February 21-24
Coco Beach Golf & CC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
$3,000,000
Australia's Aaron Baddeley fired a bogey-free six-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the US PGA Puerto Rico Open.
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The 37-year-old Aussie, seeking his fifth tour triumph and first since the 2016 Barbasol Championship, stood on 12-under 204 after 54 holes at Rio Grande.
"My game has been in a good spot for a while," he said. "It's a good start to the year. I hope to keep building on it tomorrow and see what happens."
American Nate Lashley birdied the 18th hole to grab second alone on 205, one stroke ahead of countryman Martin Trainer at the event, played while most of the world's top talent competes this week at the WGC Mexico Championship.
Baddeley, whose best finish this season was a share of fourth at the campaign-launching Safeway Open last October in California, is excited about his chances.
Baddeley opened with back-to-back birdies, a wedge on his approach at the par-5 second the key shot there.
"It's always windy here so to get a couple birdies early was good," said Baddeley.
He followed with birdies at the par-5 fifth, par-4 ninth, par-3 11th and par-5 15th.
Lashley and Trainer hope to capture their first PGA titles.
Lashley sandwiched an eagle between bogeys at the first and third holes, then birdied the ninth and answered a bogey at 11 with birdies at 12 and 13 ahead of his closing birdie.
"Hopefully tomorrow I can control my nerves and win the golf tournament," Lashley said. "I'm making good putts, driving it real well. I just have to do everything solid."
Trainer is trying to battle through in his debut season as well.
"There's a lot of pressure," he said. "This is my first time I've truly been in contention at a PGA Tour event. I'm going to try and stay calm out there but I know I'll be really nervous and just do the best I can."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-12 |
70 |
68 |
66 |
204 |
2 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
-11 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
205 |
3 |
Martin Trainer | USA |
-10 |
70 |
67 |
69 |
206 |
T4 |
Joey Garber | USA |
-9 |
68 |
74 |
65 |
207 |
T4 |
Martin Piller | USA |
-9 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
207 |
T4 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
-9 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
207 |
T4 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
-9 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
207 |
T4 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-9 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
207 |
T9 |
Roberto Castro | USA |
-8 |
68 |
72 |
68 |
208 |
T9 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
-8 |
66 |
73 |
69 |
208 |
T9 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-8 |
71 |
67 |
70 |
208 |
T9 |
Ben Crane | USA |
-8 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
208 |
T9 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-8 |
68 |
68 |
72 |
208 |
14 |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
-7 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
209 |
T15 |
Boo Weekley | USA |
-6 |
72 |
73 |
65 |
210 |
T15 |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-6 |
74 |
69 |
67 |
210 |
T15 |
Matthew Every | USA |
-6 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
210 |
T15 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
-6 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
210 |
T15 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
-6 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
210 |
T15 |
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez | MEX |
-6 |
71 |
69 |
70 |
210 |
T15 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
-6 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
210 |
T22 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-5 |
73 |
71 |
67 |
211 |
T22 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-5 |
69 |
74 |
68 |
211 |
T22 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
-5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
211 |
T22 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-5 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
211 |
T22 |
Martin Flores | USA |
-5 |
69 |
73 |
69 |
211 |
T22 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-5 |
68 |
73 |
70 |
211 |
T22 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
-5 |
67 |
73 |
71 |
211 |
T22 |
Charl Schwartzel | RSA |
-5 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
211 |
T22 |
Curtis Luck | AUS |
-5 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
211 |
T31 |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
-4 |
74 |
71 |
67 |
212 |
T31 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T31 |
Julian Etulain | ARG |
-4 |
72 |
70 |
70 |
212 |
T31 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T31 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-4 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
212 |
T36 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-3 |
75 |
69 |
69 |
213 |
T36 |
Robert Streb | USA |
-3 |
75 |
69 |
69 |
213 |
T36 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
-3 |
71 |
73 |
69 |
213 |
T36 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-3 |
70 |
73 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Alex Kang | USA |
-3 |
68 |
75 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Ken Duke | USA |
-3 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
213 |
T36 |
Austen Truslow | USA |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
213 |
T43 |
Ben Griffin | CAN |
-2 |
74 |
71 |
69 |
214 |
T43 |
Stuart Appleby | AUS |
-2 |
71 |
74 |
69 |
214 |
T43 |
John Chin | USA |
-2 |
74 |
70 |
70 |
214 |
T43 |
Zac Blair | USA |
-2 |
71 |
73 |
70 |
214 |
T43 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-2 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
214 |
T43 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
-2 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T43 |
Tim Herron | USA |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
214 |
T50 |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
T50 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
215 |
T50 |
D. A. Points | USA |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
215 |
T50 |
Trevor Immelman | RSA |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
215 |
T50 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-1 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
215 |
T50 |
Jim Knous | USA |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
215 |
T50 |
Rafael Campos | PRI |
-1 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
215 |
T57 |
Bryson Nimmer | USA |
Par |
69 |
75 |
72 |
216 |
T57 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
Par |
70 |
74 |
72 |
216 |
T57 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
Par |
74 |
69 |
73 |
216 |
T60 |
John Senden | AUS |
1 |
74 |
69 |
74 |
217 |
T60 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
1 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
217 |
T62 |
Charlie Wi | KOR |
2 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Jonathan Kaye | USA |
2 |
73 |
72 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
2 |
68 |
77 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Robert Allenby | AUS |
2 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Chris Couch | USA |
2 |
70 |
75 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Chris Thompson | USA |
2 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
218 |
T62 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
2 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
218 |
T62 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
218 |
T62 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
2 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
218 |
T62 |
Derek Ernst | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
76 |
218 |
72 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
3 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
219 |
73 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
4 |
71 |
74 |
75 |
220 |
T74 |
Wes Roach | USA |
5 |
74 |
71 |
76 |
221 |
T74 |
Chad Collins | USA |
5 |
71 |
74 |
76 |
221 |
CUT |
Charlie Beljan | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Chris Kirk | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Corey Conners | CAN |
2 |
69 |
77 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Frank Lickliter | USA |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Fredrik Jacobson | SWE |
2 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Jay McLuen | USA |
2 |
77 |
69 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Josh Teater | USA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Nick Heinen | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
2 |
72 |
74 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
2 |
75 |
71 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
William Cannon | USA |
2 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Edward Figueroa | USA |
3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
George McNeill | USA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Kristoffer Ventura | NOR |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Kyle Jones | USA |
3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Retief Goosen | RSA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Sam Horsfield | ENG |
3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Taylor Pendrith | CAN |
3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Will MacKenzie | USA |
3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Alex Prugh | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Chris Smith | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
David Duval | USA |
4 |
79 |
69 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Derek Lamely | USA |
4 |
78 |
70 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Hunter Hamrick | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Jason Bohn | USA |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
John Merrick | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Troy Matteson | USA |
4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Omar Uresti | USA |
5 |
71 |
78 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Spike McRoy | USA |
5 |
72 |
77 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Todd Hamilton | USA |
5 |
73 |
76 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Dicky Pride | USA |
6 |
75 |
75 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Robert Garrigus | USA |
6 |
73 |
77 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Yuwa Kosaihira | JAP |
6 |
76 |
74 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Angel Cabrera | ARG |
7 |
73 |
78 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Brady Schnell | USA |
7 |
74 |
77 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Daniel Chopra | SWE |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Jeronimo Esteve | PUR |
7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
John Rollins | USA |
7 |
77 |
74 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Ted Purdy | USA |
7 |
77 |
74 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
8 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Eric Axley | USA |
8 |
75 |
77 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Max Alverio | PRI |
8 |
78 |
74 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Adam Svensson | CAN |
9 |
78 |
75 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
9 |
79 |
74 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Kyle Sanders | USA |
9 |
75 |
78 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Alexander Hicks | USA |
10 |
77 |
77 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Cameron Beckman | USA |
10 |
75 |
79 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Hiram Silfa | DOM |
10 |
71 |
83 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Heath Slocum | USA |
11 |
77 |
78 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Marc Turnesa | USA |
11 |
76 |
79 |
- |
155 |
CUT |
Robert Gamez | USA |
12 |
77 |
79 |
- |
156 |
RET |
Jason Gore | USA |
Par |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
RET |
Neal Lancaster | USA |
Par |
83 |
- |
- |
83 |