PGA Tour: 3 fast takeaways from thrilling Spherical 3 of FedEx St. Jude

Spherical 3 in Memphis was phenomenal, as PGA Tour gamers moved up and down the FedEx St. Jude Championship leaderboard.

Hideki Matsuyama leads the sphere by 5 photographs after a second straight 6-under 64 to sit down at 17-under total. In solo second is Nick Dunlap, who’s at 12-under. Viktor Hovland is solo third at 11-under.

TPC Southland flexed its muscle groups a bit with the elevated winds, which made issues much more tough for the gamers.

There’s a stacked leaderboard with 18 holes to play, so let’s get into the three greatest takeaways from Day 3 at TPC Southwind.

3. Kevin Kisner is lacking piece on NBC broadcast staff

Kevin Kisner is a gem within the broadcast sales space.

His quirky jokes and fast wit preserve the opposite guys on their toes. Kisner brings such lightness to the printed staff— it’s good to see him again on the air for the primary time since March.

He’s nonetheless enjoying on the PGA Tour, however his character is ideal for the NBC broadcast.

He, Smylie Kaufman, and Johnson Wagner convey a youthful vibe to this conventional sport, they usually convey one thing recent and new to the desk.

Photograph by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR by way of Getty

Golf tv desperately wants somebody witty and enjoyable for the printed staff.

Kisner is that man, and hopefully, NBC doesn’t fumble the bag and lose him.

One in all his greatest strains of Transferring Day needed to be when he known as Nick Dunlap a “shark with blood within the water.”

Kudos to the previous Georgia Bulldog for giving the printed some life.

2. Viktor Hovland is starting to pattern in the correct course

Hovland’s recreation is much from good, however the consistency is slowly enhancing.

“Plenty of the nice swings — I’m seeing these extra usually,” Hovland mentioned on Saturday. “The ball is beginning to behave like I count on it to.”

“Even the misses, like a number of the unhealthy photographs, I can really feel that I’m nonetheless reverting to previous habits, however the misses are approach smaller than they was once. Earlier than, they’d be off the planet, whereas now it’s manageable, and I could make a pleasant up-and-down or an extended putt or no matter it’s. It’s lots simpler to play golf once you see the dispersion sample is beginning to shrink.”

By way of three rounds of play, he went 70-63-66.

Hovland led the sphere in SG off the tee on Saturday at +1.406. He was No. 2 in method to the inexperienced (+3.712).

The Norweigan golfer was the one participant to go bogey-free on Saturday and has one bogey within the final 36 holes.

Hovland might be trending in the correct course on the good time this season.

1. Nick Dunlap is frightening good and will win third PGA Tour title

Nick Dunlap is an animal. By way of 36 holes, he went 67-65-66. His 4-under 66 on Saturday vaulted him up the leaderboard to second place.

A end like that will probably be big for his profession and will get him into the Tour Championship area.

Nonetheless, second place is just not what he’s after — Dunlap is simply too hungry for that, and he needs one other victory.

If he have been to win on Sunday, it could mark his third PGA Tour victory. He received as an newbie on the American Specific. Ultimately, he received the Barracuda Championship. That second victory helped him get into the sphere in Memphis.

The previous Alabama golfer is enjoying effectively sufficient to see Atlanta as a rookie. He and Hideki Matsuyama will play within the ultimate group on Sunday, so if he can keep aggressive, the teen may write his title within the historical past books once more.

Dunlap must be defending his U.S. Novice title however is in competition for a 3rd win in lower than eight months as an alternative.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship ought to see one unimaginable ultimate spherical on Sunday with the stacked leaderboard it has.

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