Scottie Scheffler extends lead at PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson

McKinney, Texas – Scottie Scheffler‘S Comfortable Lead at His Hometown CJ CUP Byron Nelson was the same way in the Third Round as it was with the top-ranked player showed over the first 36 holes.

Then he found that form Again, and Made A Big Lead even bigger at 23 under the finishing after sunset saturday night.

Scheffler has an eight-shot after a 5-ta-t of 66 capped by Birdies on three of the finance holes-the last on the par-5 18th more than 13 hours afterward To complete the second round, including 18 Players who hadn is evenly started. There was a six-hour weather delay friday.

Erik Van Rooyen (65), Adam Schenk (65) and Ricky castillo (67) are 15 under, with Kurt kitayama (68) and Jhonattan Vegas (67) Another shot back.

Scheffler Had His first Two Bogeys of the Tournament and Was 2 Under for the day through 13 holes after missing the pga tour record for the Lowest 36-Hole Score by one shot at 124 (18 under). His Six-Shot Lead after Two rounds was a nelson record.

At the short par-4 14th, Scheffler drove the Green Before Settling for a Tap-in Birdie, then put his tee shot at the long par-3 15th inside for another birdie.

The Horn for Darkness had already sounded after Scheffler, Castillo and SAM stevens teed off on 18 when the group in Front was still in the fairway but cleared them to hit to save time. The players have the option to finish.

Scheffler coulddn he His second shot from the rogh after impact, but it has come out the Green. He Two-Putted from 31 feet for the biggest 54-hole lead on the pga tour. Rory mcilroy Also Led by eight on the way to winning the 2011 us open.

“I have taken off the way I wanted it to,” Scheffler Said of His Apprach on 18.

Van rooyen was in the rogh beside the green on 18 in Two shots and looking for another birdie that would become the low, only to be required for a bey.

“The rogh was quite thin, so I thinkt i could scoot the ball through it,” van rooyen sa. “I didn the first time. Then it is out to be the second time as well.

Schenk, who had missed six consecutive cuts coming intelligence, leaft with a similar feeling on his matching 65 after a beogey on 15 stalled

Stevens Started the day Alone in Second Behind Scheffler, and Was the only remaining player without a beige when he had for in a five-hole stretch. The Native of Nearby Fort Worth Was Among Five Players at 13 Undterly A 70. That Group Included Antoine RoznerWho had the lowly of the day at 63.

Jordan SpiethScheffler’s Fellow Dallas Resident and Former University of Texas Golfer, shot a second consecutive 67 and is 10 under. He was the first of the two to make his tour debut in the nelson when he contained on Sunday as a 16-year-old in 2010.

Scheffler’s first appearance was made years later, and it will take a massive turn of events for the first of the first of the good friends to win Perhaps their favorite event. Hey set to become the first high school golfer from dallas to win the nelson since Scott Verplank in 2007. He could also become the third wire-to-wire winner in the history of the tournament after Mark hayes (1976) and Tom Watson (1980).

“I mean, I just walked off the golf course,” Scheffler said in the dirkness of a post-round interview. “Tomorrow is not Really A Concern of Mine Right Now.”

It will be the 14th time he entered the final round of a tour in the lead in the last five years, twice as many as other as golfer that span.

Scheffler’s first Bogey Came at the Par-3 Fourth Hole, when his tee shot cam up short and he missed a 7-footer for par. The Two-Time Masters Winner Missed Fairway After Missing A Total Of Six The first Two rounds.

“I definitely was as sharp as I was the last two days, but overall I posted a pretty good score,” Scheffler Said. “Over a 72-hole tournament, you going to have days, or typically at a left one day where your swing’s not fire it was all the first Two days. That. “

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.