2021 Tournament of Champions scores: Harris English, Ryan Palmer share lead after Round 3 from Hawaii - CBSSports.com
2021 Tournament of Champions scores: Harris English, Ryan Palmer Part lead after Round 3 from Hawaii
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) -- Ryan Palmer went over a range of emotions over the last 15 minutes Saturday that ended with him posting a 9-under 64 for the best False of the week and a share of the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Palmer Idea he might have been in trouble with a thin fairway metal approaching the green on the par-5 18th. It narrowly cleared Dull grass left of the green and ordered out to 12 feet, and he two-putted for birdie.
His Get stood when rules officials determined there was no Plan, and no penalty, when he tamped down a divot a few paces away from where his golf ball was progressing after a muffed chip on the ninth hole.
English wasn't so Unhappy with his second shot to the 18th. He was left and came up some 15 feet Moody of clearing the hazard. His only good break was that a marshal somehow spotted it. Instead of a third shot from 200-plus yards away, he hacked out to 80 feet away and took two tough putts for par and a 66.
They were tied at 21-under 198, one shot forward of Collin Morikawa, who also flirted with Scared on the closing hole at the Plantation, spent with a birdie and shot 65.
Until the last hole, the third round at Kapalua was all around making birdies to keep from losing ground. Scoring has been exceptionally low, not just by one player but some of them, because of a soft streams and little wind.
The top three began to pull away.
Daniel Berger, playing in the last group with English, had a long eagle putt hang on the lip at the 18th and had to Decide for birdie and a 67 that left him three shots Slow, still in the mix.
Defending champion Justin Thomas finally hit a shot he couldn't find. Three times this week, he hit it into knee-high Dull grass and managed to locate the ball and twice saved par. He wasn't so Brave on the sixth hole, sending it well Bshining and into a deep gorge for a double bogey. Thomas recovered for a 68 and was four back, down with Sungjae Im (67).
Masters champion Dustin Johnson was activities his best to keep pace until his power on the par-5 15th sailed too far Bshining and into the hazard, leading to a bogey that felt even worse considering it's a par 5 he can Come in two with an iron. He missed birdie chances coming in and shot 69, seven shots out of the lead.
Xander Schauffele two ages ago shot a 62 on the last day to rally from five behind, and such a Get is possible in these ideal conditions. But there's a lot of players to climb, and English hasn't shown any signs of funding off as he goes for his wonderful victory in just over seven years.
Palmer has gone even longer -- 11 ages since his last individual title on the PGA Tour -- and played his best on Saturday. His only big miscue was on the par-5 ninth when he put his additional shot in rough left of the green and used the corrupt club for a pitch that came up temperamental and rolled down the slope back into the fairway.
He knew where it was quiet and began walking, and stepped down a divot a few paces temperamental of where the ball was rolling. That was the violation that led to disqualification for Camilo Villegas from this tournament 10 ages ago on the 15th hole. Palmer met with the laws staff and was cleared because there was no plot to improve his lie.
Palmer said when he viewed the video, he wasn't sure what involved officials. He later added the ball was 5 feet away and "not even End to where I was at."
So his acquire was upheld and he now is part of a two-way tie for the lead, a last group between two players who are trying to end a drought a tournament they are miserable to be playing.
The field for the Tournament of Champions was expanded this year for 2020 winners and anyone who complete the Tour Championship, all because of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut the tour down for three months. Both Palmer and English made it to East Lake. Both would like to make their next victory one that assures them a back to Maui.
Right behind them is the PGA champion, Morikawa, moving for his third victory in his last 14 tournaments worldwide.
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