Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover lead Wyndham Championship
- Doug Mattushek
- 6 August 2023
Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover are at the top of a packed leaderboard as the Wyndham Championships heads into the final round on Sunday.
Sunday represents the Last Chance Saloon for players seeking a spot in the Top 70 of the FedEx Cup rankings.
Glover carded a superb 62 - followed closely by Horschel's 63 - around Sedgefield Country Club on Saturday, enough to take them to 18 under for the tournament, one stroke ahead of Russell Henley and three ahead of South Korea's Byeong Hun An.
For Glover, Sedgefield is a home away from home and it showed as he rolled in nine birdies and a bogey.
"It's a special place," the American told
pgatour.com.
"I came up here in the summer when I was 7, 8, 9, 10 years old. … It was cool. They had a high dive, so it was fun. I've played a bunch around here. Bent greens. Bermuda greens. When they didn't have a tournament. When they did. I just enjoy it.
"I grew up putting on a lot of Bermuda greens, I seem to read the greens pretty well. I think I'm OK laying back off the tees a lot to make sure I'm in the fairway. When my irons are sharp, I seem to be able to make a lot of birdies.
"I think you try to attack this place a little too aggressive and miss some fairways, it can bite you. I learned that quite a while ago. I think it's just a 'fairways first' mentality, and then if you get some good numbers and hit it close, you've got a good chance to make some birdies."
Meanwhile, Horschel praised his putter for finally finding its range, helping him to a bogey-free seven-under 63.
"The big thing for me is feeling comfortable over my setup," said Horschel, who is chasing his first title since The Memorial last year.
"If I feel comfortable, I feel like I can make anything. The biggest key, I felt like a lot of - my putter for the last month has been aiming left of where I want it to be.
"So, this putter right now feels like it's a little more open, sits a little more open for me, which it's matching up my line and my feels, so I just feel very comfortable with it right now."
Further down the leaderboard, two-time major winner Justin Thomas put himself in contention to snag a FedEx Cup playoff berth with a 66, putting him in on nine under in T11.
