“Some of those kids, I know for a fact are volunteering out here today years later, which is kind of neat, so I think everyone from the youth on through the adults knows what the Birdies program does for not only St. Johns but for the community”, Conrad said.
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Hoffmann, who finished with a 71, and Whee Kim, 67, tied for third at 17-under 267.
Quote of the day: “I was trying to make birdies coming down the stretch, I was trying to stretch that margin a little bit”.
“The worst thing you can do on a day like today is just come out and make a bogey early, make a few pars in a row or be even or 1-over after five or six holes”, Moore said. He parred the final two holes, putting out on the par-4 18th with a large scoreboard providing just enough light to see.
He had three successive birdies on the back nine but could only manage to get within two, settling for second after closing with a 68. He won for the first time since successfully defending his CIMB Classic title in Malaysia in 2014.
A shot back is Korea Republics Whee Kim, American’s Kelly Kraft and halfway leader Wesley Bryan who all shot rounds of 64, 67 and 70 respectively to sit on 13 under after three rounds.
Play was delayed for more than three hours on Thursday when 2.5 centimetres (one inch) of rain fell.
Johnson Wagner birdied three of the last five holes to shoot 67 and was four shots back in solo fourth.
NCAA champion Aaron Wise was 11 under after a 63. He won his fifth PGA Tour title by two strokes over Ben Martin. The 2012 tournament victor and two-time major champion is from nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Clemson alum and Greenville resident not only erased the tension of reaching the postseason with just one regular-season event remaining, he posted the second-best finish of his 105 career starts on the PGA Tour. The 49-year-old Stricker, a former University of IL player from Wisconsin, won the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Miguel Angel Jimenez was back on top, this time in the U.S. Senior Open at hard Scioto County Club.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes won the Price Cutter Charity Championship for his first Web.com Tour victory and a likely spot on the PGA Tour next season. In less than 90 minutes, the 27-year-old had caught him.
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The 25-year-old Hughes, a former Kent State player from Hamilton, Ontario, birdied the final hole in hot conditions at Highland Springs for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke victory over Richy Werenski.
