Farmers Insurance Open R3

January 28-31
Torrey Pines, San Diego, California
$7,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Carlos Ortiz won his first PGA title in November at the Viving Houston Open, and after missing the cut in his last two starts he’s in contention for another at the Farmers Insurance Open where he will start on Sunday tied for the lead with Patrick Reed at 10-under 206.

“Yesterday was definitely tougher condition-wise, (but) today was a beautiful day,” said Ortiz. “I don’t think it gets any better than this anywhere. I took advantage of that, I hit the ball great and made a couple putts, and when you do that it normally is a good outcome.”

Having started the third round in 21st place, Ortiz shot the low score of the day by two shots, a 66, on the South Course.

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Ortiz is having his best season on Tour with three top-15s in his last four starts. He is 10th in the FedEx Cup and could take the lead with a win on Sunday.

“I think I’m getting to know myself and I’m having a different perspective on the way I’m playing,” said Ortiz. “I’m taking it easier, I’m trying to see the good things in everything, not only on the golf course. I just want to come out here, give my best. If my best is 78 or 66, that’s okay, but as long as I give my best, that’s all I’m trying to do here right now. ”

Reed, who last won at the WGC-Mexico Championship last February, played 31 on his opening nine but came back in 39 for a 70 on Saturday.

He caused controversy and raised cheating accusations after an embedded-ball drop on the 10th. His approach shot on the par-4 went into deep rough, he asked a volunteer if the shot bounced after striking the ground and the negative answer led him to believe his ball was embedded.

Under the Rules of Golf, players can check if their ball is embedded and receive free relief if it is. The first three rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open have been played under lift, clean and place because of wet conditions, including more than an inch of rain that fell Friday.

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Reed let his playing partners know he would check his ball, determined it was embedded and moved it before officials arrived. He then asked senior tournament official Brad Fabel to double check the ground for an indentation. Fabel said he did, determined that Reed’s ball had been embedded and guided Reed through the drop for relief.

Video evidence showed the ball did bounce but Reed said he had to use his best judgment.

“When you have three players, three caddies and the volunteer (who’s) really close to the golf ball not seeing the ball bounce, then you have to go by what everyone sees and what everyone saw,” said Reed after the round. “When no one has seen that, then the rules official basically says whether it’s free relief or not, and the rules official agreed that the ball had broken the plane and it was relief.”

“When the ball bounces it’s almost impossible for it to break the plane and so therefore, when that happens, anytime you see the ball bounce you just play it as it lies. If you had 100 people around there, bunch of fans out there and one fan said they saw it bounce, I never would have had to put a tee down and even check to see if it was embedded.”

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“That’s why you always call a rules official, because at the end of the day they’re going to have the best judgment over everybody. If they believe that it’s embedded as well, that’s then when you go by what they say.”

“We’re fine with the outcome of the situation (on No. 10),” said PGA TOUR rules official Ken Tackett in a post-round interview.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
T1	Carlos Ortiz	-10	72	68	66	206
T1	Patrick Reed	-10	64	72	70	206
T3	Sam Burns	-8	66	72	70	208
T3	Lanto Griffin	-8	66	70	72	208
T3	Viktor Hovland	-8	70	65	73	208
T3	Jon Rahm	-8	69	67	72	208
T3	Adam Scott	-8	67	69	72	208
T8	Rory McIlroy	-7	68	71	70	209
T8	Ryan Palmer	-7	66	70	73	209
T8	Sam Ryder	-7	71	69	69	209
T8	Will Zalatoris	-7	68	71	70	209
T12	Tony Finau	-6	69	67	74	210
T12	Peter Malnati	-6	66	71	73	210
T12	Henrik Norlander	-6	73	69	68	210
T12	Xander Schauffele	-6	70	72	68	210
T12	Robby Shelton	-6	73	64	73	210
T17	Max Homa	-5	71	68	72	211
T17	Rory Sabbatini	-5	72	67	72	211
T17	Richy Werenski	-5	69	69	73	211
T20	Cameron Davis	-4	70	71	71	212
T20	William Gordon	-4	67	70	75	212
T20	Adam Hadwin	-4	69	70	73	212
T20	Bo Hoag	-4	72	69	71	212
T20	Sungjae Im	-4	69	74	69	212
T20	Ted Potter, Jr.	-4	71	69	72	212
T20	Kyle Stanley	-4	72	70	70	212
T27	Wyndham Clark	-3	67	73	73	213
T27	Jason Kokrak	-3	70	69	74	213
T27	Marc Leishman	-3	71	70	72	213
T27	Alex Noren	-3	64	74	75	213
T27	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	72	71	70	213
T27	Cameron Tringale	-3	72	69	72	213
T33	Dylan Frittelli	-2	70	73	71	214
T33	Doug Ghim	-2	70	71	73	214
T33	Bill Haas	-2	71	71	72	214
T33	Brandon Hagy	-2	66	75	73	214
T33	Tom Lewis	-2	68	75	71	214
T33	J.T. Poston	-2	69	74	71	214
T39	Rhein Gibson	-1	66	76	73	215
T39	Lucas Glover	-1	68	72	75	215
T39	Luke List	-1	66	77	72	215
T39	Denny McCarthy	-1	67	75	73	215
T39	Francesco Molinari	-1	72	71	72	215
T39	Charl Schwartzel	-1	70	72	73	215
T45	Joseph Bramlett	E	69	73	74	216
T45	Corey Conners	E	72	71	73	216
T45	Rickie Fowler	E	70	73	73	216
T45	Harry Higgs	E	71	69	76	216
T45	Hideki Matsuyama	E	74	68	74	216
T45	Cameron Percy	E	71	72	73	216
T45	Chase Seiffert	E	72	68	76	216
T45	Brandt Snedeker	E	69	70	77	216
T45	Kevin Streelman	E	68	75	73	216
T45	Justin Suh	E	71	72	73	216
T55	Bronson Burgoon	1	69	74	74	217
T55	Talor Gooch	1	66	74	77	217
T55	John Huh	1	69	72	76	217
T55	Matt Jones	1	70	73	74	217
T55	Michael Kim	1	69	74	74	217
T55	Danny Lee	1	74	67	76	217
T55	Phil Mickelson	1	71	72	74	217
T55	Xinjun Zhang	1	70	73	74	217
T63	Byeong Hun An	2	72	71	75	218
T63	Tain Lee	2	71	72	75	218
T63	Pat Perez	2	71	70	77	218
T63	Gary Woodland	2	66	75	77	218
T67	K.J. Choi	3	66	76	77	219
T67	Kyle Mendoza	3	73	69	77	219
T67	Troy Merritt	3	71	72	76	219
T67	Matthew NeSmith	3	70	73	76	219
T67	Roger Sloan	3	68	73	78	219
T67	Steve Stricker	3	72	70	77	219
T73	Kevin Stadler	4	71	72	77	220
T73	Sepp Straka	4	69	74	77	220
T75	Jason Dufner	5	74	69	78	221
T75	Kelly Kraft	5	73	69	79	221
T75	Tyler McCumber	5	76	67	78	221
T78	Grayson Murray	7	69	73	81	223
T78	Tim Wilkinson	7	67	76	80	223
CUT	Scott Brown	E	71	73		144
CUT	Beau Hossler	E	66	78		144
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	E	70	74		144
CUT	Si Woo Kim	E	68	76		144
CUT	Satoshi Kodaira	E	71	73		144
CUT	Martin Laird	E	70	74		144
CUT	Hank Lebioda	E	73	71		144
CUT	Ryan Moore	E	70	74		144
CUT	Seung-Yul Noh	E	68	76		144
CUT	Doc Redman	E	73	71		144
CUT	Scottie Scheffler	E	65	79		144
CUT	Jordan Spieth	E	69	75		144
CUT	Scott Stallings	E	69	75		144
CUT	Robert Streb	E	68	76		144
CUT	Brian Stuard	E	71	73		144
CUT	Rafael Campos	1	71	74		145
CUT	Tyler Duncan	1	73	72		145
CUT	Chesson Hadley	1	73	72		145
CUT	Billy Horschel	1	76	69		145
CUT	Russell Knox	1	71	74		145
CUT	Cameron Smith	1	66	79		145
CUT	Jared du Toit	1	70	75		145
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	1	74	71		145
CUT	Matt Every	2	76	70		146
CUT	Michael Gellerman	2	74	72		146
CUT	Kramer Hickok	2	73	73		146
CUT	J.B. Holmes	2	75	71		146
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	2	68	78		146
CUT	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	2	74	72		146
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	2	72	74		146
CUT	Adam Schenk	2	75	71		146
CUT	Jimmy Walker	2	73	73		146
CUT	Cameron Young	2	74	72		146
CUT	Chris Baker	3	72	75		147
CUT	Cameron Champ	3	68	79		147
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	3	76	71		147
CUT	Charles Howell III	3	80	67		147
CUT	Hunter Mahan	3	76	71		147
CUT	Ben Taylor	3	73	74		147
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	3	70	77		147
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	3	72	75		147
CUT	Bubba Watson	3	70	77		147
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	4	75	73		148
CUT	Jason Day	4	76	72		148
CUT	Scott Harrington	4	74	74		148
CUT	Tom Hoge	4	70	78		148
CUT	Brooks Koepka	4	72	76		148
CUT	Maverick McNealy	4	74	74		148
CUT	Keith Mitchell	4	77	71		148
CUT	J.J. Spaun	4	74	74		148
CUT	Mark Anderson	5	78	71		149
CUT	Sebastian Cappelen	5	70	79		149
CUT	Joel Dahmen	5	78	71		149
CUT	James Hahn	5	70	79		149
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	5	79	70		149
CUT	Willie Mack III	5	74	75		149
CUT	Andy Ogletree	5	72	77		149
CUT	Kevin Tway	5	69	80		149
CUT	Harris English	6	79	71		150
CUT	Jim Knous	6	72	78		150
CUT	Nelson Ledesma	6	73	77		150
CUT	Harold Varner III	6	78	72		150
CUT	Nick Watney	6	74	76		150
CUT	Ryan Brehm	7	77	74		151
CUT	David Hearn	7	74	77		151
CUT	Rob Oppenheim	7	72	79		151
CUT	Tyler Strafaci (a)	8	77	75		152
CUT	Seamus Power	9	78	75		153
CUT	Vincent Whaley	9	72	81		153
CUT	Michael Gligic	12	79	77		156
CUT	Andres Gonzales	13	70	87		157
CUT	John Senden	15	76	83		159
WD	Camilo Villegas	E
WD	Matthew Wolff	E
WD	Martin Trainer	E
WD	Fabián Gómez	E
WD	Charley Hoffman	E