YOKOHAMA, Japan — Max Greyserman and Xander Schauffele shared the highest of the leaderboard after Saturday’s third spherical of the Baycurrent Traditional in Japan.
Taking part in on a wet day, Greyserman completed with an even-par 71 with Schauffele carding a 67 on the Yokohama Nation Membership. Each are on 12-under 201.
Greyserman is after his first PGA Tour title — he was second on this occasion a 12 months in the past.
It is a totally different story from Schauffele, who might add to his lengthy resume on Sunday. This consists of two main championships, a gold medal within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and quite a few different PGA Tour titles.
Schauffele’s mom was born in Taiwan however grew up in Japan. Profitable, after all, could be a dream.
“It will be particular clearly, my grandparents right here, my mother rising up right here along with her brother as nicely,” he mentioned. “That is distant from now, however yeah, to assume into the longer term, it could be an unbelievable feeling.”
Greyserman, who has shared or held the lead outright for the reason that first spherical, described simply holding on.
“Clearly I believe me and Xander are tied — so I’d have favored to push my lead additional, play higher right this moment and all that stuff, however you are not going to play nice for 72 straight holes,” he mentioned. “The circumstances had been robust and I did not actually adapt to the weather that nicely, however it’s a brand new day tomorrow.”
5 gamers had been three strokes again going into the ultimate spherical together with defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael Thorbjornsen (66), Byeong Hun An (66), Garrick Higgo (68), and Si Woo Kim (69).
“With these circumstances, I am very happy with the way in which I fought right this moment to offer myself an opportunity,” Echavarria mentioned, referring to the all-day rain.
It’s the solely PGA Tour event in Japan. The occasion was moved this 12 months to Yokohama after being performed east of Tokyo. It premiered in 2019 and was received by Tiger Woods.
