Davis Riley closed with a third-round 66 to increase his lead to four shots at 14-under heading into the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
“I got off to a hot start. I was 5-under through 8. I was just playing some really solid golf, hitting a lot of fairways and greens, and got the putter going a little bit.
“Made one or two loose swings on 9 and 10, and yeah, the last couple hours on the course were tough. I mean, the wind’s picked up, I was just barely missing fairways, so it was just hard for me to be aggressive. Yeah, that was kind of the story of it and just kind of a lot of par golf coming in.
“I was comfortable with every facet of the game, so I was just trying to execute the shot at hand and take it hole by hole and create a lot of opportunity and just try to make the putts. Luckily it felt pretty easy early and obviously there’s always going to be a little adversity throughout a round and I kind of faced some of that and made one or two not so great swings and paid the price. But I’m proud of the way I fought coming in because it was really difficult out there and to snag one on 16 and make some good pars on that back nine was pretty nice.”
FedExCup leader and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded a bogey-free 7-under 63, matching his best round on Tour this season at the RBC Heritage. He has played his last 41 holes without a bogey and is seeking his 11th PGA TOUR victory and fifth win in his last seven starts this week.
Rookie Pierceson Coody signed for a 69 in spite of a double bogey at the par-4 9th and lies in a share of third place at 9-under alongside Hayden Buckley who also shot a 69.
Robby Shelton completes the all-American top-5 after carding a 67.
