Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open R3

Houston Open 2021 R3
November 11-14
Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
$7,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Scottie Scheffler signed for a 69 on Saturday to reach 7-under and take a one shot lead in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open. The American, who turned pro in 2018, holds the 54-hole lead outright for the first time.

Houston Open 2021 R3

“I’m fairly satisfied with my round. I kept myself in position. Things were kind of getting a little iffy there for me for a little bit. I felt like I was playing good golf and I was 1 over through 13 holes and I felt like I was playing a lot better than that. Definitely nice to make a few birdies down the stretch to get things back in the red.”

Houston Open 2021 R3

Scheffler has been on form recently and was a contender last week at Mayakoba until he made a double bogey on the 16th for a 66 and had to settle for fourth place.

“I feel like I’m playing solid golf right now. I’m hitting a decent amount of fairways, a decent amount of greens, starting to roll the ball pretty good. there’s a few days where the putts may have not all gone in, but I always seem to be hitting them right around the cup at the appropriate speed so they’re bound to start falling eventually.”

Houston Open 2021 R3

Five players share second place at 6-under including Kevin Tway who was leading into the 17th where he found the water leading to a bogey then missed his putt on the final hole for another and closed with a 73.

Houston Open 2021 R3

Venezuelan an Jhonattan Vegas, who hasn’t won since the RBC Canadian Open in 2017, is also tied in second place after a 68 and is the only non-American player in the top-9.

“This course, just doesn’t sound like it has anything to it, but it’s just tricky. It’s kind of one of those courses where it’s really hard to get the ball close to the holes. Obviously it’s a brand new golf course still, conditions are probably not as good as we probably would have liked, but it’s still a phenomenal playable golf course. Obviously the rain didn’t help at the beginning of the week, but it’s a course that as it grows, it’s going to be a super exciting course on Tour.

“So knowing that you can’t really get too aggressive and too excited and fire at every pin. You kind of have to take your time on the course and try to put a good round together and that’s what you saw. Especially not playing the ball up obviously made it harder today because playing on bermuda, chipping in Bermuda is really difficult, especially on new grass. So you can tell that it’s just playing hard.”

Houston Open 2021 R3

Overnight leader Martin Trainer made a single birdie, five bogeys and a double bogey at the par-4 6th to close with a 74 for his share of second place.

“That was a really tough pin on 18 and I had a really hard chip and a really hard putt and I managed to execute them both pretty well. So feels good to finish on a good note.

“All I can do is just play the best I can. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. Maybe it will be more of the same, maybe will be better, I’ll find out. I just want to keep making good swings, I guess.”

Houston Open 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Scottie Scheffler	-7	72	62	69	203
T2	Jhonattan Vegas	-6	67	69	68	204
T2	Matthew Wolff	-6	68	67	69	204
T2	Kramer Hickok	-6	67	67	70	204
T2	Martin Trainer	-6	65	65	74	204
T2	Kevin Tway	-6	67	64	73	204
T7	Jason Kokrak	-5	68	71	66	205
T7	Russell Henley	-5	65	72	68	205
T7	Luke List	-5	65	71	69	205
T10	Vincent Whaley	-4	69	72	65	206
T10	Marc Leishman	-4	65	70	71	206
T10	Adam Schenk	-4	70	64	72	206
T10	Adam Long	-4	66	67	73	206
T14	Cameron Tringale	-3	69	70	68	207
T14	Kelly Kraft	-3	68	67	72	207
T14	Wyndham Clark	-3	66	69	72	207
T14	Max McGreevy	-3	68	67	72	207
T18	Cameron Smith	-2	71	69	68	208
T18	Hank Lebioda	-2	67	72	69	208
T18	Sam Burns	-2	70	67	71	208
T18	Lee Hodges	-2	69	72	67	208
T22	Richy Werenski	-1	70	69	70	209
T22	Joel Dahmen	-1	70	69	70	209
T22	Chez Reavie	-1	70	69	70	209
T22	Maverick McNealy	-1	71	68	70	209
T22	Mackenzie Hughes	-1	71	69	69	209
T22	Kevin Streelman	-1	71	69	69	209
T22	Alex Smalley	-1	68	72	69	209
T22	Dylan Frittelli	-1	70	68	71	209
T22	Davis Riley	-1	68	72	69	209
T22	Ryan Palmer	-1	71	70	68	209
T22	Keith Mitchell	-1	67	69	73	209
T22	Matthias Schwab	-1	70	71	68	209
T34	Robert Streb	Par	68	71	71	210
T34	Aaron Rai	Par	71	69	70	210
T34	Aaron Wise	Par	73	66	71	210
T34	Patrick Reed	Par	70	68	72	210
T34	Tom Hoge	Par	68	70	72	210
T34	Scott Piercy	Par	71	70	69	210
T40	Hudson Swafford	+1	70	70	71	211
T40	J.J. Spaun	+1	72	66	73	211
T40	Chris Stroud	+1	74	67	70	211
T40	Sungjae Im	+1	68	70	73	211
T40	Andrew Putnam	+1	67	70	74	211
T40	Scott Stallings	+1	71	70	70	211
T40	Zach Johnson	+1	72	69	70	211
T40	Matthew NeSmith	+1	68	67	76	211
T40	Mito Pereira	+1	69	72	70	211
T40	Sahith Theegala	+1	70	71	70	211
T50	Henrik Norlander	+2	71	69	72	212
T50	Max Homa	+2	72	67	73	212
T50	Stephan Jaeger	+2	68	72	72	212
T50	Harry Higgs	+2	71	68	73	212
T50	Brian Harman	+2	67	74	71	212
T50	Bronson Burgoon	+2	72	69	71	212
T50	Adam Scott	+2	68	73	71	212
T50	Denny McCarthy	+2	72	69	71	212
T58	Erik van Rooyen	+3	69	70	74	213
T58	MJ Daffue	+3	68	73	72	213
T60	Talor Gooch	+4	65	74	75	214
T60	Nick Taylor	+4	68	72	74	214
T60	Tyler Duncan	+4	69	72	73	214
T60	Lanto Griffin	+4	68	68	78	214
T60	Brian Stuard	+4	71	70	73	214
T65	Jim Herman	+5	69	70	76	215
T65	Jason Day	+5	67	74	74	215
67	Brice Garnett	+6	69	70	77	216
CUT	Sangmoon Bae	+2	73	69		142
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	69	73		142
CUT	Shane Lowry	+2	69	73		142
CUT	Russell Knox	+2	73	69		142
CUT	James Hahn	+2	76	66		142
CUT	Ian Poulter	+2	71	71		142
CUT	Tyler McCumber	+2	68	74		142
CUT	Paul Barjon	+2	74	68		142
CUT	Kyle Stanley	+2	73	69		142
CUT	Jason Dufner	+2	66	76		142
CUT	Peter Uihlein	+2	70	72		142
CUT	Tony Finau	+2	69	73		142
CUT	Sepp Straka	+2	70	72		142
CUT	Trey Mullinax	+2	71	71		142
CUT	Cam Davis	+3	70	73		143
CUT	Andrew Landry	+3	71	72		143
CUT	Brooks Koepka	+3	71	72		143
CUT	Tyrrell Hatton	+3	75	68		143
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	+3	73	70		143
CUT	Nick Watney	+3	73	70		143
CUT	Shawn Stefani	+3	70	73		143
CUT	Dawie van der Walt	+3	70	73		143
CUT	Chad Ramey	+3	73	70		143
CUT	Joaquin Niemann	+3	70	73		143
CUT	Graeme McDowell	+3	68	75		143
CUT	Martin Laird	+3	69	74		143
CUT	Bill Haas	+3	71	72		143
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	+3	72	71		143
CUT	Taylor Moore	+3	71	72		143
CUT	Greyson Sigg	+3	68	75		143
CUT	Roger Sloan	+4	70	74		144
CUT	Jared Wolfe	+4	74	70		144
CUT	Cameron Sisk (a)	+4	72	72		144
CUT	Doc Redman	+4	73	71		144
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+4	71	73		144
CUT	Stewart Cink	+4	70	74		144
CUT	C.T. Pan	+4	72	72		144
CUT	Ben Silverman	+4	67	77		144
CUT	J.T. Poston	+5	74	71		145
CUT	Seamus Power	+5	75	70		145
CUT	David Lipsky	+5	70	75		145
CUT	Adam Svensson	+5	73	72		145
CUT	John Huh	+5	72	73		145
CUT	Sam Ryder	+5	69	76		145
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	+5	71	74		145
CUT	Pat Perez	+6	70	76		146
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+6	70	76		146
CUT	Henrik Stenson	+6	72	74		146
CUT	Gary Woodland	+6	72	74		146
CUT	Brandon Hagy	+7	71	76		147
CUT	Jimmy Walker	+7	72	75		147
CUT	Branden Grace	+7	74	73		147
CUT	Nate Lashley	+7	72	75		147
CUT	Brian Gay	+7	69	78		147
CUT	Danny Willett	+8	72	76		148
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+8	74	74		148
CUT	Gilbert Mendez	+8	73	75		148
CUT	Rodolfo Cazaubòn	+9	72	77		149
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+9	75	74		149
CUT	Lee Westwood	+14	70	84		154
CUT	Chase Koepka	+17	77	80		157
W/D	Connor Arendell	Par	71	38		109
W/D	Francesco Molinari	Par	72	57		129
W/D	Harold Varner III	Par	77	60		137
W/D	Sung Kang	Par	74	42		116