The Players: Xander Schauffele leads Wyndham Clark with Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler chasing | Golf News

Xander Schauffele got here by a third-round tussle with Wyndham Clark to take a one-shot lead into the ultimate day of The Gamers, with Matt Fitzpatrick and Scottie Scheffler among the many chasing pack.

Schauffele overturned a four-stroke deficit throughout an exciting battle along with his Ryder Cup teammate, carding seven birdies in a bogey-free 65 to maneuver to 17 underneath and one forward of the reigning US Open champion.

Brian Harman holds third on 15 underneath after an excellent birdie run whereas Maverick McNealy is an additional two strokes again alongside Fitzpatrick, who birdied 4 of his final 5 holes to submit a four-under 68 and get inside 4 of the lead.

World No 1 Scheffler continued to battle a neck harm however birdied his final three holes to submit a four-under 68, leaving him 5 behind as he seems to be to change into the primary back-to-back winner of The Gamers, whereas McIlroy produced the identical end to card a third-round 69 and head into the ultimate day on 9 underneath.

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Clark produced an unbelievable restoration from the tough to birdie the primary, which briefly put him 5 clear when Schauffele didn’t convert from 4 ft, just for his taking part in accomplice to reply to make the most of the par-five subsequent.

Schauffele holed from 10 ft on the fourth and made a 15-foot birdie on the sixth to get inside two, whereas Clark noticed a birdie on the seventh cancelled out by a dropped shot on the par-three subsequent after which missed a five-foot birdie likelihood on the ninth.

Harman birdied 4 of his first eight holes and responded to bogeying the par-five ninth, having discovered bushes off the tee, to open his again 9 with successive birdies to shut inside three of the lead.

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Schauffele birdied the ninth to get inside certainly one of Clark on the flip, whereas Harman transformed back-to-back birdies from the thirteenth to go seven underneath for his spherical and be part of the Olympic gold medallist only one off the lead.

Clark joined Schauffele in birdieing the par-five eleventh however scrambled a par on the driveable par-four subsequent after discovering water off the tee, permitting Schauffele to stage when he made a 10-footer, as Harman picked up a shot on the par-five sixteenth to maneuver inside one.

Schauffele moved forward for the primary time when he nailed a monster birdie on the par-four 14th, changing from almost 60 ft, however a par on the sixteenth allowed Clark to tug stage once more on 17 underneath with a birdie.

Clark then chunked his tee shot on the par-three seventeenth on the water and salvaged a formidable bogey, as Schauffele moved forward with a par earlier than closing a bogey-free spherical with a shocking up and down from the tough on the final.

“All in all, it was a little bit of a grind,” Schauffele stated. “Wind was swirling slightly bit for each of us, for everybody on the market on the again 9. Simply was completely happy to remain in it and transfer on shifting day.

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Schauffele is one away from Clark, who posted a two-under 70 as he seems to be to win for the fourth time in 10 months, with Harman charging into third with a round-of-the-day 64 and Maverick matching Fitzpatrick’s 68 to go into the ultimate day tied-fourth.

Talking in regards to the dropped shot on the seventeenth, Clark stated: “It is huge. It is unlucky on a gap that is so iconic and has a bunch of bother to have form of your worst swing of the day. I adopted it with an awesome swing and an awesome putt. I am within the last group tomorrow, which is big. I am hoping that is an enormous level within the match.”

Scheffler shares sixth with Sahith Theegala, who performed a three-hole stretch in 4 underneath on his again 9, whereas Hideki Matsuyama is in tied-ninth with Taylor Montgomery and JT Poston.

McIlroy struggled along with his method play for the second successive day however recovered from a double-bogey on his 14th to birdie every of his final three holes, holing from 20 ft on the final to get inside eight of the lead and transfer into the group tied-Twelfth.

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