TRUCKEE, Calif. — Patrick Rodgers scored eight factors Saturday to take the third-round lead within the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Membership.
Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the match makes use of the Modified Stableford scoring system. 5 factors are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, whereas some extent is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey.
“I am loving the best way that I am driving it,” Rodgers mentioned. “I am giving myself tons of alternatives to attain. A variety of birdie and eagle seems. On this format I will need to do the identical tomorrow.”
Winless on the PGA Tour, Rodgers, 31, rebounded from a double bogey on the par-4 tenth with an eagle on the par-5 twelfth and birdies on the par-4 sixteenth and 18th on the par-71 Previous Greenwood format.
“It was a day of resilience, for positive,” Rodgers mentioned. “I shot myself within the foot greater than as soon as right this moment, particularly on this format. I missed a few actually tiny putts on the entrance 9. … Then made a double on 10.”
Second-rounder chief Ryan Gerard was some extent again after a three-point spherical. The 23-year-old former North Carolina participant has particular momentary membership on the PGA Tour.
“Simply a number of a grind on the market right this moment,” Gerard mentioned. “Course received fairly robust, fairly agency. Greens received actually bumpy towards the top, which goes to occur within the afternoon. So simply actually tried to remain affected person, saved myself in it, despite the fact that I did not actually have my finest sport or something close to it.”
Akshay Bhatia was third with 31 after a 17-point spherical.
“I feel the golf course, the realm, it is excellent for this format,” Bhatia mentioned. “You are taking part in in altitude, you bought drivable par 4s, you bought quick par 5s. So, it is an important format to make a ton of birdies.”
Beau Hossler had an eight-point day to succeed in 30 factors. Joel Dahmen was at 29 after a 16-point spherical.
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