JACKSON, Miss. — Greater than 4½ years have handed since Keith Mitchell’s one and solely PGA Tour victory on the Honda Basic in March 2019.
The Chattanooga, Tennessee, native and College of Georgia product has an opportunity for No. 2 on Sunday through the remaining spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Nation Membership of Jackson.
Mitchell shot a third-round-best 7-under Saturday, placing him atop the leaderboard at 20 underneath, one shot forward of Beau Hossler, who led after two rounds and bounced again from a double-bogey on the par-4 twelfth gap to remain close to the highest.
Mitchell’s bogey-free spherical included seven birdies. He made 9 birdies Friday.
However Mitchell is aware of successful gained’t be straightforward.
“Tomorrow is a very new day,” he mentioned. “It’s Sunday. Final group. Been there earlier than and failed a bunch on Sundays within the final group.
“I’m hoping I can be taught from these errors, be taught from once I get these feels that it’s − like what I did fallacious then and to not allow them to occur once more.”
Kevin Yu is third at 18-under, whereas Bud Cauley, Jacob Bridgeman and Lucas Glover sit tied for fourth at 16-under.
David Skinns, who shot a course-record 60 through the first spherical Thursday, enters Sunday tied for forty fourth at 10-under.
The very best rating by means of three rounds is 6-under.
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