Zurich Classic 2022 R3
April 21-24
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
$8,300,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
54-hole tournament record (-29)
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 23, 2022
Largest 54-hole lead in tournament history (5).@Patrick_Cantlay and @XSchauffele are rolling in Nola. pic.twitter.com/iL6Js7iXD5
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Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele look set for a wire-to-wire win in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. They carded a 12-under 60 in best-ball play on Saturday, including an 8-under 28 back nine.
Zurich Classic 2022 R3
"We made more birdies than the rest of the field, I guess," said Schauffele. "Not as many as Thursday, but it was pretty windy and we sort of got our grip on the front nine, stayed very patient. Pat's eagle kind of helped kick start the push, I guess, and Pat made a lot of nice birdies there coming to finish the round.
"Watching really good golf and being a part of really good golf like Pat is playing right now is very helpful. It's nice to see good shots, and it's even better when they count for your score. I'm just patient. It's the same thing as how we play every tournament. Just kind of plotting along. I just knew I had to stay patient and had to go on my own run."
Turning on the jets for the back nine 🚀 pic.twitter.com/htnVJlwn0m
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 23, 2022
Zurich Classic 2022 R3
The Americans, who opened on Thursday with a 59, now take a five-shot lead into the final day at 29-under breaking the 54-hole record of 23-under.
The 72-hole record of 27-under was set in 2017, the first year the event was played in the team format, by Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown.
"We're going to stay patient and try and hit the right shot all day and stay really present," said Cantlay of their plan for the final day. "We did a good job of that today. Even when we got off to a slower start, we just stayed really present and tried to do the best we could. It's all cliches at this point, but that's really what it is."
South Africans Garrick Higgo and Branden Grace scored a 63 and lie in second place at 24-under.
Americans Sam Burns and Billy Horschel (63) sit in third place at 23-under alongside Australians Jason Scrivener and Jason Day (63) as well as Englishman Aaron Rai and American David Lipsky (65).
Zurich Classic 2022 R3
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Xander Schauffele Patrick Cantlay | -29 | 59 | 68 | 60 | 187 |
| 2 | Garrick Higgo Branden Grace | -24 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 192 |
| T3 | Sam Burns Billy Horschel | -23 | 62 | 68 | 63 | 193 |
| T3 | Jason Scrivener Jason Day | -23 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 193 |
| T3 | Aaron Rai David Lipsky | -23 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 193 |
| 6 | Wyndham Clark Cameron Tringale | -22 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 194 |
| T7 | Mark Hubbard Ryan Brehm | -20 | 65 | 69 | 62 | 196 |
| T7 | Dylan Wu Justin Lower | -20 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 196 |
| T9 | Taylor Moore Matthew NeSmith | -19 | 60 | 73 | 64 | 197 |
| T9 | Shane Lowry Ian Poulter | -19 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 197 |
| T9 | Harold Varner III Bubba Watson | -19 | 62 | 71 | 64 | 197 |
| T9 | Russell Knox Brian Stuard | -19 | 63 | 70 | 64 | 197 |
| T9 | Doc Redman Sam Ryder | -19 | 61 | 67 | 69 | 197 |
| T14 | Keegan Bradley Brendan Steele | -18 | 64 | 71 | 63 | 198 |
| T14 | Talor Gooch Max Homa | -18 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 198 |
| T14 | Sungjae Im Byeong Hun An | -18 | 65 | 69 | 64 | 198 |
| T14 | Hank Lebioda Chase Seiffert | -18 | 63 | 70 | 65 | 198 |
| T14 | Brandon Wu Patrick Rodgers | -18 | 65 | 68 | 65 | 198 |
| T19 | Callum Tarren David Skinns | -17 | 64 | 72 | 63 | 199 |
| T19 | Scott Piercy Sean O'Hair | -17 | 66 | 70 | 63 | 199 |
| T19 | Justin Rose Henrik Stenson | -17 | 66 | 70 | 63 | 199 |
| T19 | Adam Schenk Tyler Duncan | -17 | 64 | 72 | 63 | 199 |
| T19 | Scottie Scheffler Ryan Palmer | -17 | 64 | 72 | 63 | 199 |
| T19 | Tyrrell Hatton Danny Willett | -17 | 63 | 72 | 64 | 199 |
| T19 | Davis Riley Will Zalatoris | -17 | 64 | 71 | 64 | 199 |
| T19 | Matt Wallace Sam Horsfield | -17 | 64 | 70 | 65 | 199 |
| T19 | Cameron Smith Marc Leishman | -17 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 199 |
| T28 | Nick Hardy Curtis Thompson | -16 | 66 | 69 | 65 | 200 |
| T28 | Collin Morikawa Viktor Hovland | -16 | 65 | 70 | 65 | 200 |
| T28 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout Charl Schwartzel | -16 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 200 |
| T28 | Brendon Todd Chris Kirk | -16 | 64 | 70 | 66 | 200 |
| T32 | Scott Brown Kevin Kisner | -15 | 66 | 70 | 65 | 201 |
| T32 | James Hahn Kevin Chappell | -15 | 64 | 71 | 66 | 201 |
| T32 | Michael Gligic Ryan Armour | -15 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 201 |
| T35 | Kyle Stanley Camilo Villegas | -13 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 203 |
| T35 | Doug Ghim Matthias Schwab | -13 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 203 |
| T35 | Stephan Jaeger Joel Dahmen | -13 | 63 | 73 | 67 | 203 |
| T38 | Kurt Kitayama Kiradech Aphibarnrat | -12 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 204 |
| T38 | Bill Haas Jay Haas | -12 | 65 | 71 | 68 | 204 |
| CUT | Lucas Herbert Arjun Atwal | -7 | 65 | 72 | 137 | |
| CUT | Lee Hodges Vince Whaley | -7 | 63 | 74 | 137 | |
| CUT | Wesley Bryan Trey Mullinax | -7 | 63 | 74 | 137 | |
| CUT | Austin Cook Jason Dufner | -7 | 66 | 71 | 137 | |
| CUT | Michael Kim Seung-Yul Noh | -7 | 63 | 74 | 137 | |
| CUT | Adam Svensson Adam Hadwin | -7 | 65 | 72 | 137 | |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg Sepp Straka | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 | |
| CUT | Scott Stallings Brice Garnett | -6 | 66 | 72 | 138 | |
| CUT | J.T. Poston Patton Kizzire | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 | |
| CUT | D.A. Points Scott Gutschewski | -6 | 65 | 73 | 138 | |
| CUT | Chad Ramey Joshua Creel | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 | |
| CUT | Ben Martin Bo Van Pelt | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 | |
| CUT | Danny Lee Sangmoon Bae | -6 | 66 | 72 | 138 | |
| CUT | Brandon Hagy Cameron Percy | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 | |
| CUT | Adam Long Bo Hoag | -5 | 66 | 73 | 139 | |
| CUT | Seamus Power Graeme McDowell | -5 | 65 | 74 | 139 | |
| CUT | Seth Reeves Jared Wolfe | -5 | 66 | 73 | 139 | |
| CUT | Paul Barjon Tom Hoge | -5 | 66 | 73 | 139 | |
| CUT | Nick Watney Charley Hoffman | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 | |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell Brandt Snedeker | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 | |
| CUT | Tommy Fleetwood Sergio Garcia | -5 | 66 | 73 | 139 | |
| CUT | Tommy Gainey Robert Garrigus | -5 | 61 | 78 | 139 | |
| CUT | Sahith Theegala Beau Hossler | -5 | 65 | 74 | 139 | |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo Rafa Cabrera Bello | -4 | 65 | 75 | 140 | |
| CUT | Austin Smotherman Harry Higgs | -4 | 65 | 75 | 140 | |
| CUT | Chez Reavie Lucas Glover | -4 | 66 | 74 | 140 | |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley Jonathan Byrd | -3 | 66 | 75 | 141 | |
| CUT | Maverick McNealy Joseph Bramlett | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 | |
| CUT | Robert MacIntyre Martin Laird | -3 | 66 | 75 | 141 | |
| CUT | Robert Streb Troy Merritt | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 | |
| CUT | John Huh Sung Kang | -3 | 63 | 78 | 141 | |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft Kevin Tway | -3 | 70 | 71 | 141 | |
| CUT | Richy Werenski Peter Uihlein | -3 | 65 | 76 | 141 | |
| CUT | Denny McCarthy Ben Kohles | -3 | 66 | 75 | 141 | |
| CUT | Andrew Novak Max McGreevy | -2 | 66 | 76 | 142 | |
| CUT | Jim Knous Martin Trainer | -2 | 68 | 74 | 142 | |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley Alex Smalley | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 | |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander Alex Noren | Par | 68 | 76 | 144 | |
| CUT | Jim Herman Vaughn Taylor | 1 | 68 | 77 | 145 | |
| CUT | Brett Drewitt Dawie van der Walt | 2 | 67 | 79 | 146 | |
| WD | Mito Pereira Joaquin Niemann | 67 | 67 |
