By Eric Gay, APBrendan Steele showed a crowded leaderboard with birdies on the final two holes to take a one-shot lead in Texas Open on Saturday.
By Eric Gay, APBrendan Steele showed a crowded leaderboard with birdies on the final two holes to take a one-shot lead in Texas Open on Saturday.
28-year-old Californian put his third shot within 15 feet on the par-5 18th, then sunk the putt for his sixth birdie – offsetting a pair of bogeys. "I decided to play it a little more conservative and that it, and it paid off, says Steele of bird to complete his round.The late surge was enough for a one-stroke lead over another up-and-affärsmetoder, second-year PGA Tour pro Cameron Tringale (FSY), who led by two after 16 holes but stuck his tie who shot under no 18 in the deep rough — almost reaches a creek. He recovered on the approach, only to miss out on a 13-foot putt and settle for a 4-under 68. "Drove the left side. I figured that if I hit a good drive ... I could watch it in two, so I just hit hard, "said Tringale, who played at Georgia Tech and now lives in Las Vegas. 'I added a pretty good yardage and then just misjudged the wind, "really," he said. "Came up short, that was a bad mistake, considering all of the rooms behind the hole."Third round winds were calmer but still blew to nearly 30 mph sometimes after heavy gusts Friday saw the fight with a second-round scoring pattern, averaging 75289, the highest on tour since the first round of British Open 2008. Strong winds are forecast again during Sunday's first round. "It will be good shots which are not good and bad shots that finally even worse, "said Steele. another newcomer and Californian, Kevin Chappell (FSY) (70) and 30 years old, Brandt Snedeker (FSY) (70) were tied for third at 5 under. Steele, Tringale and Chappell, who led UCLA to an NCAA title in 2008, has only a combined 62 starts on tour, while the Snedekers sole PGA Tour victory came at the 2007 Wyndham Championship. "It is much younger players getting on tour now faster than it ever has been, and I think it has really been the difference, "said Tringale. He added that he is probably still new on tour that almost no one advertises Tringale (Tren-gal-EE) correctly, instead calling him "triangle" "Trin-gel" "Trin-nail" "Tri-head" and a host of other names.Steele said he has never felt so much pressure on tour that he will prepare tomorrow with the lead. "I definitely have not been in this position, he said, adding that winning at 7,435-yard TPC San Antonio "would validate a lot of things in my career as far a guy who tries to only know his ways here right now as a rookie."Steele began his round tied for first at 3 under with Chappell, Snedeker, Geoff Ogilvy (FSY), Rich Beem (FSY), Kevin Sutherland (FSY) and Charley Hoffman (FSY). Seven-way tie was the most crowded Museum-leaderboard at the PGA Tour in a decade. Seven players tied after 36 holes, had not been seen on the tour since 1977 Westchester. The record was an eight-way tie at the 2001 greater Hartford Open, Tied for fifth at 4 under after three rounds was Augusta, Georgia-native Charles Howell III (FSY), who had four straight birdies on the back nine to complete a birdie and a bogey on the front.You have a drivable green on 14 as you get home in two, so there is some potential here. But I think betting on this Golf course is, keep the ball in play and when you can get it, Howell said. "It is easy to get in trouble for."Even with Howell at 4 under defending Texas Open champion Adam Scott (FSY) (70) and Pat Perez (FSY) that tied the mark for Saturday's best round with a 5-under 67 in a tournament whose motto is "Unapologetically Texan."Souvenirs include white pins stenciled with the phrase "quiet, y'all" and old fashioned to look like the more serious reading simply "silently" to course officials held up in order to silence the crowds of spectators before the shot.Phoenix-born Perez had an Eagle 2 No. 5, knocking his tee shot on the Green and convert a 25-foot putt to complement the four birdies and a bogey on the day.Also shooting 5 under was Sweden-born Fredrik Jacobson (FSY), who finished second to Scott here last year, and had seven birdies to offset a pair of bogeys and moving to 2 under, tied with 10.
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