MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Carson Young holed a 30-yard flop shot for eagle on the par-5 fifteenth and shot a 7-under 64 in wet situations Saturday to take the third-round lead in his home-state Myrtle Seaside Basic.
Younger, the 30-year-old former Clemson participant from Anderson, South Carolina, had a 13-under 200 complete on the Dunes Golf and Seaside Membership.
“It has been cool to have household out right here and a bunch of help with buddies,” Younger mentioned. “I hear a bunch of ‘Go Tigers!’ on the market. … It is cool to be right here in my house state taking part in golf. It sort of simply appears like outdated instances.”
Harry Higgs was a stroke again after a 68.
“Thrilled to shoot beneath par.” Higgs mentioned. “I am not nice within the rain.”
The winner of the PGA Tour occasion — held reverse a signature occasion on the Truist Championship this week — will get a spot within the PGA Championship if not already eligible.
Winless on the PGA Tour, Younger additionally birdied the par-5 thirteenth and par-4 sixteenth — taking part in a four-hole stretch in 4 beneath.
“Actually, it was lots of enjoyable on the market, even with the rain, simply because I used to be making putts and making some chip photographs,” Younger mentioned. “Simply performed actually stable golf. Nothing too flashy on the market. But it surely was simply actually good golf.”
Mackenzie Hughes had a 70 to drop two photographs behind. The Canadian shot a 63 to take the first-round lead and had a 69 on Friday to take care of a share of the highest spot.
Victor Perez had a 66 to affix Ryan Fox (68), Davis Shore (70), Norman Xiong (69) and Danny Walker (70) at 10 beneath.
