Jolla, California – The cream did not reach the summit in Torrey Pines on Saturday.
Instead of a highly anticipated weekend duel between the world n ° 1 Scottie Scheffler and N ° 3 Rory McILroy, the world drummers failed, shooting 76 and 74 respectively to fall back and in a part of the eighth place. Instead, the top of the ranking includes Patrick Rodgers, the leader of 54 holes, and Denny McCarthy, who dragged by a stroke, two pros who managed to keep their card but have never tasted victory on the PGA Round.
Rodgers, the former n ° 1 amateur and 11 times winner of the University of Stanford, drew 4-me of 68 on the course of the south of Torrey to improve at 8-mine 208. It was despite the rinsing from a corner of the par-5 18th 91 meters hole and making its only Bogey of the day.
“Usually, it is a little corner of three -quarter lobs perfect for me without wind or circumstances,” said Rodgers, who changed clubs while waiting for 10 minutes before being able to go for green. “I felt like I had executed well. Obviously, it looked silly when he finds himself in the water, but I am proud of the way I got up and I got up.
Rodgers, 32, is in his 11th Year on tour and after a famous amateur career, he admitted that the expectations of others and his own were difficult to respect and as he said, “was somehow fought that I was being.”
“This is clearly something that I fought in my career. This is what my name is mentioned, it is the first thing that everyone says professionally, so it is something that I have to face. I think I am struggling with a long time, but I have the impression of seeing my career from another point of view now and I am delighted with the opportunity to cross this finish line tomorrow ”, a- he said. “Instead of playing with a monkey on the back which becomes more and more great over time when it does not happen, I try to play in a perspective that feels fresh, new and exciting and full of opportunities Because that’s what this game is, and I have a great one tomorrow.
Rodgers entered the week ranked n ° 173 in spare shots: put, but he appreciated his best day with the short stick on Saturday, winning three shots against the field and ranks third in the category this week. Rodgers tried to implement the popular Aimpoint Express method to read the Greens at the start of the season. But in the third round of the insurance of farmers opened last month here in Torrey, he exceeded the land in greenery in regulation, but always fired 76 when his putter gave him down. He decided to abandon Aimpoint and return to “My DNA”.
McCarthy, who was a finalist in the 2014 American amateur, would also like to cross the finish line first. The 31 -year -old is considered one of the best putters on the tour, but the Greens bumps of Poa Annéa in Torrey neutralized his great power and he did not play in the Farmers insurance opener, which welcomes Each year the tour here, in the last four years. “I think I will have to add farmers to my schedule,” he said.
Ludvig Aberg, who called Torrey Pines, described one of his favorite courses. He is alone in the two third shots and seeks revenge after having released the ranking in Torrey Pines last month to farmers when he fell ill and lost eight pounds in two days. Aberg made his first hole in one on the tourA corner of pitching that found only the bottom of the cup at the third hole.
“It was one of them that I struck the blow that I also wanted, which is good when he enters,” said Aberg, who pulled a third round 70. “It was a really cool moment . “
Three Ryder cuts are part of a quartet hanging out by four shots. Tony Finau (67), Patrick Cantlay (68) and Tommy Fleetwood (69) all have the match to run on Sunday. Finau had a wild day, with three chips in the first eight holes.
“I think it’s the most tokens that I had in one life in my life, for sure in my career,” he said. “I guess the golf gods were on my side today.”
It was a forgetable day to Scheffler. Its 46 of 46 mark its highest tour on tour since the shooting of the same score in the final of the 2022 players’ championship, a period of 212 official laps. But he and McILroy, who fought with the putter and made a double at 16, still hide five shots and with only seven golfers in front of them. In other words, do not count the stars or Justin Thomas (69), which is part of an equality of four for the eighth, making a charge on Sunday for the trophy.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: The cream did not reach the summit in Torrey Pines on Saturday
