Bermuda Championship 2021 R3
October 28-31
Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
$6,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Taylor Pendrith is heading into the final round of his fourth PGA Tour tournament with a three-shot lead after reaching 17-under in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal.

Bermuda Championship 2021 R3

The Canadian started the day with a one-shot lead at 11-under after closing with a 61 on Friday and made a single bogey at the par-4 5th before a run of four birdies from the 7th then three more to close with a 65.

“For whatever reason, it is hard to follow up a low one with another low one, but I’ve been hitting it really nicely and just had to stay patient today. I hit some really nice shots early and didn’t make a birdie until I think 8. Had a good look on 1, good look on 2 and just had to be really patient and knew I was going to get on a run at some point during the round. Was able to get four in a row and kind of really jump start the round.”

Bermuda Championship 2021 R3

“I haven’t looked at the forecast recently, but it looked like it’s going to get nasty. It’s nice to have a couple-shot lead, but anything can happen. It’s going to be crazy out there, so just try to make some pars I think will be good tomorrow and hit some solid shots and try not to fall over.”

A win on Sunday would win him a two-year exemption and a place in next year’s Masters.

Bermuda Championship 2021 R3

New Zealand’s Danny Lee, coming back from an injury, also produced a 65 to take second place at 14-under. Lee, the only player in the top-5 of the leaderboard with a previous win on Tour, last won at the Greenbrier Classic six years ago.

“It feels great. I haven’t had this kind of round or this kind of week in a while. It’s good to be back in contention and feel a little bit of nerves and seeing the crowds and getting to mix with the crowds, hitting a lot of good golf shots, making a lot of birdies out there. It’s been a lot of fun.

“Everything went very smoothly today. There’s no really big mis-hits other than 13 and 14 off the tee, but other than that, everything was really good. I hit a really, really good tee shot on No. 16. It’s a nerve-wracking hole. Every time I go there, it’s like that’s a tough hole, but I made a good par there and a good birdie finish. I could have done a little better with the second shot on 18, but it’s just golf, so I’ll just go to the driving range and work on it a little bit, I guess.”

Bermuda Championship 2021 R3

Lucas Herbert of Australia (65), a winner on the European Tour, lies in third place at 13-under.

Americans Patrick Rodgers (69) and Vincent Whaley (68) share fourth place at 12-under.

Bermuda Championship 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Taylor Pendrith	-17	70	61	65	196
2	Danny Lee	-14	67	67	65	199
3	Lucas Herbert	-13	70	65	65	200
T4	Patrick Rodgers	-12	68	64	69	201
T4	Vincent Whaley	-12	66	67	68	201
T6	Justin Lower	-11	67	68	67	202
T6	Peter Malnati	-11	70	65	67	202
T8	Curtis Thompson	-10	69	67	67	203
T8	Patrick Flavin	-10	69	66	68	203
T10	Garrick Higgo	-9	67	72	65	204
T10	Dylan Wu	-9	69	69	66	204
T10	Graeme McDowell	-9	70	67	67	204
T10	Adam Svensson	-9	68	68	68	204
T10	Peter Uihlein	-9	71	65	68	204
T10	Chad Ramey	-9	65	71	68	204
T10	David Skinns	-9	67	67	70	204
T17	Jonathan Byrd	-8	72	68	65	205
T17	Greyson Sigg	-8	68	71	66	205
T17	Stephan Jaeger	-8	72	67	66	205
T17	J.J. Spaun	-8	73	65	67	205
T17	Patrick Reed	-8	68	69	68	205
T22	Ben Kohles	-7	74	68	64	206
T22	Brian Gay	-7	75	67	64	206
T22	Mito Pereira	-7	73	68	65	206
T22	Brandon Wu	-7	70	70	66	206
T22	Matt Fitzpatrick	-7	71	68	67	206
T22	Luke Donald	-7	72	66	68	206
T22	Mark Hubbard	-7	74	63	69	206
T22	Guido Migliozzi	-7	72	65	69	206
T22	Davis Riley	-7	71	66	69	206
T22	Alex Smalley	-7	69	67	70	206
T32	Johnson Wagner	-6	74	67	66	207
T32	Russell Knox	-6	72	68	67	207
T32	Thomas Detry	-6	73	66	68	207
T32	Brett Drewitt	-6	72	66	69	207
T32	Seamus Power	-6	67	70	70	207
T37	Adam Hadwin	-5	74	66	68	208
T37	Sangmoon Bae	-5	71	69	68	208
T37	Austin Eckroat	-5	68	71	69	208
T37	Scott Gutschewski	-5	69	70	69	208
T37	Dylan Frittelli	-5	68	70	70	208
T37	Chase Seiffert	-5	71	65	72	208
T43	Seung-Yul Noh	-4	73	69	67	209
T43	Scott Brown	-4	71	69	69	209
T43	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-4	71	68	70	209
T43	Kramer Hickok	-4	70	68	71	209
T43	D.A. Points	-4	69	69	71	209
T43	Matthias Schwab	-4	74	63	72	209
T43	Ludvig Aberg (a)	-4	68	68	73	209
T50	Scott Stallings	-3	74	68	68	210
T50	David Hearn	-3	69	72	69	210
T50	Ben Crane	-3	71	68	71	210
T50	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-3	67	72	71	210
T50	Sean O’Hair	-3	69	68	73	210
T50	Brandon Hagy	-3	65	72	73	210
T56	Jim Knous	-2	76	66	69	211
T56	Camilo Villegas	-2	77	65	69	211
T56	David Lingmerth	-2	75	67	69	211
T56	Seth Reeves	-2	69	72	70	211
T56	Aaron Rai	-2	71	69	71	211
T56	Denny McCarthy	-2	72	68	71	211
T56	Robert Garrigus	-2	72	67	72	211
T56	Max McGreevy	-2	73	65	73	211
T64	Lee Hodges	-1	72	70	70	212
T64	Kurt Kitayama	-1	74	68	70	212
T64	Sepp Straka	-1	74	67	71	212
T64	Kyle Wilshire	-1	73	67	72	212
T64	Sahith Theegala	-1	74	66	72	212
T69	Nick Watney	E	70	72	71	213
T69	Ben Martin	E	71	70	72	213
T71	Ryan Armour	+1	73	69	72	214
T71	John Senden	+1	72	70	72	214
T71	Hayden Buckley	+1	71	68	75	214
74	John Merrick	+3	72	68	76	216
75	Arjun Atwal	+4	70	72	75	217
CUT	Michael Kim	+1	73	70		143
CUT	Olin Browne	+1	74	69		143
CUT	Jason Dufner	+1	73	70		143
CUT	Austin Smotherman	+1	76	67		143
CUT	Harry Hall	+1	72	71		143
CUT	Nick Hardy	+1	75	68		143
CUT	Chris Stroud	+1	75	68		143
CUT	Daniel Chopra	+1	73	70		143
CUT	Brian Stuard	+1	75	68		143
CUT	J.J. Henry	+1	75	68		143
CUT	Andrew Novak	+1	75	68		143
CUT	Bo Hoag	+1	70	73		143
CUT	Fabián Gómez	+2	74	70		144
CUT	Cameron Percy	+2	76	68		144
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	+2	73	71		144
CUT	Jordan Gumberg	+2	71	73		144
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	+2	76	68		144
CUT	Austin Cook	+2	75	69		144
CUT	Dawie van der Walt	+2	76	68		144
CUT	Greg Chalmers	+3	72	73		145
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	+3	75	70		145
CUT	Hank Lebioda	+3	71	74		145
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	+3	77	68		145
CUT	David Lipsky	+3	74	71		145
CUT	Erik Barnes	+3	74	71		145
CUT	John Pak	+3	77	68		145
CUT	Beau Hossler	+4	78	68		146
CUT	Martin Trainer	+4	77	69		146
CUT	Jason Bohn	+4	74	72		146
CUT	Matt Hill	+4	74	72		146
CUT	Danny Willett	+5	75	72		147
CUT	Ricky Barnes	+5	77	70		147
CUT	Vaughn Taylor	+5	76	71		147
CUT	Nick Taylor	+5	76	71		147
CUT	Tommy Gainey	+5	76	71		147
CUT	Andres Romero	+6	75	73		148
CUT	Ted Purdy	+7	75	74		149
CUT	Jay McLuen	+7	79	70		149
CUT	Michael Sims	+8	73	77		150
CUT	Kevin Stadler	+8	73	77		150
CUT	Camiko Smith	+8	80	70		150
CUT	Richard Johnson	+9	77	74		151
CUT	John Rollins	+9	80	71		151
CUT	Greg Koch	+9	78	73		151
CUT	Damian Palanyandi (a)	+10	76	76		152
CUT	Parker McLachlin	+13	79	76		155
CUT	Chaka DeSilva	+14	76	80		156
CUT	Brian Morris	+39	89	92		181
W/D	Matt Every	E	76	38		114
W/D	Brendon de Jonge	E	80		—	80
DQ	Callum Tarren	E	77	71		148