Third-Round Notes – Saturday, August 14, 2021
Weather: Partly cloudy and hot. High of 91. Wind SW 5-10 mph. Due to forecasted afternoon thunderstorms, Sunday’s final round will feature threesomes off split tees from 7 – 9:12 a.m.
Third-Round Leaderboard
Russell Henley 62-64-69—195 (-15)
Tyler McCumber 65-67-66—198 (-12)
Branden Grace 66-69-64—199 (-11)
Roger Sloan 71-64-64—199 (-11)
Kevin Kisner 65-68-66—199 (-11)
Kevin Na 68-64-67—199 (-11)
Scott Piercy 64-66-69—199 (-11)
Rory Sabbatini 66-64-69—199 (-11)
Things to Know
- Russell Henley maintains lead at Wyndham Championship following third-round 1-under 69; represents his third 54-hole lead/co-lead of the season
- Henley would become the first wire-to-wire winner of the event since Brandt Snedeker in 2018 (sixth since 1941)
- All three players who held the outright lead after each of the first three rounds of an event this season failed to win
- Projected to move into the top 125: Scott Piercy (T3), Roger Sloan (T3), Rory Sabbatini (T3)
- Projected to fall out of the top 125: Ryan Armour (MC), Patrick Rodgers (MC), Bo Hoag (MC)
- Justin Rose, one of nine players to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs each season of the FedExCup era, is currently projected No. 126
Third-Round Lead Notes
8 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win since the event moved to Sedgefield Country Club in 2008
(most recent: Brandt Snedeker/2018)
15 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21
(Most recent: Phil Mickelson/PGA Championship)
Russell Henley (1st/-15)
Category | Entering the week |
Age | 32 (4/12/1989) |
FedExCup | 46 |
OWGR | 56 |
PGA TOUR starts | 221 |
PGA TOUR wins | 3 |
PGA TOUR top-10s | 31 |
Starts in 2020-21 | 22 |
Wins in 2020-21 | 0 |
Top-10s in 2020-21 | 4 |
Wyndham Championship starts | 4 |
Wins at Wyndham Championship | 0 |
Top-10s at Wyndham Championship | 1 |
- Equals his second-lowest opening 54-hole score on TOUR (193/2013 Sony Open in Hawaii/won, 195/2021 Sony Open in Hawaii/T11, 195/2021 Wyndham Championship/TBD)
- Holds third 54-hole lead/co-lead of the season and fifth of his career; converted one of those instances into a win (Won/2013 Sony Open in Hawaii, T2/2014 Dell Technologies Championship, T3/2020 THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, T13/2021 U.S. Open, TBD/2021 Wyndham Championship)
- Would become the first wire-to-wire winner on TOUR since Nick Taylor at the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
- Would become the sixth player since 1941 to win the Wyndham Championship in wire-to-wire fashion; first since Brandt Snedeker in 2018
- All three players who led outright after each of the first three rounds of an event this season failed to win (Sam Burns/The Genesis Invitational, Louis Oosthuizen/The Open Championship, Harris English/World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational)
- Finished T9 at the 2020 Wyndham Championship, his best result in four prior starts at the event
- Three top-20s in his last four starts, highlighted by a T11 at the John Deere Classic (has not played since The Open Championship)
- Best result this season: T3, twice (THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, The Honda Classic)
- Three-time PGA TOUR winner (2013 Sony Open in Hawaii, 2014 The Honda Classic, 2017 Houston Open)
- Entered the week No. 46 in the FedExCup standings and will qualify for the Playoffs for the ninth consecutive season
FedExCup Playoffs notes
- Projected bubble
Player | Pos. | YTD Rank | Proj. Rank |
Richy Werenski | T59 | 116 | 121 |
Rory Sabbatini | T3 | 141 | 122 |
Dylan Frittelli | MC | 115 | 123 |
Matt Kuchar | T36 | 124 | 124 |
Scott Stallings | MC | 117 | 125 |
Justin Rose | T9 | 138 | 126 |
Ryan Armour | MC | 122 | 127 |
Patrick Rodgers | MC | 123 | 128 |
Bo Hoag | MC | 125 | 129 |
Cameron Percy | T23 | 133 | 130 |
- Of the six players in the field that have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season in the FedExCup era (2007-present), four are currently projected to extend their streak to 15
Player | Position | Proj. Rank |
Bubba Watson | T51 | 72 |
Brandt Snedeker | MC | 96 |
Adam Scott | T9 | 106 |
Matt Kuchar | T36 | 124 |
Justin Rose | T9 | 126 |
Ryan Moore | MC | 143 |
- Three players projected to move into top 125
Player | Position | YTD Rank | Proj. Rank |
Scott Piercy | T3 | 126 | 93 |
Roger Sloan | T3 | 131 | 102 |
Rory Sabbatini | T3 | 141 | 122 |
- Three players projected to move out of top 125
Player | Position | YTD Rank | Proj. Rank |
Ryan Armour | MC | 122 | 127 |
Patrick Rodgers | MC | 123 | 128 |
Bo Hoag | MC | 125 | 129 |
Miscellaneous Notes
- After entering the week with six straight missed cuts, Tyler McCumber (2nd/-12) trails by three strokes following a third-round 66; currently No. 98 in the FedExCup standings, guaranteed to advance to the Playoffs for the first time in his sophomore season; finished runner-up at the 2020 Corales Puntacana Championship for his best finish in 45 career TOUR starts
- 2021 Puerto Rico Open champion Branden Grace (T3/-11) is set for a return to the FedExCup Playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons (No. 165/2019-20); third-round 64 marked best round since closing with the same score at The RSM Classic in November (T30)
- Roger Sloan (T3/-11) posts his career-low 54-hole score at 11-under 199; has posted 200 on three occasions, most recently at the 2020 Wyndham Championship (finished T31)
- Kevin Kisner (T3/-11) has top-10 finishes in three of his last four starts at the Wyndham Championship (T8/2014, T10/2016, T42/2017, T3/2020) and has yet to miss a cut in seven starts; after entering the week No. 69 in the FedExCup standings, currently projected No. 55 in bid for sixth trip to the TOUR Championship in the last seven seasons
- Kevin Na (T3/-11) seeks third-consecutive top-10 finish at the Wyndham Championship (T10/2016, T4/2017)
- One week following a third-place finish at the Barracuda Championship, Scott Piercy (T3/-11) in search of fifth PGA TOUR title (most recent: 2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans/with teammate Billy Horschel)
- Making his first start on TOUR since earning the silver medal in the Olympic Men’s Golf Competition, Rory Sabbatini (T3/-11) poised for fourth top-10 finish in eight starts at the Wyndham Championship
- Adam Scott (T9/-10) is projected to move from No. 121 to No. 106 in the FedExCup standings following a third-round 6-under 64; seeking to advance to the Playoffs for the 15th straight season
- 2011 Wyndham Championship winner Webb Simpson (T9/-10) has finished T3 or better in each of the last four years at the event (3rd/2017, T2/2018, 2nd/2019, T3/2020); third-round 70 snapped a streak of 18 straight rounds in the 60s at the event and included his first triple bogey in 49 rounds at Sedgefield Country Club (par-4 14th)
- Needing a win to advance to the FedExCup Playoffs, Will Zalatoris (T15/-9) cards a bogey-free 6-under 65, his eighth consecutive round in the 60s
Course Statistics
Toughest Hole Easiest Hole
R1: Par-4 14th (4.212) Par-5 15th (4.410)
R2: Par-4 14th (4.346) Par-5 15th (4.583)
R3: Par-4 14th (4.446) Par-5 5th (4.216)
Scoring Averages
Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative
R1: 33.814 34.538 68.353 --
R2: 34.212 35.429 69.641 68.997
R3: 33.784 35.473 69.257 69.047
Bogey-free rounds
R1 (10): Russell Henley (62), Ted Potter, Jr. (64), Michael Gligic (65), Tyler McCumber (65), Erik van Rooyen (65), Sungjae Im (66), Luke List (66), Ben Martin (67), Kevin Tway (66), Matthew Wolff (69)
R2 (6): Tyler Duncan (62), Mackenzie Hughes (63), Rory Sabbatini (64), Alex Smalley (64), Scott Piercy (66), Mito Pereira (67)
R3 (7): Roger Sloan (64), Brendon Todd (65), Will Zalatoris (65), C.T. Pan (66), Tyler McCumber (66), Sungjae Im (67), Anirban Lahiri (67)
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