Australia’s Min Woo Lee is eyeing a maiden PGA Tour win after taking a four-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical of the Houston Open. Dwell beneath!
Lee birdied seven of the primary 14 holes in firing a seven-under par 63 on Saturday (US time).
The 26-year-old from Perth completed one off the Memorial Park course file to face on 17-under 193, a 54-hole event file.
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“Just a few strong golf,” Lee mentioned. “Been taking part in actually good the previous couple of days. Simply preserve my head down.”
Argentina’s Alejandro Tosti shot 65 to seize second on 197 with top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, fellow American Ryan Gerard and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox on 198.
Lee, Tosti and Fox will tee off within the remaining group at 4:01am AEDT.
“I’ve realized from previous experiences and clearly taking part in with Scottie the previous few years, within the remaining group in a pair tournaments,” Lee mentioned.
Lee, along with his first 54-hole lead in a PGA occasion, seeks his first PGA title after three wins on the European Tour.
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“Hopefully tomorrow is one other good day,” Lee mentioned. “Comparable golf (to win). Simply received to play fairly regular off the tee. A pair shaky drives on the finish however form of regrouped and made it occur. Simply holding my head down and one shot at a time.”
Whereas Lee, Fox, Tosti and Gerard every search a breakthrough first PGA triumph, Scheffler gained 9 titles worldwide final yr, together with his second Masters and Paris Olympic gold, and matched the course file with a 62 on Friday.
Scheffler was bogey-free for the week till he adopted a birdie on the par-5 third with a bogey after lacking the inexperienced along with his strategy on the fourth.
Scheffler birdied the par-5 eighth and answered a bogey at 13 with a birdie on the par-5 sixteenth however the 36-hole chief solely managed a 69.
“Yesterday I holed a bunch of putts, right now I really feel like I couldn’t get the ball to go within the gap,” Scheffler mentioned. “Really feel like I hit a whole lot of good putts.
“There’s not likely a lot you are able to do totally different on the market. Attempt to shoot as little as potential right now and I’m going to attempt to do the identical factor tomorrow.”
Lee sank a six-foot birdie putt on the par-5 third and chipped in for birdie from 34 ft on the par-4 sixth to seize the lead at 12-under.
Lee dropped his strategy inches from the opening on the par-5 eighth and par-3 ninth to arrange tap-in birdies on each holes and sank a birdie putt from simply inside 12 ft on the tenth for his third consecutive birdie to succeed in 15-under and stretch his result in three strokes.
World quantity 55 Lee birdied the par-4 twelfth after touchdown his strategy inside 5 ft and when Scheffler made bogey on the thirteenth, the Aussie had a five-stroke edge.
Lee sank his seventh birdie in 14 holes, a seven-footer at 14, and parred his solution to the clubhouse.
World quantity two Rory McIlroy, who birdied three of the final 4 holes Friday to make the lower, fired a 65 to succeed in 201, eight strokes adrift.
The Northern Eire star, who would full a profession Grand Slam by successful subsequent month’s Masters, started on the again 9 and holed out an eagle chip from simply inside 54 ft on the par-5 eighth to spotlight a bogey-free spherical.
“I performed OK,” McIlroy mentioned. “It was good to get on the market and play first rate. Actually didn’t have my greatest, however shot an honest spherical and hopefully one other good one tomorrow.”
American Davis Thompson birdied seven of the primary 10 holes on his solution to a 64, matching his greatest PGA spherical to face on 200.
“It was a great day,” Thompson mentioned. “It offers me confidence realizing I’m taking part in properly. Simply received to go do the identical factor tomorrow, give myself a whole lot of attractiveness and make just a few of them.”