American Wyndham Clark shot the low round of the tournament on a bogey-free day to go two strokes clear of the pack while English pair Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood are still in the mix after day three of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte on Saturday.
Clark finished the day with eight-under 63 to become the outright leader going into the last day on the tournament with 16-under at Quail Hollow, with American Xander Schauffele two strokes behind.
If Clark can hold on to the lead on the last day it will be the 29-year-old’s first ever PGA Tour win.
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After finishing day two tied in first place with Clark and Schauffele, Hatton continued his good form but could not keep up with the top two.
Hatton had six birdies and three bogeys to end the day with 68 and tied in third with Australian Adam Scott who are both on eleven-under, five strokes behind Clark.
Tommy Fleetwood had a strong outing with five birdies and just one bogey which came on the last hole of the day.
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He finished the day tied fifth with South Korean Sungjae Im and American Harris English on ten-under.
Rory McIlroy had another inconsistent day in Charlotte and looks out of the running for his fourth Wells Fargo Championship, finishing the day tied in 50th place.
McIlroy hit four bogeys and four birdies and finished the day one-under.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyndham Clark | -16 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 197 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | -14 | 66 | 69 | 64 | 199 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | -11 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 202 |
| T3 | Tyrrell Hatton | -11 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 202 |
| T5 | Harris English | -10 | 71 | 66 | 66 | 203 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | -10 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 203 |
| T5 | Sungjae Im | -10 | 69 | 66 | 68 | 203 |
| 8 | Brendon Todd | -9 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 204 |
| T9 | Corey Conners | -8 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 205 |
| T9 | Gary Woodland | -8 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 205 |
| T9 | Max Homa | -8 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 205 |
| T9 | Michael Kim | -8 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 205 |
| T9 | Adam Svensson | -8 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 205 |
| T9 | Justin Thomas | -8 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 205 |
| T9 | Nate Lashley | -8 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 205 |
| T16 | Viktor Hovland | -7 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 206 |
| T16 | Seamus Power | -7 | 69 | 70 | 67 | 206 |
| T16 | Alex Smalley | -7 | 73 | 65 | 68 | 206 |
| T16 | Dylan Wu | -7 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 206 |
| T20 | Doug Ghim | -6 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 207 |
| T20 | Rickie Fowler | -6 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 207 |
| T20 | Matt Kuchar | -6 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 207 |
| T20 | Matthew NeSmith | -6 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 207 |
| T20 | Kevin Streelman | -6 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 207 |
| T20 | K.H. Lee | -6 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 207 |
| T20 | J.J. Spaun | -6 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 207 |
| T27 | Mark Hubbard | -5 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 208 |
| T27 | Jimmy Walker | -5 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 208 |
| T27 | Emiliano Grillo | -5 | 67 | 73 | 68 | 208 |
| T27 | Tom Kim | -5 | 67 | 73 | 68 | 208 |
| T27 | Keegan Bradley | -5 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 208 |
| T27 | Ryan Palmer | -5 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 208 |
| T27 | Taylor Moore | -5 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 208 |
| T34 | Trace Crowe | -4 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 209 |
| T34 | Patrick Cantlay | -4 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 209 |
| T34 | Denny McCarthy | -4 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 209 |
| T34 | Beau Hossler | -4 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 209 |
| T38 | Akshay Bhatia | -3 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 210 |
| T38 | Tony Finau | -3 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 210 |
| T38 | Stephan Jaeger | -3 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 210 |
| T38 | MJ Daffue | -3 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 210 |
| T38 | Si Woo Kim | -3 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 210 |
| T38 | Chad Ramey | -3 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 210 |
| T38 | Trey Mullinax | -3 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 210 |
| T45 | Harrison Endycott | -2 | 74 | 66 | 71 | 211 |
| T45 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 211 |
| T45 | Keith Mitchell | -2 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 211 |
| T45 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -2 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 |
| T45 | Chris Kirk | -2 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 211 |
| T50 | Sahith Theegala | -1 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 212 |
| T50 | Rory McIlroy | -1 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 212 |
| T50 | Sam Stevens | -1 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 212 |
| T50 | Hayden Buckley | -1 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 212 |
| T54 | Joseph Bramlett | Par | 72 | 69 | 72 | 213 |
| T54 | Alejandro Tosti | Par | 75 | 66 | 72 | 213 |
| T54 | Cameron Young | Par | 71 | 70 | 72 | 213 |
| T54 | Kramer Hickok | Par | 67 | 74 | 72 | 213 |
| T54 | Callum Tarren | Par | 70 | 71 | 72 | 213 |
| T54 | Zac Blair | Par | 72 | 68 | 73 | 213 |
| T54 | David Lingmerth | Par | 71 | 67 | 75 | 213 |
| T61 | Cam Davis | +1 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 214 |
| T61 | Henrik Norlander | +1 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 214 |
| T61 | Justin Suh | +1 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 214 |
| T64 | Austin Eckroat | +2 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 215 |
| T64 | Webb Simpson | +2 | 71 | 67 | 77 | 215 |
| T64 | Stewart Cink | +2 | 71 | 66 | 78 | 215 |
| 67 | Ryan Armour | +3 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 216 |
| 68 | Nick Hardy | +5 | 71 | 70 | 77 | 218 |
| CUT | C.T. Pan | Par | 68 | 74 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Sam Burns | Par | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | Par | 74 | 68 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Jason Day | Par | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | Par | 69 | 73 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Robert Streb | Par | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | Par | 71 | 71 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | Par | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | Par | 74 | 68 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | Par | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| CUT | James Hahn | Par | 72 | 70 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Carson Young | Par | 73 | 69 | - | 142 |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | +1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Eric Cole | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Davis Thompson | +1 | 69 | 74 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Robby Shelton | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Will Gordon | +1 | 71 | 72 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Adam Long | +1 | 74 | 69 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | +1 | 74 | 69 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | +1 | 74 | 69 | - | 143 |
| CUT | J.T. Poston | +1 | 73 | 70 | - | 143 |
| CUT | Danny Willett | +2 | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | +2 | 70 | 74 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Alex Noren | +2 | 74 | 70 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Richy Werenski | +2 | 73 | 71 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Shane Lowry | +2 | 72 | 72 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | +2 | 73 | 71 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | +2 | 72 | 72 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | +2 | 69 | 75 | - | 144 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ben Griffin | +3 | 76 | 69 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | +3 | 74 | 71 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | +3 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Harry Hall | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | +3 | 75 | 70 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Byeong Hun An | +3 | 73 | 72 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | +3 | 73 | 72 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen | +3 | 72 | 73 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Michael Thompson | +3 | 75 | 70 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Martin Laird | +3 | 71 | 74 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | +3 | 70 | 75 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Russell Knox | +3 | 75 | 70 | - | 145 |
| CUT | Willie Mack III | +3 | 73 | 72 | - | 145 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Brian Harman | +4 | 70 | 76 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Collin Morikawa | +4 | 73 | 73 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Paul Haley II | +4 | 70 | 76 | - | 146 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | +4 | 70 | 76 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Sepp Straka | +4 | 72 | 74 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | +4 | 74 | 72 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Doc Redman | +4 | 75 | 71 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Austin Greaser(a) | +4 | 74 | 72 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Trevor Cone | +4 | 76 | 70 | - | 146 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +5 | 74 | 73 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Austin Smotherman | +5 | 76 | 71 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | +5 | 70 | 77 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Morgan Deneen | +5 | 74 | 73 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | +5 | 79 | 68 | - | 147 |
| CUT | Kurt Kitayama | +6 | 76 | 72 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Ryan Cole | +6 | 71 | 77 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Marcus Byrd | +6 | 77 | 71 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Taylor Montgomery | +6 | 76 | 72 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | +6 | 77 | 71 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | +6 | 73 | 75 | - | 148 |
| CUT | Jordan Spieth | +7 | 72 | 77 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Zach Johnson | +7 | 74 | 75 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Brent Grant | +7 | 72 | 77 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Jim Herman | +7 | 76 | 73 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | +7 | 77 | 72 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Ryan Gerard | +7 | 72 | 77 | - | 149 |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | +8 | 70 | 80 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Tyler Duncan | +8 | 74 | 76 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | +8 | 76 | 74 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | +8 | 77 | 73 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Luke List | +8 | 74 | 76 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Davis Riley | +8 | 78 | 72 | - | 150 |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | +9 | 77 | 74 | - | 151 |
| CUT | Matthias Schwab | +10 | 76 | 76 | - | 152 |
| CUT | Pierceson Coody | +10 | 79 | 73 | - | 152 |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | +10 | 81 | 71 | - | 152 |
| CUT | Austin Cook | +10 | 77 | 75 | - | 152 |
| CUT | Andrew Landry | +12 | 76 | 78 | - | 154 |
| CUT | Danny Guise | +12 | 79 | 75 | - | 154 |
| CUT | Quinn Riley | +16 | 82 | 76 | - | 158 |
| W/D | Peter Malnati | - | - | - | - | - |
| W/D | Andrew Putnam | - | - | - | - | - |
