Wells Fargo Championship R3

Wells Fargo 2021 R3
May 06-09
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
$8,100,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes

Keith Mitchell found out last week that his putter was out of alignment after closing with an 82 and had it returned to the right specifications. He shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to reach 9-under 204 and take a 2-shot lead in the Wells Fargo Championship.

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

“Some golf courses on the PGA Tour you can hit bad shots, get away with it and still try to make birdie,” said Mitchell. “You can’t do that here. I think that’s a true test of golf. I don’t think golf would be fun if every course was like this. I just feel more comfortable around a tougher course.”

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

“I just feel like everything’s really working. My driver feels great, and around this place you’ve really got to drive it well. Really just trying to keep the ball in front of me right now and see what we can do tomorrow.”

Surging up the leaderboard behind him in spite of a double bogey at the par-4 12th after hitting the cart path, Rory McIlroy shot a 68 to tie for second.

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

“Just so cool to play in an atmosphere like that again,” said McIlroy of the return of spectators. “I’ve missed it. I didn’t think I would miss it as much as I did, but I really have… I’m excited about tomorrow.” 

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

Tied alongside McIlroy at 7-under is second round co-leader Gary Woodland. He signed for a 70 after a mixed round comprising of four birdies and three bogeys.

“It’s a golf course that I am comfortable on,” he said, “and going into a final round tomorrow with a chance to win, I feel like I need everything I can get to try to get over the line. For me to be in contention for the first time in a while and for it to be here is probably beneficial.”

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

Bryson DeChambeau thought he’d missed the cut on Friday after a 3-over 74 placed him at 2-over total and boarded a private plane to head home to Texas. He received a message from his manager on his way south to let him know that due to the strong winds buffetting the course he had moved up to 68th place and made it to the weekend.

“Sure enough, conditions kept getting worse,” said DeChambeau, “and by the time I landed I was in 64th or 63rd or whatever. I looked at Connor (Olson, his manager): ‘Well, whoops, that was a mistake.’”

He made it back to Charlotte just in time for the third round. He shot five birdies and a double bogey at the par-4 18th for a 68 and is T23 at 1-under, 212.

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

“Very tired, yeah,” he said. “This morning was not easy. But, you know, for whatever reason I just feel like the more weird things happen to me, the greater my resolve sometimes can be and today was a case of that.”

First round leader Phil Mickelson double-bogeyed at the 9th and 17th and closed with a 76. He is 9-over for the last 36-holes and slipped down the leaderboard into a tie for 55th.

Wells Fargo 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Keith Mitchell	-9	67	71	66	204
T2	Rory McIlroy	-7	72	66	68	206
T2	Gary Woodland	-7	67	69	70	206
4	Luke List	-6	67	72	68	207
T5	Satoshi Kodaira	-5	68	72	68	208
T5	Scott Stallings	-5	69	69	70	208
T7	Abraham Ancer	-4	69	70	70	209
T7	Jason Dufner	-4	71	71	67	209
T7	Viktor Hovland	-4	69	72	68	209
T7	Patrick Reed	-4	71	69	69	209
T7	Kyle Stanley	-4	67	74	68	209
T7	Matt Wallace	-4	69	67	73	209
T13	Cameron Davis	-3	70	71	69	210
T13	Bubba Watson	-3	70	69	71	210
T13	Richy Werenski	-3	70	73	67	210
T16	Joel Dahmen	-2	68	72	71	211
T16	Russell Knox	-2	70	71	70	211
T16	Carlos Ortiz	-2	70	68	73	211
T16	Scott Piercy	-2	70	68	73	211
T16	Xander Schauffele	-2	72	71	68	211
T16	Vincent Whaley	-2	72	68	71	211
T16	Aaron Wise	-2	72	71	68	211
T23	Keegan Bradley	-1	66	75	71	212
T23	Bryson DeChambeau	-1	70	74	68	212
T23	Harris English	-1	72	69	71	212
T23	Tommy Fleetwood	-1	67	75	70	212
T23	Talor Gooch	-1	70	71	71	212
T23	Lanto Griffin	-1	75	68	69	212
T23	Emiliano Grillo	-1	74	66	72	212
T23	Brandon Hagy	-1	73	69	70	212
T23	Patton Kizzire	-1	69	72	71	212
T23	Hunter Mahan	-1	68	75	69	212
T23	Ben Martin	-1	69	71	72	212
T23	Joaquin Niemann	-1	71	71	70	212
T23	Charl Schwartzel	-1	71	71	70	212
T23	Roger Sloan	-1	76	64	72	212
T23	Kevin Streelman	-1	69	72	71	212
T38	Brian Harman	E	68	72	73	213
T38	Kramer Hickok	E	68	69	76	213
T38	Matt Jones	E	69	71	73	213
T38	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	E	66	77	70	213
T38	Peter Malnati	E	67	74	72	213
T38	Pat Perez	E	69	72	72	213
T38	J.T. Poston	E	72	70	71	213
T38	J.J. Spaun	E	69	75	69	213
T38	Sepp Straka	E	69	74	70	213
T38	Justin Thomas	E	69	73	71	213
T38	Johnson Wagner	E	73	68	72	213
T49	Jonas Blixt	1	71	73	70	214
T49	Corey Conners	1	69	72	73	214
T49	Ryan Moore	1	69	72	73	214
T49	Brendan Steele	1	72	72	70	214
T49	Jhonattan Vegas	1	70	71	73	214
T54	Stewart Cink	2	71	69	75	215
T54	Phil Mickelson	2	64	75	76	215
T54	Sean O’Hair	2	70	73	72	215
T54	Cheng Tsung Pan	2	74	69	72	215
T54	Patrick Rodgers	2	68	68	79	215
T54	Nick Taylor	2	74	67	74	215
T60	Wyndham Clark	3	71	72	73	216
T60	Zach Johnson	3	69	75	72	216
T60	Andrew Putnam	3	70	72	74	216
T63	K.J. Choi	4	70	74	73	217
T63	Michael Gligic	4	77	67	73	217
T63	Matthew NeSmith	4	75	68	74	217
T63	Brian Stuard	4	68	73	76	217
T63	Bo Van Pelt	4	72	72	73	217
T68	Russell Henley	5	74	70	74	218
T68	Ted Potter, Jr.	5	71	71	76	218
T68	Seamus Power	5	71	72	75	218
T71	Beau Hossler	6	73	71	75	219
T71	Shane Lowry	6	71	73	75	219
T73	Hank Lebioda	7	72	71	77	220
T73	Kevin Tway	7	73	71	76	220
T73	Jimmy Walker	7	72	72	76	220
T73	Tim Wilkinson	7	74	68	78	220
77	D.J. Trahan	8	74	70	77	221
CUT	Byeong Hun An	3	76	69		145
CUT	Ryan Armour	3	71	74		145
CUT	Akshay Bhatia	3	73	72		145
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	3	70	75		145
CUT	Patrick Cantlay	3	72	73		145
CUT	Jason Day	3	72	73		145
CUT	Luke Donald	3	72	73		145
CUT	Lucas Glover	3	74	71		145
CUT	Harry Higgs	3	74	71		145
CUT	Nate Lashley	3	69	76		145
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	3	70	75		145
CUT	Troy Merritt	3	70	75		145
CUT	Robert Streb	3	71	74		145
CUT	Cameron Tringale	3	72	73		145
CUT	Harold Varner III	3	72	73		145
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	3	71	74		145
CUT	Tony Finau	4	73	73		146
CUT	Brice Garnett	4	76	70		146
CUT	Adam Hadwin	4	74	72		146
CUT	James Hahn	4	72	74		146
CUT	Bo Hoag	4	71	75		146
CUT	Tom Hoge	4	70	76		146
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	4	74	72		146
CUT	Tom Lewis	4	75	71		146
CUT	Maverick McNealy	4	72	74		146
CUT	Francesco Molinari	4	72	74		146
CUT	Rob Oppenheim	4	72	74		146
CUT	Ian Poulter	4	72	74		146
CUT	Jon Rahm	4	76	70		146
CUT	Doc Redman	4	72	74		146
CUT	Adam Schenk	4	74	72		146
CUT	Chase Seiffert	4	71	75		146
CUT	Michael Thompson	4	72	74		146
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	4	74	72		146
CUT	Will Zalatoris	4	71	75		146
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	4	73	73		146
CUT	Scott Brown	5	71	76		147
CUT	Rafa Cabrera Bello	5	74	73		147
CUT	Rickie Fowler	5	70	77		147
CUT	William Gordon	5	74	73		147
CUT	John Huh	5	74	73		147
CUT	Robby Shelton	5	74	73		147
CUT	Martin Trainer	5	74	73		147
CUT	Rafael Campos	6	69	79		148
CUT	Bill Haas	6	76	72		148
CUT	Lucas Herbert	6	76	72		148
CUT	Cameron Percy	6	72	76		148
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	7	79	70		149
CUT	Chesson Hadley	7	72	77		149
CUT	David Hearn	7	71	78		149
CUT	Tyler McCumber	7	74	75		149
CUT	Vaughn Taylor	7	72	77		149
CUT	Ryan Brehm	8	76	74		150
CUT	Sebastian Cappelen	8	74	76		150
CUT	Patrick Cover	8	75	75		150
CUT	Mark Hubbard	8	70	80		150
CUT	Sungjae Im	8	68	82		150
CUT	Grayson Murray	8	73	77		150
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	8	73	77		150
CUT	Chez Reavie	8	71	79		150
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	8	72	78		150
CUT	Austin Cook	9	78	73		151
CUT	J.B. Holmes	9	78	73		151
CUT	Scott Harrington	10	75	77		152
CUT	Kelly Kraft	10	73	79		152
CUT	Denny McCarthy	10	77	75		152
CUT	Sam Ryder	10	74	78		152
CUT	Max Homa	11	77	76		153
CUT	Keenan Huskey	11	77	76		153
CUT	Adam Long	11	77	76		153
CUT	D.A. Points	11	77	76		153
CUT	Tyler Duncan	12	72	82		154
CUT	Sung Kang	12	75	79		154
CUT	Michael Kim	12	73	81		154
CUT	Justin Suh	13	71	84		155
CUT	Henrik Norlander	14	80	76		156
CUT	Cory Schneider	19	81	80		161
WD	Seung-Yul Noh	E
WD	Danny Lee	E