He was chasing a record when the first round of this year’s stop near the Alamo was suspended because of darkness.
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Despite bogeying his final hole, a third-round 67 was enough for Barnes to leapfrog overnight leader Brendan Steele on Saturday.
Steele, whose only PGA Tour title came in the Texas Open in 2011, on Friday fired six birdies to counter two bogeys and a double-bogey at the 15th to post a two-under par 70 in the second round.
Bryson DeChambeau will be making his second consecutive start as a professional on the PGA Tour because of his top 10 at the RBC Heritage.
Stuart Appleby of Australia and Peter Malnati shared third place, both in the clubhouse on five-under 67.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Lee Soo-min shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead in the rain-delayed Shenzhen International in China.
Reed birdied three of his final five holes to reach eight under par, looming large on the leaderboard, and the fiesty Texan has put himself in a great position to threaten home-state glory. I worked really hard on my putting and tried to get dialed in.
His 10-under total of 134 matched the tournament’s 36-hole low set by fellow American Ben Curtis in 2012.
Ricky Barnes won the 2002 U.S. Amateur, and big things were expected of the California native. Bart Bryant shot a 60 in 2004, and Zach Johnson equaled that in 2009.
Defending champion Jimmy Walker missed the cut with rounds of 75 and 77. Over the past three seasons this event was held in the weeks leading up to the Masters, but has now been moved back to this April date as the players take aim at a course which presents plenty of challenges to every type of player. Steele had to complete his first round on Friday morning and finished with an 8-under 64.
Three straight pars slowed his charge before his his seven-iron tee-shot to the par-three 16th went close to the hole before he sank the birdie from under five feet. “You can hit it in the rough and have a shot at the green… but you’ve still got to make some putts and hit it in the right spots”. “I’m very happy with where I am”.
“I don’t feel bad about the physical game, the ball coming off the blade”, Mickelson said. Ive been knocking on the door for the last month and a half. He got his only career victory at the Sanderson Farms Championship in MS last November. And while he anticipates being a little nervous on Sunday, he’s not going to dwell on those first 221 starts on TOUR without a win.
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He added: “IÂ’d be lying if I said it was a successful career being out here 12, 14 years without a win”.
