Patrick Cantlay broke the course record with a bogey-free, 11-under 60 on Saturday to take a share of the lead at 19-under in the Shriners Children’s Open.
“I was really happy with today. I played great. Had a bunch of looks and made most of them. Took advantage of the par-5s and the drivable 4, and that’s what you have to do around this place.”
He had a chance to close with a 59 but missed his birdie putt on the final hole.
“I had like 120 in the fairway and it was a perfect spot and I hit a big sand wedge and I thought I hit it high enough and it took a huge bounce when it landed. Then the putt probably carried a bit too much speed, and just missed it a little high.
“I hit good putts all day today. You can’t make every single one as much as you’d like to. I’m very happy with how I played, and I’m in a good spot going into tomorrow.”
The American matched his low score on the PGA Tour but it was his first as a pro, he previously shot 60 at the 2011 Travelers Championship as an amateur.
South Korean Tom Kim played a bogey-free 62 for a share of the lead.
“I’ve played really solid today. I took care of what I really needed to take care of on this golf course and just needing a good round to give myself a chance on Sunday really because I’m really happy with myself just keeping it tight,” said Kim.
“This course is very, very scorable so you’ve got to play good golf. You’ve got to make a lot of birdies. Anyone is in this really. It’s not just me and Patrick. There’s a lot of guys who can still play well and win it. Just kind of stick to my own game plan. I’ve been doing well for the past three days, and just hopefully have one more good round on Sunday and have a good finish.”
Overnight leader Mito Pereira of Chile carded a 67 and moved down into a share of third place at 16-under alongside American Matthew NeSmith who shot a bogey-free 63.
South Koreans Sungjae Im (63) and S.H. Kim (64) share fifth place at 15-under.
It was a low scoring day at TPC Summerlin with nine players firing a 64 or lower and the course average was 67.9.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Patrick Cantlay | -19 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 194 |
| T1 | Tom Kim | -19 | 65 | 67 | 62 | 194 |
| T3 | Matthew NeSmith | -16 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 197 |
| T3 | Mito Pereira | -16 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 197 |
| T5 | Sungjae Im | -15 | 65 | 70 | 63 | 198 |
| T5 | S.H. Kim | -15 | 65 | 69 | 64 | 198 |
| T7 | Aaron Rai | -14 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 199 |
| T7 | J.T. Poston | -14 | 67 | 69 | 63 | 199 |
| T7 | Adam Hadwin | -14 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 199 |
| T7 | Si Woo Kim | -14 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 199 |
| T7 | Robby Shelton | -14 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 199 |
| 12 | Tom Hoge | -13 | 63 | 72 | 65 | 200 |
| T13 | Andrew Putnam | -12 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 201 |
| T13 | Beau Hossler | -12 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 201 |
| T13 | Davis Thompson | -12 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 201 |
| T13 | Cam Davis | -12 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 201 |
| T17 | Lucas Herbert | -11 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 202 |
| T17 | Taylor Montgomery | -11 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 202 |
| T17 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -11 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 202 |
| T17 | Adam Schenk | -11 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 202 |
| T17 | Chad Ramey | -11 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 202 |
| T17 | Kevin Streelman | -11 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 202 |
| T23 | Thomas Detry | -10 | 65 | 73 | 65 | 203 |
| T23 | Chris Gotterup | -10 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 203 |
| T23 | K.H. Lee | -10 | 72 | 66 | 65 | 203 |
| T23 | Jason Day | -10 | 66 | 71 | 66 | 203 |
| T23 | Kevin Yu | -10 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 203 |
| T23 | Aaron Wise | -10 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 203 |
| T23 | Martin Laird | -10 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 203 |
| T23 | Max Homa | -10 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 203 |
| T23 | Maverick McNealy | -10 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 203 |
| T32 | Taylor Pendrith | -9 | 71 | 67 | 66 | 204 |
| T32 | Ben Griffin | -9 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 204 |
| T32 | Adam Svensson | -9 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 204 |
| T32 | Matt Wallace | -9 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 204 |
| T32 | Michael Thompson | -9 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 204 |
| T32 | Keith Mitchell | -9 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 204 |
| T32 | Sam Ryder | -9 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 204 |
| T32 | Patrick Rodgers | -9 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 204 |
| T40 | Justin Lower | -8 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 205 |
| T40 | Philip Knowles | -8 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 205 |
| T40 | Stephan Jaeger | -8 | 66 | 72 | 67 | 205 |
| T40 | Austin Eckroat | -8 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | J.J. Spaun | -8 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | Brian Harman | -8 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | Alex Noren | -8 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | Hayden Buckley | -8 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | Greyson Sigg | -8 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 205 |
| T40 | Spencer Levin | -8 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 205 |
| T40 | Dean Burmester | -8 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 205 |
| T40 | Nick Hardy | -8 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 205 |
| T40 | Harry Hall | -8 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 205 |
| T40 | Mark Hubbard | -8 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 205 |
| T54 | Ryan Moore | -7 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 206 |
| T54 | Patrick Welch (a) | -7 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 206 |
| T54 | Harris English | -7 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 206 |
| T54 | Joel Dahmen | -7 | 66 | 72 | 68 | 206 |
| T54 | Chesson Hadley | -7 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 206 |
| T54 | Brendon Todd | -7 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 206 |
| T54 | Brandon Wu | -7 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 206 |
| T54 | Doug Ghim | -7 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 206 |
| T54 | Tyler Duncan | -7 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 206 |
| T54 | Tano Goya | -7 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 206 |
| T54 | Stewart Cink | -7 | 69 | 66 | 71 | 206 |
| T65 | Harrison Endycott | -6 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 207 |
| T65 | Patton Kizzire | -6 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 207 |
| T65 | Jim Herman | -6 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 207 |
| T68 | Trevor Werbylo | -5 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 208 |
| T68 | Austin Smotherman | -5 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 208 |
| T68 | David Lipsky | -5 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 208 |
| T71 | Andrew Landry | -4 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 209 |
| T71 | Matthias Schwab | -4 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 209 |
| T73 | Ben Martin | -3 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 210 |
| T73 | Will Gordon | -3 | 65 | 72 | 73 | 210 |
| T73 | Tyson Alexander | -3 | 72 | 65 | 73 | 210 |
| T73 | Byeong Hun An | -3 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 210 |
| 77 | Emiliano Grillo | -2 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 211 |
| CUT | James Hahn | -3 | 70 | 69 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Paul Haley II | -3 | 71 | 68 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Vincent Norrman | -3 | 67 | 72 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Carson Young | -3 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Eric Cole | -3 | 67 | 72 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Kurt Kitayama | -3 | 70 | 69 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Russell Knox | -3 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Chris Kirk | -3 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Seamus Power | -3 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | -3 | 69 | 70 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Michael Gligic | -3 | 67 | 72 | - | 139 |
| CUT | Denny McCarthy | -2 | 71 | 69 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | -2 | 72 | 68 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Kramer Hickok | -2 | 70 | 70 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Erik Barnes | -2 | 70 | 70 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Justin Suh | -2 | 69 | 71 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Brent Grant | -2 | 71 | 69 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | -2 | 67 | 73 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Austin Cook | -2 | 69 | 71 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | -2 | 70 | 70 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | -2 | 73 | 67 | - | 140 |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | -1 | 70 | 71 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | -1 | 69 | 72 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | -1 | 69 | 72 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Carl Yuan | -1 | 68 | 73 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | -1 | 73 | 68 | - | 141 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | Par | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Nicholas Lindheim | Par | 69 | 73 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | Par | 70 | 72 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | Par | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Robert Streb | +1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Richy Werenski | +1 | 70 | 73 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | +1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | +1 | 72 | 71 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Augusto Núñez | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Xuewen Luo | +1 | 70 | 73 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | +1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Danny Lee | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | +1 | 74 | 69 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Wyndham Clark | +1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Zecheng Dou | +1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Zac Blair | +2 | 73 | 71 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | +2 | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| CUT | MJ Daffue | +2 | 73 | 71 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | David Lingmerth | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Scott Harrington | +3 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ryan Armour | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Jimmy Walker | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | +3 | 75 | 70 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Brandon Matthews | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | +4 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| CUT | John Huh | +4 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | +4 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | +4 | 71 | 75 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Kevin Roy | +5 | 70 | 77 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Jesse Mueller | +6 | 73 | 75 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Ryan Ruffels | +6 | 77 | 71 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Derek Deminsky | +6 | 73 | 75 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Kyle Stanley | +7 | 74 | 75 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Michael Kim | +7 | 75 | 74 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Jared Sawada | +7 | 77 | 72 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | +7 | 75 | 74 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Cole Hammer | +8 | 73 | 77 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Quinn Riley | +8 | 76 | 74 | - | 150 |
| W/D | Gary Woodland | - | 68 | 32 | - | 100 |
