NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Sepp Straka had three birdies and two eagles on the par-5s for an 8-under 64 and capitalized on a few of Scottie Scheffler’s late errors to take a one-shot lead heading into Saturday’s ultimate spherical of the Hero World Problem.
Straka performed nice golf to maintain tempo with Scheffler, taking eagle on the par-5 sixth gap. Scheffler began the third spherical with 5 consecutive 3s on his scorecard and completed the spherical at 9 underneath after 15 holes.
In search of his third straight win at Albany Golf Membership, Scheffler came across his ultimate three holes every day this week, ending with a double-bogey on the sixteenth on Thursday, a bogey on the sixteenth on Friday and a bogey-par-bogey.
He nonetheless has a 65 left and can be within the ultimate group with Straka on Sunday.
Straka took the par 5. Along with chipping in on the sixth gap, he sank an 18-foot eagle putt on the downwind par-5 fifteenth gap. He additionally hit an ideal 3-wood to the entrance of the inexperienced on the par-5 ninth, which rolled 15 ft for a two-putt birdie.
He trailed Scheffler by three strokes after 5 holes and by two strokes with 4 holes remaining. Nevertheless, Straka completed the day with no bogeys and a rating of 18 underneath, 198.
“He undoubtedly moved issues rapidly,” Straka stated of the world’s No. 1 participant. “For a short time, it did not seem like he was going to overlook the putt, however that is golf and it often evens issues out, so I simply tried to concentrate on my sport.”
The one par 4 that Straka birdied was the seventh, the place he moved the tee again. So gamers stopped making an attempt to drive the inexperienced and as a substitute used wedges to goal for the harmful pin within the again left. Straka caught it and hit it to 7 ft.
Scheffler went to the left of the sixteenth fairway within the first two rounds, one in all which led to a penalty drop from the comb, however this time he encountered quick grass and circumstances weren’t a lot better. His stance was dangerous and he pulled into the bunker to the left, inflicting the ball to develop into buried within the sand and leading to a bogey.
He additionally missed the inexperienced on the 18th, dropping his shot and leaving the water on the left with a troublesome pitch on the slope.
“We had some disappointing breaks, however total we had an excellent consequence,” Scheffler stated.
Alex Nolen (67) and Hideki Matsuyama (68) have been three strokes behind Straka, and J.J. Spaun and Windham Clark have been 4 strokes behind with 69 every.
