Ben Crane carded his lowest score in ten year to take a one-shot lead at 14-under in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
He shot a 9-under 62 on Friday to tie his career low score on Tour closing before the wind and rain started.
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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 28, 2022
Crane, who last won at the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Championship and last led after a round in 2017, is playing on a sponsor exemption.
The American has won five times on Tour but hasn’t played a full schedule since 2018 and has only made 18 starts in the last three years.
“Obviously played the best golf I’ve played in a long time and to be in this tournament is super encouraging, get to play four rounds. You know, I don’t get in a lot and then to get in and the weather starts getting bad right when I finished. So really cool to shoot 62. That 29 on the back, I didn’t see it coming, but it adds up to 29, super fun day.
“I love this tournament, it’s a great, incredible place and love this golf course. You know, generally you get four different rounds of golf with the wind going all sorts of ways. But Bermuda is one of the prettiest places in the world, so it’s a sweet place.”
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Overnight co-leader Austin Smotherman closed with a 67 for a share of second place at 13-under alongside fellow Americans Adam Schenk (66), Robby Shelton (66) and Ben Griffin (64) as well as Australian Aaron Baddeley (64).
Australia‘s Harrison Endycott who shared the overnight lead closed with a 70 and lies in T15 at 10-under.
Play was suspended due to darkness with two players yet to finish their rounds.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crane | -14 | F | 66 | 62 | 128 |
| T2 | Adam Schenk | -13 | F | 63 | 66 | 129 |
| T2 | Aaron Baddeley | -13 | F | 65 | 64 | 129 |
| T2 | Robby Shelton | -13 | F | 63 | 66 | 129 |
| T2 | Ben Griffin | -13 | F | 65 | 64 | 129 |
| T2 | Austin Smotherman | -13 | F | 62 | 67 | 129 |
| T7 | Seamus Power | -12 | F | 65 | 65 | 130 |
| T7 | Kevin Yu | -12 | F | 64 | 66 | 130 |
| T7 | Zecheng Dou | -12 | F | 65 | 65 | 130 |
| T7 | Nico Echavarria | -12 | F | 66 | 64 | 130 |
| T7 | Dylan Wu | -12 | F | 64 | 66 | 130 |
| T12 | Fabián Gómez | -11 | F | 68 | 63 | 131 |
| T12 | Scott Brown | -11 | F | 63 | 68 | 131 |
| T12 | Thomas Detry | -11 | F | 64 | 67 | 131 |
| T15 | Erik van Rooyen | -10 | F | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T15 | Denny McCarthy | -10 | F | 63 | 69 | 132 |
| T15 | Harrison Endycott | -10 | F | 62 | 70 | 132 |
| T15 | Scott Harrington | -10 | F | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T15 | Brian Stuard | -10 | F | 65 | 67 | 132 |
| T15 | Justin Lower | -10 | F | 64 | 68 | 132 |
| T15 | Sean O'Hair | -10 | F | 64 | 68 | 132 |
| T15 | Brian Gay | -10 | F | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T15 | Patrick Rodgers | -10 | F | 65 | 67 | 132 |
| T24 | C.T. Pan | -9 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T24 | Chesson Hadley | -9 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T24 | Richy Werenski | -9 | F | 67 | 66 | 133 |
| T24 | Ben Martin | -9 | F | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T24 | Greyson Sigg | -9 | F | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T24 | Trevor Werbylo | -9 | F | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T24 | Brent Grant | -9 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T24 | Charley Hoffman | -9 | F | 67 | 66 | 133 |
| T24 | Russell Knox | -9 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T24 | Lucas Glover | -9 | F | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T34 | Nick Watney | -8 | F | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T34 | Nick Taylor | -8 | F | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| T34 | Alex Smalley | -8 | F | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T34 | Matti Schmid | -8 | F | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T34 | Will Gordon | -8 | F | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T34 | Cameron Percy | -8 | F | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| T34 | Arjun Atwal | -8 | F | 63 | 71 | 134 |
| T41 | Seung-Yul Noh | -7 | F | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T41 | Brandon Wu | -7 | F | 71 | 64 | 135 |
| T41 | Byeong Hun An | -7 | F | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T41 | Robert Streb | -7 | F | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T41 | Austin Cook | -7 | F | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T41 | Jonathan Byrd | -7 | F | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| T41 | Ben Taylor | -7 | F | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| T41 | Caleb Surratt (a) | -7 | F | 71 | 64 | 135 |
| T41 | Scott Gutschewski | -7 | F | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T41 | Max McGreevy | -7 | F | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T41 | MJ Daffue | -7 | F | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T41 | Akshay Bhatia | -7 | F | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T41 | Tyson Alexander | -7 | F | 68 | 67 | 135 |
| T41 | Harry Hall | -7 | F | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T55 | Camilo Villegas | -6 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T55 | Aaron Rai | -6 | F | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T55 | John VanDerLaan | -6 | F | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T55 | Andrew Novak | -6 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T55 | Adam Long | -6 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T55 | Greg Chalmers | -6 | F | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T55 | Garrick Higgo | -6 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T55 | David Lingmerth | -6 | F | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T55 | Nate Lashley | -6 | F | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T55 | Augusto Núñez | -6 | F | 67 | 69 | 136 |
| T55 | Philip Knowles | -6 | F | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T55 | Nick Hardy | -6 | F | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T55 | Tano Goya | -6 | 17 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T68 | Vaughn Taylor | -5 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T68 | Tyler Duncan | -5 | F | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T68 | Kevin Tway | -5 | F | 71 | 66 | 137 |
| T68 | Joseph Bramlett | -5 | F | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T68 | Vincent Norrman | -5 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T68 | Kevin Roy | -5 | F | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T68 | Henrik Norlander | -5 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T68 | Mark Hubbard | -5 | F | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T68 | Ryan Armour | -5 | F | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T68 | Stephan Jaeger | -5 | F | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T68 | Matthias Schwab | -5 | F | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T68 | Eric Cole | -5 | F | 66 | 71 | 137 |
| T68 | Erik Barnes | -5 | F | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T81 | Bo Van Pelt | -4 | F | 72 | 66 | 138 |
| T81 | Sam Stevens | -4 | F | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T81 | D.A. Points | -4 | F | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T81 | Sam Ryder | -4 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T81 | Cody Gribble | -4 | F | 66 | 72 | 138 |
| T81 | Sangmoon Bae | -4 | F | 66 | 72 | 138 |
| T81 | Chris Stroud | -4 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T81 | Chad Ramey | -4 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T81 | Martin Trainer | -4 | F | 66 | 72 | 138 |
| T81 | William McGirt | -4 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T81 | Kyle Westmoreland | -4 | F | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T81 | Trevor Cone | -4 | F | 71 | 67 | 138 |
| T93 | S.H. Kim | -3 | F | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T93 | Willie Mack III | -3 | F | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T93 | Ricky Barnes | -3 | F | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T93 | Bill Haas | -3 | F | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T93 | Harry Higgs | -3 | F | 64 | 75 | 139 |
| T93 | Aaron Jarvis (a) | -3 | F | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T99 | Callum Tarren | -2 | F | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| T99 | Robert Garrigus | -2 | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T99 | Hank Lebioda | -2 | F | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T99 | Adrian Meronk | -2 | F | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T99 | J.J. Henry | -2 | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T99 | David Hearn | -2 | F | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| T99 | Scott Piercy | -2 | F | 67 | 73 | 140 |
| T99 | Jonas Blixt | -2 | F | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T99 | Kramer Hickok | -2 | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T99 | Austin Eckroat | -2 | F | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T99 | James Nicholas | -2 | F | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T110 | Wesley Bryan | -1 | F | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T110 | Brice Garnett | -1 | F | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T110 | Brandon Matthews | -1 | F | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| T110 | Chandler Blanchet | -1 | F | 66 | 75 | 141 |
| T110 | Doug Ghim | -1 | F | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T110 | Michael Kim | -1 | F | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| T110 | Carson Young | -1 | F | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T117 | D.J. Trahan | Par | F | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T117 | Palmer Jackson (a) | Par | F | 73 | 69 | 142 |
| T119 | Kevin Chappell | +1 | F | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T119 | Michael Sims | +1 | F | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T119 | Luke Donald | +1 | F | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| T119 | Sung Kang | +1 | F | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T123 | Johnson Wagner | +2 | F | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| T123 | Michael Gligic | +2 | F | 70 | 74 | 144 |
| T125 | Clay Feagler | +3 | F | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| T125 | Jarryd Dillas (a) | +3 | 17 | 69 | - | 69 |
| T127 | John Daly | +5 | F | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| T127 | Greg Koch | +5 | F | 75 | 72 | 147 |
| T127 | Nick Jones | +5 | F | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| 130 | Ryan Brehm | +6 | F | 71 | 77 | 148 |
| 131 | Kim Swan | +28 | F | 89 | 81 | 170 |
| W/D | Tommy Gainey | Par | - | 72 | - | 72 |
