Vacationers Championship: Tommy Fleetwood enjoys excellent third spherical to guide by three as Scottie Scheffler drops down leaderboard | Golf Information

England’s Tommy Fleetwood shot seven-under-par 63 in Saturday’s third spherical of the Vacationers Championship to interrupt away from a high-profile group close to the highest of the leaderboard.

Fleetwood, who for the second time in three rounds did not document a bogey, will carry a three-shot benefit into Sunday’s closing spherical at TPC River Highlands as he seeks his first PGA Tour triumph.

Russell Henley shot 61 to maneuver to second, and Keegan Bradley posted 63 to take a seat at 13 beneath. Australia’s Jason Day is alone in fourth at 11 beneath after a third-round 67, whereas Rory McIlroy endured one other irritating day to take a seat some 9 photographs behind Fleetwood.

The spherical started with Fleetwood, Justin Thomas and World No 1 Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, tied for first place.

Scheffler’s triple-bogey on the par-4 first gap and a double-bogey on the par-3 eighth gap put him off tempo. Thomas had extreme troubles later.

Fleetwood’s highlights included a 66-foot birdie putt on the par-3 fifth gap and a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 thirteenth. It was his second eagle in as many days at No 13, which he has performed at 5 beneath for the event.

“It (profitable) will come right down to a bunch of issues,” Fleetwood informed CBS Sports activities. “I have not been in competition a lot in any respect this 12 months, I have been on the outskirts in case you like.

“My greatest finishes have been simply exterior of being in competition, however like actually shut. So to place myself there and be within the final group (on Sunday), I am actually proud of that.

“I have been right here loads of instances, I am wanting ahead to it. I am proud of the work I’ve completed and blissful I’ve bounced again for the primary few days of this event from final week (US Open).

“It is simply a tremendous alternative for me to exit and luxuriate in it, and hopefully it is our time.”

Henley’s bogey-free spherical – after three bogeys within the second spherical – included 5 beneath on the entrance aspect. He had birdies on each par-5 holes and 9 total.

Bradley, the US captain for the Ryder Cup, notched birdies on 4 of the primary seven holes and stayed in competition.

Scheffler, taking part in on his twenty ninth birthday, plummeted to seven beneath and in a tie for eighth place with a 72, aided by a birdie on the final gap.

Thomas had an identical, albeit belated, decline on his technique to 73, coming undone by a quadruple-bogey 9 on the thirteenth gap. That meltdown started with a tee shot out of bounds and included three extra photographs within the tough earlier than arriving on the inexperienced.

Harris English (67), Wyndham Clark (66) and Brian Harman (65) are tied for fifth place at eight beneath.

Apart from Henley, the day’s greatest scores have been turned in by Canada’s Taylor Pendrith and Australia’s Adam Scott with 62s. Pendrith moved to a tie for 14th at six beneath, whereas Scott is tied for twenty fifth at 4 beneath.

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