YOKOHAMA, Japan — Max Glaserman and Xander Schauffele shared the highest of the leaderboard after the third spherical of the Bay Present Basic in Japan on Saturday.
Enjoying on a wet day at Yokohama Nation Membership, Glaserman shot an even-par 71 and Schauffele completed with a 67. Each are at 12 beneath par, 201.
Glaserman is in search of his first PGA Tour title. He was second on this occasion a 12 months in the past.
It is a completely different story than Schauffele, who may very well be added to a prolonged resume on Sunday. This consists of two main championships, a gold medal on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and quite a few different PGA Tour titles.
Schauffele’s mom was born in Taiwan however grew up in Japan. In fact, profitable the championship is a dream come true.
“My grandparents are right here and my mother grew up right here with my brother, so it’s clearly going to be particular,” he stated. “It is a great distance from now, however yeah, it is an unimaginable feeling to consider the long run.”
Glaserman, who has cut up and held the lead utterly because the first spherical, stated he’ll simply maintain on.
“Clearly, I feel me and Xander are tied, so I’d have favored to have prolonged the lead and performed higher right now and all that, however you’ll be able to’t play nice for 72 holes in a row,” he stated. “The situations have been powerful and we did not adapt nicely to the climate, however tomorrow will probably be a brand new day.”
The 5 gamers who superior to the ultimate spherical with a three-stroke distinction have been defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael Thorbjornsen (66), Ahn Byung-hoon (66), Garrick Higo (68), and Kim Si-woo (69).
“I am very proud that I fought right now to offer myself an opportunity beneath these circumstances,” Echavarria stated of the rain that fell all day.
That is the one PGA Tour occasion in Japan. This occasion was once held east of Tokyo, however this 12 months it was moved to Yokohama. It premiered in 2019 and was received by Tiger Woods.
