WGC – Workday Championship R3

February 25-28
The Concession Golf Club, Bradenton, Florida
$10,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Collin Morikawa started his round one shot behind the lead at 10-under and made the turn in 31 after six birdies and a single bogey at the par-3 4th. He fired two more birdies at the 11th and 12th to increase his lead to five shots and reach 15-under 201.

He ran into trouble at the 13th when his approach from the rough found the bunker, his next shot landed within 25 feet for a birdie attempt but his putt came up six feet short and he missed his par putt to finish with a bogey.

“I never got it going again,” said Morikawa, who parred the rest of his holes except the 17th where exiting a bunker and avoiding the water led to another bogey to close with a 67 and a two shot lead.

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“I didn’t play great the last six, but a lot to learn from heading into tomorrow. Just to kind of clear my head to get ready for the 18-hole grind tomorrow.”

Should Morikawa win his fourth PGA title on Sunday he would join the list of twenty three players who have won both majors and World Golf Championships.

Overnight leader Brooks Koepka, who woke up unable to turn his neck properly, started his round with a pair of bogeys, birdied the third then parred all the way to the turn and came back with three more birdies for a 70 to tie for second place.

“It’s actually quite painful, because it’s on the left and right, then my traps are tight and shoulders and scaps. It just goes down the chain,” he said. “It’s kind of like a knife going into your left side of my neck. I couldn’t extend today for whatever reason.”

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Koepka has been dealing with neck problems since the beginning of the year and is taking pain medication to get him through the weekend.

“Today was probably one of the worst days,” he said. “I’ve tried everything – sleeping different, I’ve been worked on. I don’t wish it upon anybody; it’s not fun. This is the first time I’ve ever had a stiff neck, but it sucks.”

Rory McIlroy double-bogeyed the par-4 2nd and bogeyed the 11th, but seven birdies and an eagle at the par-5 13th for a 66 left him in a tie for 8th at 11-under alongside Patrick Reed.

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“It seems like it’s one of these courses where it can give up a lot of birdies and some eagles and stuff, but it can bite you very quickly without really doing much wrong,” said McIlroy. “Yeah, it’s one of these places where you just have to stay patient and know that you’re going to have chances.”

“It’s definitely a course that no lead is big enough to kind of be safe because anything can happen,” said Reed.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Collin Morikawa	-15	70	64	67	201
T2	Billy Horschel	-13	67	67	69	203
T2	Brooks Koepka	-13	67	66	70	204
4	Webb Simpson	-12	66	69	69	204
T5	Rory McIlroy	-11	69	70	66	205
T5	Patrick Reed	-11	68	68	69	205
T7	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-10	66	69	71	206
T7	Viktor Hovland	-10	71	69	66	206
T7	Hideki Matsuyama	-10	72	66	68	206
T7	Scottie Scheffler	-10	69	70	67	206
T11	Abraham Ancer	-9	71	66	70	207
T11	Tony Finau	-9	68	67	72	207
T11	Louis Oosthuizen	-9	69	68	70	207
T14	Sergio Garcia	-8	67	74	67	208
T14	Jason Kokrak	-8	70	69	69	208
T16	Jason Day	-7	71	69	69	209
T16	Justin Thomas	-7	73	66	70	209
T16	Will Zalatoris	-7	72	69	68	209
19	Max Homa	-6	73	70	67	210
T20	Sungjae Im	-5	68	74	69	211
T20	Min Woo Lee	-5	74	71	66	211
T20	Sebastián Muñoz	-5	69	72	70	211
T20	Kevin Na	-5	73	69	69	211
T20	Aaron Rai	-5	72	70	69	211
T20	Gary Woodland	-5	71	69	71	211
T20	Cameron Smith	-5	68	66	77	211
27	Brendon Todd	-4	74	71	67	212
T28	Daniel Berger	-3	73	71	69	213
T28	Bryson DeChambeau	-3	77	64	72	213
T28	Thomas Detry	-3	70	73	70	213
T28	Lanto Griffin	-3	70	72	71	213
T28	Tyrrell Hatton	-3	70	73	70	213
T28	Yuki Inamori	-3	73	68	72	213
T28	Jason Scrivener	-3	75	68	70	213
T35	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	71	72	71	214
T35	Cameron Champ	-2	72	70	72	214
T35	Chan Kim	-2	71	71	72	214
T35	Matt Kuchar	-2	73	72	69	214
T35	Joaquin Niemann	-2	69	72	73	214
T35	Carlos Ortiz	-2	73	72	69	214
T35	Trevor Simsby	-2	74	70	70	214
T42	Tommy Fleetwood	-1	75	72	68	215
T42	Mackenzie Hughes	-1	73	73	69	215
T42	Dustin Johnson	-1	77	69	69	215
T45	Kevin Kisner	E	67	69	80	216
T45	Marc Leishman	E	72	70	74	216
T45	Jon Rahm	E	68	76	72	216
T45	Xander Schauffele	E	71	72	73	216
T45	Adam Scott	E	72	72	72	216
T50	Harris English	2	78	69	71	218
T50	Rasmus Højgaard	2	74	73	71	218
T50	Shane Lowry	2	72	70	76	218
T50	Erik van Rooyen	2	71	75	72	218
T54	Victor Perez	3	69	75	75	219
T54	Brandon Stone	3	71	74	74	219
T54	Bubba Watson	3	77	72	70	219
T57	Rafa Cabrera Bello	4	74	73	73	220
T57	David Lipsky	4	70	76	74	220
T57	Wade Ormsby	4	68	74	78	220
T57	Justin Rose	4	73	71	76	220
T57	Sami Valimaki	4	72	76	72	220
T57	Lee Westwood	4	74	69	77	220
63	Ryan Palmer	5	71	72	78	221
T64	Laurie Canter	7	72	75	76	223
T64	Brad Kennedy	7	81	73	69	223
T64	JC Ritchie	7	78	73	72	223
T64	Bernd Wiesberger	7	76	75	72	223
T68	Robert MacIntyre	8	74	72	78	224
T68	Daniel van Tonder	8	76	73	75	224
T70	Lucas Herbert	12	77	77	74	228
T70	Andy Sullivan	12	78	77	73	228
WD	Matthew Wolff	E