SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Adam Schenk performed bogey-free in sturdy wind Saturday for a 4-under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Braden Thornberry in what has develop into a tense chase for a PGA Tour card on the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Thornberry, a PGA Tour rookie who received the NCAA title at Mississippi eight years in the past, shot a 69 to hitch Schenk at 12-under 201 with hardly any margin for error going into the ultimate spherical.
Schenk and Thornberry are amongst 10 gamers from the highest 11 on the leaderboard who arrived in Bermuda exterior the highest 100 within the FedEx Cup with time working out. The RSM Basic at Sea Island subsequent week ends the season, the primary one that gives playing cards to the highest 100 as an alternative of the highest 125.
Schenk is at No. 134 and is working out of choices. However he started making minor changes in his recreation the previous couple of months and watched it repay in a well timed manner at Port Royal.
Winless in 242 begins on the PGA Tour, he all of a sudden has an opportunity he didn’t see coming.
“An incredible alternative to have for tomorrow,” stated Schenk, who has a share of the 54-hole lead for the primary time since Colonial two years in the past. “I do know if I don’t, I’ve to go to Q-school if I don’t get inside the highest 100, in order that’s a reasonably large motivator.”
Thornberry is at No. 178 and solely a win would safe a card, coming with a two-year exemption.
However they’ve loads of firm.
The group one behind included Adam Hadwin of Canada, who had the 36-hole lead, who needed to accept a 71 and was in a tie for third; Max McGreevy (69), Chandler Phillips (70) and Takumi Kanaya of Japan (66).
Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., made 4 birdies and 4 bogeys, handing over 1-over 37 on the entrance 9 earlier than recovering with a 2-under 34 on the again at Port Royal Golf Course to take a seat in a tie for third at 11 below. Hadwin will tee off within the third-to-last group on Sunday at 9:05 a.m. native time (8:05 a.m. ET) with Individuals Max McGreevy and Chandler Phillips.
The one participant inside three photographs of the lead who didn’t face as a lot stress was Vince Whaley, who had a 68. He’s at No. 86 within the FedEx Cup, nearly a lock to remain within the prime 100.
Including to the strain of making an attempt to maintain a PGA Tour card is the wind that didn’t let up.
