Max Greyserman and Xander Schauffele share the lead after Saturday’s third spherical of the Baycurrent Basic in Japan.
In wet situations, Greyserman, who’s chasing his first PGA Tour title, completed with an even-par 71 with Schauffele carding a 67 on the Yokohama Nation Membership – each are on 12-under 201.
Going into the ultimate spherical, 5 gamers have been three strokes again, together with defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael Thorbjornsen (66), Byeong Hun An (66), Garrick Higgo (68) and Si Woo Kim (69).
Nonetheless, it is a totally different story from Schauffele, who may add to his lengthy resume on Sunday which incorporates two main championships, a gold medal within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and quite a few different PGA Tour titles – though he’s winless within the final yr.
For Schauffele, a win can be significantly sentimental because it’s the place his mom was raised – a dream method to finish his drought.
“It would be special obviously, my grandparents are here, my mom grew up here with her brother as well,” he mentioned.
“That’s far away from now, but yeah, to think into the future, it would be an incredible feeling.”
In his method is Greyserman, who has been within the lead, both alone or shared, for the reason that first spherical and is simply holding on.
“Obviously I think me and Xander are tied – so I would have liked to push my lead further, play better today and all that stuff, but you’re not going to play great for 72 straight holes,” he mentioned.
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