Jason Day is inside hanging distance of the leaders with one spherical remaining within the PGA Tour’s American Categorical event in California.
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Day is -19 and in a tie for second on the completion of Spherical 3. He and two others are 4 pictures behind tearaway chief Sepp Straka.
Day is looking for his first win on the PGA Tour since Might 2023.
The Aussie has performed constant golf all weekend with rounds of -8, -6 and -5 respectively.
Day carded seven birdies throughout the third spherical with two blemishes on holes 5 and 13.
Talking post-round, Day says he feels there’s been a “drastic enchancment” he’s observed together with his swing this event.
“There’s been a dramatic enchancment within the technical side on the swing. Simply feels just like the membership’s slightly bit for sq. coming by means of the shot, and that’s slightly bit extra controllable, which is sweet,” Day mentioned.
“The swing’s improved, which is nice. One factor that held me again final yr was strategy play into the greens. Placing’s been stable just about yearly, driving’s been fairly stable too, identical as brief sport. In order that was type of just like the lacking piece for me.
“So it’s been a great begin, don’t actually give it some thought an excessive amount of, simply get into it tomorrow and go from there.”
It was Straka’s day although.
The Austrian shot an -8 64 on the La Quinta Course, together with six birdies on the entrance 9 alone.
The ultimate spherical will happen on the difficult Pete Dye Stadium Course on Monday morning (AEDT)
AMEX LEADERBOARD – ROUND 3
Sepp Straka -23
Charley Hoffmann -19
Justin Decrease -19
Jason Day -19
Patrick Cantlay -18
Mark Hubbard -18