Seamus Energy may need bogeyed two of his final three holes, however a third-round 69 leaves him simply six photographs behind Keith Mitchell heading into the ultimate spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi.
Chasing his third PGA Tour win, Energy shares tenth place on 14-under on the Nation Membership of Jackson with Eric Cole and Gary Woodland.
Mitchell shot a seven-under 65 to guide by a shot on 20-under from Beau Hossler and by two from former Arizona State College star Kevin Yu.
Nevertheless it’s an inexperienced leaderboard relating to profitable, with Mitchell (32) in search of simply his second PGA Tour victory and his first for the reason that 2019 Honda Basic.
The Tennessee native admits he is discovered it laborious to recover from the road in a profession the place he is had only one second-place end and solely 5 profession high threes since 2018.
“I wish to assume I may have received greater than as soon as with my sport and I have not as a result of I’ve succumbed to the stress and tried to power issues and did issues out of my management,” Mitchell stated.
“You’ll be able to’t do this. You by no means know what is going on to occur with the blokes round you.”
Whereas he received the Honda Basic in 2019, he has had only one good likelihood to win since then.
He held the 54-hole lead on the Valspar Championship earlier this season however closed with a 77 after a nervy begin and completed eight photographs behind winner Peter Malnati.
“I keep in mind I used to be within the final group with Rory at Quail Hole a pair years again,” Mitchell stated of the stress within the last group. “Felt like I did a bit of bit higher job there till the previous few holes.
“After which Valspar I hit most likely the more severe two photographs of the day on the primary two holes and was not capable of bounce again from these emotions of worry or nervousness attempting to ensure I get it within the fairway or on the inexperienced.
“Valspar is a tricky golf course and it bit me that day. I felt like I used to be doing the whole lot bodily as greatest I may and mentally I used to be a practice wreck after the primary two holes.
“Studying from that’s actually all I can do. Solely received as soon as and attempting to shut the door a second time, which has been clearly very tough for me.”
He added: “I might say tomorrow is a very new day. It is Sunday. Final group. Been there earlier than and failed a bunch on Sundays within the final group and even shut.
“I am hoping I can be taught from these errors, be taught from after I get these looks like what I did mistaken then and to not allow them to occur once more.”
As for Hossler (29), he is been on tour since 2016 however remains to be in search of his first win.
Energy has work to do to get himself again within the combine, however he has site visitors forward with former US Open champion Lucas Glover, a six-time winner, tied for fourth with 23-year-old rookie Jacob Bridgeman and the winless Bud Cauley, who’s returning to motion after a three-year damage layoff.
The gifted trio of Michael Thorbjornsen, New Zealander Ryan Fox and Daniel Berger are tied for seventh, 5 photographs behind Mitchell on 15-under with Energy an additional shot again.
The West Waterford man bought to inside three photographs of the lead in spherical three when he adopted a bogey on the second with birdies on the fourth, sixth and seventh and an eagle three on the eleventh.
However he bogeyed the sixteenth after driving into sand and adopted one other birdie on the seventeenth with a tender bogey from simply off the inexperienced on the 18th.
The Toooraneena man is seeking to get again into the world’s high 50 and after slipping to 119th this week, he has an opportunity in the present day to edge again into the highest 100.
