley, a Vermont native who additionally lived in Massachusetts and was enjoying in entrance of a giant contingent of household and buddies. “So, the sensation of desirous to push and win is one thing I have to struggle towards and simply let myself exit and play.”
Chez Reavie was a shot again after a 63. He led for a lot of the again 9, however made a bogey on the par-3 sixteenth, whereas Bradley hit his tee shot to six ft and transformed the birdie putt for a 3-stroke swing. Bradley completed second to Reavie within the 2019 Vacationers.
“I had a giant lead after which Keegan made a bunch of birdies all through the start and center a part of the spherical to make it actually shut,” Reavie stated. “Tomorrow goes to be the other. It is going to be a shootout.”
Fowler simply missed the thirteenth sub-60 spherical in PGA Tour historical past. After failing to transform from simply off the inexperienced on his ultimate gap, he wound up tied for fourth at 15 below within the occasion the place Jim Furyk shot a tour-record 58 in 2016.
“I hit a good chip, simply hit it somewhat gentle,” Fowler stated. “A faucet-in for 60 is rarely a foul factor. It is higher than a 61.”
Fowler was a shot behind Patrick Cantlay, who had a bogey-free 61 that included 5 birdies on his ultimate seven holes. Cantlay was the primary participant to shoot a 60 on this course, doing it as a 19-year-old beginner in 2011.
“The scoring on this golf course is often on the again 9 in that center stretch,” he stated. “I performed the entrance 9 4 below. If you will get the entrance 9 you’ll be able to shoot an actual low one, so tomorrow with the scores low I think about it’s going to take one other low one.”
Denny McCarthy opened with a 60 on Thursday and shared the second-round lead with Bradley at a tournament-record 125.
McCarthy fell again early Saturday, making three bogeys on the entrance 9 for a 37. He shot 70, leaving him tied with Fowler and Adam Scott (65).
An nearly half inch of rain delayed the begin to the spherical till 11 a.m., with gamers going off in threesomes on each the back and front nines. Nevertheless it additionally stored the greens gentle and the scoring low.
Fowler, who shot the primary 62 in U.S. Open historical past final week, had seven birdies on his first 11 holes Saturday.
He was at 7 below on the par-5 sixth gap when he hit somewhat chip shot from 60 ft that bounced onto the inexperienced and rolled straight into the opening for an eagle.
Thomas additionally put himself in competition Saturday with a 62, leaving him in a gaggle at 14 below.
“I’ve felt very shut for some time, simply have had actually nothing to indicate for it,” Thomas stated. “And also you by no means know. I am one spherical away tomorrow from form of utterly altering my focus and outlook on the yr and the remainder of the yr.”
High-ranked Scottie Scheffler shot a 63 and was additionally in that group.
U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark had a 67 to get to eight below.
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