Justin Thomas takes a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler into the ultimate day of the Hero World Problem, with Tom Kim chasing after a sensational third spherical.
Thomas carded a bogey-free 66 on Saturday at Albany Golf Resort to maneuver to 17 below and one forward of Scheffler, who’s seeking to defend his title and submit a top-two end at Tiger Woods’ occasion for a fourth consecutive yr.
Scheffler posted a third-round 69 to arrange a Sunday pairing with Thomas, whereas Kim is simply two strokes again in third after briefly threatening a ’59 spherical’ on his solution to a round-of-the-day 62.
Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is in fourth spot and inside 4 of the lead, whereas Akshay Bhatia – who performed alongside Scheffler within the last group – dropped 5 again after a third-round 71 and right into a share of fifth with Sahith Theegala.
Scheffler trails Thomas at Tiger’s occasion
Thomas, taking part in within the group behind Scheffler, opened with three pars earlier than following a birdie on the par-four fourth with back-to-back good points from the sixth to briefly transfer tied for the lead.
Scheffler additionally birdied the fourth and rolled in from 15 toes on the seventh to match Thomas, who took benefit of the par-five ninth to shut a front-nine 32 and pull again degree with the world No 1.
Justin Thomas carded six birdies in a bogey-free third spherical within the Bahamas
Thomas missed a six-foot likelihood on the par-five eleventh, the place Scheffler two-putted from 60 toes to select up a shot and transfer again one forward, as Kim jumped into tied-second after a sensational birdie streak.
Kim was eight off the midway lead however adopted birdies on every of his first 4 holes by including 4 extra in a five-hole stretch from the seventh, then picked up pictures on the 14th and fifteenth to get alongside Thomas on 15 below.
Tom Kim’s 62 was 4 strokes higher than anybody else within the area on Saturday
The Korean holed a putt from the perimeter on the par-four subsequent to go 11 below for his spherical and requiring a birdie-birdie end for a ’59 spherical’, with Kim transferring into the outright lead when Scheffler failed to save lots of par on the twelfth.
Thomas drained a putt from virtually 50 toes on the 14th to maneuver to 16 below, which gave him the outright benefit when Kim took two makes an attempt out of a greenside bunker on the par-three seventeenth on his solution to a double-bogey 5.
Kim responded with a bunker hole-out on the par-four final to complete with a birdie, though discovered himself two behind when Thomas made a close-range birdie on the sixteenth and completed with back-to-back pars to set the clubhouse goal.
Scheffler matched Thomas’ birdie on the sixteenth however missed probabilities over his closing two holes to get to 17 below, leaving him requiring a final-round comeback if he’s to assert a ninth worldwide victory of 2024.
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