PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Joel Dahmen shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical of the Corales Puntacana Championship as he tries to finish a wire-to-wire victory on the web site of his solely PGA Tour win.
Dahmen received the 2021 occasion. With a victory Sunday, he would would get a two-year exemption after narrowly maintaining his PGA Tour card final yr.
Dahmen had a 17-under 199 complete, He opened with rounds of 62 and 66 to interrupt the event 36-hole file.
Michael Thorbjornsen, the Stanford alum who earned a card by means of the PGA Tour College rating, was tied for second with Chan Kim and Garrick Higgo at 14 below. Kim shot 69, and Thorbjornsen and Higgo had 70s.
Vince Whaley (66), Jeremy Paul (67) and Ben Martin (67) had been 13 below.
Ben Polland, set to defend his title subsequent week within the PGA Skilled Championship, was tied for 54th at 3 below after a 72.
