PGA Tour
Mayakoba Golf Classic 2018
November 08-11
El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
$7,200,000
November 08-11
El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
$7,200,000
November 10, 2018
Matt Kuchar surged into a four-shot lead at the US PGA Tour's Mayakoba Classic on Saturday, firing a six-under-par 65 to edge closer to a first title in four years.
Solo leader after 54 holes.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 10, 2018
Matt Kuchar goes into Sunday @MayakobaGolf with a 4-shot lead.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/VyLEbrO89D
The 40-year-old American, who has not won a title since the 2014 RBC Heritage, finished the third round on 20 under, a 54-hole aggregate of 193.
Kuchar, who had moved two strokes clear of the field on Friday after a second straight 64, barely put a foot wrong once more on the El Camaleon Golf Club Course at Playa del Carmen.
The world number 40 made four birdies and five pars to reach the turn at four under for the day, and then grabbed two more birdies on the 12th and 13th.
A bogey on the par-four 14th after a wayward tee-shot gave the chasing pack a glimmer of hope, but Kuchar duly hit back on the 15th with his seventh birdie of the day to restore his four-shot cushion.
South Korea's Kim Whee will lead the pursuit of Kuchar on Sunday after shooting a five-under-par 66 to move to 16 under, four off the pace.
The 26-year-old from Seoul, who is yet to record a victory on the PGA Tour, carded four birdies on the front nine before claiming a fifth of the day on the 15th.
But there was disappointment for 23-year-old Cameron Champ, who was on course to finish the third round tied for second with Kim only for a double-bogey six on the 18th to send him sliding down the leaderboard.
Champ's double on the last left him at 14 under, six strokes back from Kuchar, heading into the final round.
With Kim four off the lead, Richy Werenski and New Zealand's Danny Lee are five adrift on 15 under. Werenski and Lee both made 67 to stay in touch.
The low round of the day belonged to Aaron Wise, who lit up the course with an eight-under-par 63.
The South African-born 22-year-old from California, who bagged a maiden PGA Tour win last season at the AT&T Byron Nelson, played flawlessly to register eight birdies and no pars.
Wise heads into Sunday six shots off the lead alongside J.J. Spaun and Champ on 14 under.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Matt Kuchar | USA |
-20 |
64 |
64 |
65 |
193 |
2 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
-16 |
68 |
63 |
66 |
197 |
T3 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-15 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
198 |
T3 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-15 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
198 |
T5 |
Aaron Wise | USA |
-14 |
71 |
65 |
63 |
199 |
T5 |
Cameron Champ | USA |
-14 |
68 |
62 |
69 |
199 |
T5 |
J. J. Spaun | USA |
-14 |
69 |
65 |
65 |
199 |
T8 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-13 |
65 |
68 |
67 |
200 |
T8 |
Adam Hadwin | CAN |
-13 |
65 |
67 |
68 |
200 |
T8 |
Anirban Lahiri | IND |
-13 |
65 |
66 |
69 |
200 |
T8 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-13 |
68 |
67 |
65 |
200 |
T8 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-13 |
65 |
68 |
67 |
200 |
T8 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-13 |
69 |
65 |
66 |
200 |
T8 |
Pat Perez | USA |
-13 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
200 |
T15 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-12 |
69 |
64 |
68 |
201 |
T15 |
Tony Finau | USA |
-12 |
69 |
65 |
67 |
201 |
T17 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-11 |
64 |
67 |
71 |
202 |
T17 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-11 |
65 |
69 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-11 |
65 |
69 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-11 |
65 |
69 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-11 |
69 |
68 |
65 |
202 |
T22 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
-10 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
203 |
T22 |
James Hahn | USA |
-10 |
66 |
67 |
70 |
203 |
T22 |
Josh Teater | USA |
-10 |
67 |
67 |
69 |
203 |
T22 |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
-10 |
65 |
66 |
72 |
203 |
T22 |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
-10 |
66 |
68 |
69 |
203 |
T22 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-10 |
66 |
69 |
68 |
203 |
T28 |
Armando Favela | MEX |
-9 |
67 |
67 |
70 |
204 |
T28 |
Bud Cauley | USA |
-9 |
65 |
68 |
71 |
204 |
T28 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-9 |
67 |
69 |
68 |
204 |
T28 |
Kevin Chappell | USA |
-9 |
65 |
70 |
69 |
204 |
T28 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-9 |
66 |
66 |
72 |
204 |
T28 |
Steve Marino | USA |
-9 |
70 |
64 |
70 |
204 |
T34 |
Chris Kirk | USA |
-8 |
72 |
66 |
67 |
205 |
T34 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-8 |
72 |
64 |
69 |
205 |
T34 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-8 |
68 |
66 |
71 |
205 |
T34 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-8 |
67 |
67 |
71 |
205 |
T34 |
Scott Langley | USA |
-8 |
69 |
67 |
69 |
205 |
T34 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
-8 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
205 |
T40 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-7 |
66 |
70 |
70 |
206 |
T40 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-7 |
71 |
66 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
-7 |
71 |
66 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-7 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
206 |
T40 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-7 |
70 |
64 |
72 |
206 |
T40 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-7 |
64 |
68 |
74 |
206 |
T40 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
-7 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Seth Reeves | USA |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-7 |
71 |
67 |
68 |
206 |
T40 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-7 |
65 |
70 |
71 |
206 |
T50 |
Brian Gay | USA |
-6 |
68 |
63 |
76 |
207 |
T50 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
-6 |
69 |
66 |
72 |
207 |
T50 |
Oscar Fraustro | MEX |
-6 |
66 |
70 |
71 |
207 |
T53 |
Anders Albertson | USA |
-5 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
208 |
T53 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-5 |
68 |
68 |
72 |
208 |
T53 |
J. B. Holmes | USA |
-5 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
208 |
T53 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-5 |
69 |
63 |
76 |
208 |
T53 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-5 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
208 |
T53 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-5 |
69 |
67 |
72 |
208 |
T53 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-5 |
73 |
65 |
70 |
208 |
T60 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-4 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
209 |
T60 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-4 |
66 |
71 |
72 |
209 |
T62 |
Brian Harman | USA |
-3 |
66 |
68 |
76 |
210 |
T62 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-3 |
72 |
66 |
72 |
210 |
T62 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-3 |
65 |
73 |
72 |
210 |
T62 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-3 |
66 |
71 |
73 |
210 |
T62 |
Rory Sabbatini | RSA |
-3 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
210 |
T67 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
-2 |
70 |
67 |
74 |
211 |
T67 |
Chase Wright | USA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
211 |
T67 |
Harris English | USA |
-2 |
67 |
70 |
74 |
211 |
T67 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
-2 |
71 |
67 |
73 |
211 |
71 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-1 |
65 |
73 |
74 |
212 |
72 |
Shintaro Ban | USA |
3 |
68 |
67 |
81 |
216 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
-3 |
70 |
69 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Alex Cejka | GER |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Andrew Landry | USA |
-3 |
70 |
69 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-3 |
75 |
64 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-3 |
66 |
73 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-3 |
68 |
71 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
-3 |
72 |
67 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Wesley Bryan | USA |
-3 |
69 |
70 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
John Chin | USA |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-2 |
71 |
69 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
-2 |
73 |
67 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-2 |
72 |
68 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Martin Trainer | USA |
-2 |
73 |
67 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-2 |
67 |
73 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Sean O'Hair | USA |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-2 |
70 |
70 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
D. A. Points | USA |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-1 |
68 |
73 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
John Huh | USA |
-1 |
74 |
67 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-1 |
73 |
68 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Norman Xiong | USA |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Beau Hossler | USA |
Par |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Kevin Stadler | USA |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
Par |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
1 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
1 |
70 |
73 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Zach Johnson | USA |
1 |
71 |
72 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brian Stuard | USA |
2 |
70 |
74 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Cody Gribble | USA |
2 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
2 |
74 |
70 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Brad Adamonis | USA |
3 |
76 |
69 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jim Herman | USA |
3 |
68 |
77 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Max Homa | USA |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
3 |
75 |
70 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
3 |
70 |
75 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sebastian Vazquez | MEX |
3 |
71 |
74 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Eamonn McLoughlin | USA |
4 |
70 |
76 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Seamus Power | IRL |
4 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
5 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
5 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Matt Hutchins | USA |
5 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
6 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sam Burns | USA |
6 |
71 |
77 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Zachary Bauchou | USA |
6 |
70 |
78 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
7 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
RET |
Chris Stroud | USA |
Par |
70 |
- |
- |
70 |
RET |
Grayson Murray | USA |
Par |
71 |
- |
- |
71 |
RET |
Sam Saunders | USA |
Par |
75 |
- |
- |
75 |
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Matt Kuchar | USA |
-20 |
65 |
193 |
2 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
-16 |
66 |
197 |
T3 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-15 |
67 |
198 |
T3 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-15 |
67 |
198 |
T5 |
Aaron Wise | USA |
-14 |
63 |
199 |
T5 |
Cameron Champ | USA |
-14 |
69 |
199 |
T5 |
J. J. Spaun | USA |
-14 |
65 |
199 |
T8 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-13 |
67 |
200 |
T8 |
Adam Hadwin | CAN |
-13 |
68 |
200 |
T8 |
Anirban Lahiri | IND |
-13 |
69 |
200 |
T8 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-13 |
65 |
200 |
T8 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-13 |
67 |
200 |
T8 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-13 |
66 |
200 |
T8 |
Pat Perez | USA |
-13 |
67 |
200 |
T15 |
Kelly Kraft | USA |
-12 |
68 |
201 |
T15 |
Tony Finau | USA |
-12 |
67 |
201 |
T17 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-11 |
71 |
202 |
T17 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-11 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-11 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-11 |
68 |
202 |
T17 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-11 |
65 |
202 |
T22 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
-10 |
68 |
203 |
T22 |
James Hahn | USA |
-10 |
70 |
203 |
T22 |
Josh Teater | USA |
-10 |
69 |
203 |
T22 |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
-10 |
72 |
203 |
T22 |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
-10 |
69 |
203 |
T22 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-10 |
68 |
203 |
T28 |
Armando Favela | MEX |
-9 |
70 |
204 |
T28 |
Bud Cauley | USA |
-9 |
71 |
204 |
T28 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-9 |
68 |
204 |
T28 |
Kevin Chappell | USA |
-9 |
69 |
204 |
T28 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-9 |
72 |
204 |
T28 |
Steve Marino | USA |
-9 |
70 |
204 |
T34 |
Chris Kirk | USA |
-8 |
67 |
205 |
T34 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-8 |
69 |
205 |
T34 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
-8 |
71 |
205 |
T34 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-8 |
71 |
205 |
T34 |
Scott Langley | USA |
-8 |
69 |
205 |
T34 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
-8 |
70 |
205 |
T40 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-7 |
70 |
206 |
T40 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-7 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
-7 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-7 |
68 |
206 |
T40 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-7 |
72 |
206 |
T40 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-7 |
74 |
206 |
T40 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
-7 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Seth Reeves | USA |
-7 |
69 |
206 |
T40 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-7 |
68 |
206 |
T40 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-7 |
71 |
206 |
T50 |
Brian Gay | USA |
-6 |
76 |
207 |
T50 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
-6 |
72 |
207 |
T50 |
Oscar Fraustro | MEX |
-6 |
71 |
207 |
T53 |
Anders Albertson | USA |
-5 |
70 |
208 |
T53 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-5 |
72 |
208 |
T53 |
J. B. Holmes | USA |
-5 |
71 |
208 |
T53 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-5 |
76 |
208 |
T53 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-5 |
73 |
208 |
T53 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-5 |
72 |
208 |
T53 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
-5 |
70 |
208 |
T60 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-4 |
71 |
209 |
T60 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-4 |
72 |
209 |
T62 |
Brian Harman | USA |
-3 |
76 |
210 |
T62 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-3 |
72 |
210 |
T62 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-3 |
72 |
210 |
T62 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-3 |
73 |
210 |
T62 |
Rory Sabbatini | RSA |
-3 |
72 |
210 |
T67 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
-2 |
74 |
211 |
T67 |
Chase Wright | USA |
-2 |
73 |
211 |
T67 |
Harris English | USA |
-2 |
74 |
211 |
T67 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
-2 |
73 |
211 |
71 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-1 |
74 |
212 |
72 |
Shintaro Ban | USA |
3 |
81 |
216 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Alex Cejka | GER |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Andrew Landry | USA |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Wesley Bryan | USA |
-3 |
- |
139 |
CUT |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
John Chin | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Martin Trainer | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Sean O'Hair | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-2 |
- |
140 |
CUT |
Adria Arnaus | ESP |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
D. A. Points | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
John Huh | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Norman Xiong | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-1 |
- |
141 |
CUT |
Beau Hossler | USA |
Par |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Kevin Stadler | USA |
Par |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
Par |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
Par |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
1 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
1 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Zach Johnson | USA |
1 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brian Stuard | USA |
2 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
2 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Cody Gribble | USA |
2 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
2 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Brad Adamonis | USA |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Jim Herman | USA |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Max Homa | USA |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Sebastian Vazquez | MEX |
3 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Eamonn McLoughlin | USA |
4 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Seamus Power | IRL |
4 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
5 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
5 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Matt Hutchins | USA |
5 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
6 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sam Burns | USA |
6 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Zachary Bauchou | USA |
6 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
7 |
- |
149 |
RET |
Chris Stroud | USA |
Par |
- |
70 |
RET |
Grayson Murray | USA |
Par |
- |
71 |
RET |
Sam Saunders | USA |
Par |
- |
75 |