JACKSON, Miss. — Keith Mitchell completed with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and prevented a number of the blunders that tripped up different contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the ultimate spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship.
At stake for Mitchell, whose lone PGA Tour victory was greater than 5 years in the past, is an opportunity to earn a spot in 4 premium occasions on the PGA Tour subsequent 12 months.
He holed a birdie putt from simply inside 40 toes on the seventeenth gap, then completed by accurately judging his lie within the tough with an strategy to six toes for his final birdie. Mitchell, who was at 20-under 196, had a one-shot lead over Beau Hossler.
“The putt on 17 was simply an enormous bonus,” Mitchell stated. “Then I acquired an accident lie on 18 and hit an excellent shot. All in all, it began form of gradual and the final 10 holes I used to be simply in a position to capitalize a bit bit extra.
Eight different gamers had been inside 5 of the lead.
Hossler and Daniel Berger had been tied at 17 underneath as they approached the flip on the Nation Membership of Jackson, and it didn’t take a lot to make this event really feel broad open.
Hossler birdied the ninth and all of a sudden discovered himself forward by two pictures when Berger made his first bogey of the event with a three-putt from 30 toes on the tenth, after which hit into the water on the par-5 eleventh for one more bogey.
Berger, who bogeyed 4 of the primary 5 holes on the again 9 — together with each par 5s — salvaged a 71 and was 5 pictures behind.
Hossler gave the impression to be in full management till lacking the inexperienced lengthy on the par-4 twelfth, leaving himself a 4-foot par after which shockingly three-putting from there for double bogey that dropped him out of the lead.
He responded with two powerful par saves and three birdies over his final six holes for a 68 to not less than get into the ultimate group with Mitchell.
Requested to evaluate his play, Hossler replied, “Very, superb, minus about 4 minutes.”
Kevin Yu made a late transfer with two birdies for this third straight 66 and was alone in third, two pictures behind as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Of the main six gamers, solely Mitchell and former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover (68) have received on tour.
