KYLE TERADA / IMAGN IMAGES JJ Spaun waves to the crowd after sinking his putt on the 13th hole during the third round of the Sony Open golf tournament at Waialae Country Club today.
KYLE TERADA / IMAGN IMAGES JJ Spaun waves to the crowd after sinking his putt on the 13th hole during the third round of the Sony Open golf tournament at Waialae Country Club today.
JJ Spaun shot a 5-under-par 65 at Waialae Country Club today and will begin Sunday’s final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii with a one-shot lead at 13 under for the first full PGA tournament of the season.
Spaun has won once on the PGA Tour, at the 2022 Valero Texas Open. This is his eighth appearance at Sony. He finished tied for 12th in 2023.
Second-round co-leader Patrick Fishburn remained atop the leaderboard most of the day and made the turn at 4 under for the round and 14 under for the event. But bogeys on holes Nos. 15 and 17 gave him a 68 for the round and put him in a tie for second place with Stephen Jaeger and Eric Cole.
Jaeger shot the lowest round of the tournament on Saturday, shooting a under-par 62.
Cole, who was among six first-round leaders to shoot 64 on Thursday, shot his second straight 67 on Saturday.
Kaimuki High alumnus Chan Kim holed a 27-foot eagle putt on the par-5 No. 9 hole to finish his round at 1 under. He had one bogey and 16 pars. Kim is 4 under par for the tournament, tied for 56th.
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Second-round co-leader Denny McCarthy shot 71 and fell to a tie for 16th.
Hideki Matsuyama, who set a PGA scoring record at The Sentry in Kapalua, shot 67 on Saturday and is T29.
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