Doug Ghim and J.T. Poston had a share of the lead on the Shriners Youngsters’s Open in Las Vegas when play was halted resulting from darkness on Saturday night.
With 12 gamers inside two pictures of the lead, and 23 inside 4, the third spherical will conclude on Sunday morning earlier than the fourth and closing spherical at TPC Summerlin.
Ghim made an enormous transfer on Saturday, birdieing his closing 4 holes to go seven-under via 16 earlier than play was suspended.
He was joined on 15-under by Poston, who was two-under via 13 holes on his third spherical.
Kurt Kitayama and Gary Woodland every shot six-under rounds of 65 on Saturday, leaving them on 14-under, the place they’re joined by Harris English and Argentina’s Alejandro Tosti, who’re each 4 underneath via 14 holes within the third spherical.
South Korea’s Okay.H. Lee is within the clubhouse at 13 underneath after a third-round 65. He’s tied for seventh place with J.J. Spaun (five-under via 17 holes), Davis Thompson (five-under via 16), Norman Xiong (one-under via 13), Canada’s Taylor Pendrith (three-under via 13) and Germany’s Matti Schmid (even par via 13).
Ghim logged three birdies and 9 pars earlier than he acquired scorching, reeling off birdies on the par-five thirteenth gap, the par-three 14th, the par-four fifteenth and the par-five sixteenth earlier than play was stopped.
“Yeah, obviously a very gettable stretch, and it’s been a lot nicer today, definitely a lot less wind in the afternoon for sure,” Ghim mentioned.
“So, 13 playing downwind, 14 downwind, 15 downwind, 16 downwind — you’re going to have a lot of opportunities. It’s definitely how you hope to play them, and just fortunate enough to get the looks and actually convert.
“Simply glad that we’re going to have the ability to end the event. I am certain everyone would’ve cherished to have completed immediately. On the similar time, it is not our first rodeo.”
Poston parred every hole he played in the third round except for one, when he eagled the par-five ninth. He drove the green in two before rolling in a three-foot putt.
Earlier on Saturday, Poston, who finished tied for third at the event last year, completed the delayed second round by going birdie-eagle-birdie-par to leave him tied for the lead with Schmid.
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