Scottish Open: Adam Scott, 3 PGA Tour Gamers make better of third spherical

Ludvig Åberg could have retained his lead on the Genesis Scottish Open, however many PGA Tour gamers made essentially the most of Transferring Day.

A number of guys went low on Saturday as The Renaissance Membership golf course performed of their favor.

Transferring Day is all about taking pictures up the leaderboard, and these 5 guys did. They posted a powerful quantity to contend in Scotland.

Let’s see who made essentially the most of spherical 3 on the Genesis Scottish Open.

3. Collin Morikawa

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It is one other PGA Tour occasion and one other week of Collin Morikawa placing himself into rivalry. On Saturday, he carded a 4-under 66 to sit down at 13-under complete. He’s 4 pictures behind Ludvig Åberg, who sits at 17-under.

With six birdies and two bogeys, he put himself in a great place to make strikes on Sunday.

The 2-time main winner has one runner-up end, six high 10s, and 12 high 25s this season.

2. Adam Scott

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Adam Scott has not been in rivalry in a very long time however is on the Genesis Scottish Open this week. The PGA Tour veteran jumped 12 spots on the leaderboard after his 6-under 64 on Saturday.

Scott turned in 31 pictures after he made 4 birdies on the entrance 9. He adopted that with three extra birdies and a bogey to come back house in 33 strokes. The Aussie has a whole lot of momentum in his again pocket and a few of the most skilled amongst these in rivalry.

This place is Scott’s finest because the 2020 Genesis Invitational when he held a share of the lead heading into the ultimate day of play. He has not received in over 4 years however needs to finish that streak.

1. Robert MacIntyre

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Robert MacIntyre is attempting to develop into the second Scottish golfer to win the Scottish Open. Colin Montgomerie was the one Scot to win this occasion in 1999. MacIntyre completed runner-up in 2023 to Rory McIlroy.

Now, he appears to be like to shut the deal and get his second victory in 2024. The RBC Canadian Open winner fired off a powerful 7-under 63 to maneuver up 13 spots and put up the low spherical of the day. He challenged Åberg, however it was not fairly sufficient.

MacIntyre recorded seven birdies, an eagle and two bogeys on Saturday. He has a whole lot of momentum heading into the ultimate day, and with him being a Scottish golfer, the followers will probably be on his aspect.

Can he get it completed?

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