World No.1 Scottie Scheffler led the tributes to Grayson Murray after the shock demise of the two-time PGA Tour winner, a day after he pulled out of the Charles Schwab Problem in Texas.
The 30-year-old withdrew with two holes remaining of Friday’s second spherical, citing sickness, and his demise was introduced by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.
The Tour provided to postpone this weekend’s occasion as a mark of respect, however Murray’s mother and father had been eager to see the occasion proceed in his reminiscence, with grief counsellors made out there to gamers all through the tour.
Masters champion Scheffler, who moved into second place within the event as a third-round 63 moved him to 10-under-par, stated: “Obviously, the news hasn’t really sunk in quite yet, but I’m thinking about his family and praying hard for all of them.
“I am unable to think about how tough of a time that is. I acquired to know Grayson a bit higher over the past six months or so. There’s not likely a technique to put into phrases how unhappy and tragic it’s, however I am occupied with his household.”
Davis Riley, trying to safe a maiden solo PGA Tour victory, heads into Sunday’s remaining spherical with a four-shot lead over surging Scheffler after carding a four-under spherical of 66 on day three at Colonial.
Riley, whose solely victory was the Zurich Traditional workforce occasion in New Orleans with Nick Hardy final yr, birdied 5 of the primary eight holes earlier than consecutive bogeys, simply his second and third of the week.
The 27-year-old, who had seven pars and a birdie the remainder of the best way, contended at Colonial two years in the past, settling for a tie for fourth whereas Scheffler misplaced to Sam Burns in a play-off.
Now Riley will play with Scheffler, who’s bogey-free for the reason that first-round triple-bogey and has 10 wins and a pair of top-three finishes at Colonial since 2022.
“I’ve known Scottie for a long time and played a lot of junior golf with him, college golf, and he obviously is playing some really good golf right now,” Riley stated. “So, he’s going to come out swinging, but I’m looking forward to the challenge and it will be a fun day competing out there.”
Scottie Scheffler is 4 behind chief Davis Riley heading into Sunday’s remaining spherical at Colonial
Scheffler was seven pictures behind Riley on the again 9 however birdied three of the final 4 holes to shut the hole.
“I didn’t obviously know what the leaders were going to do, but just tried to do my best to not look too far ahead and continue to go out there and execute and try and give myself as many looks as possible,” Scheffler stated.
Pierceson Coody, the grandson of 1971 Masters winner Charles Coody, and Hayden Buckley had been a stroke behind Scheffler after third-round 69s.
Tony Finau (68) was in sixth at seven-under, Collin Morikawa (67), who performed within the remaining group on the Masters and the PGA Championship this yr, was at six-under.
Jordan Spieth, Scheffler’s fellow hometown favorite, shot 71 and was one-under-par. Defending champion Emiliano Grillo, who made the minimize on the quantity, shot 73 and was 5 underneath, tied for final amongst these taking part in on the weekend.
