2019 (The 36th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR Season)

Detroit, Michigan June 27-30, 2019 Purse: $7,300,000 (winner: $1,314,000) Detroit Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,340

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, June 29, 2019

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 86. Wind NW 6-12 mph.

Third-Round Leaderboard 63-67-63—193 (-23) J.T. Poston 70-63-66—199 (-17) Cameron Tringale 68-67-65—200 (-16) Patrick Reed 68-68-65—201 (-15)

Things to Know • Nate Lashley, the last player to get in the field, enters the final round with a six-shot lead • This is the second time since 1983 that in consecutive weeks the 54-hole lead was six shots or more • The last alternate to win on the PGA TOUR was Vaughn Taylor at the 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am • Seven of the last eight stroke-play events have been won by 54-hole leader/co-leader • Six-time PGA TOUR winner Patrick Reed is in search of his first top-10 since his 2018-19 season debut

Third-Round Lead Notes 19 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2018-19 (stroke-play events) (most recent: Chez Reavie/)

Nate Lashley (1st/-23) – entering the week Age 36 (December 12, 1982) FedExCup 132 OWGR 353 PGA TOUR starts 32 PGA TOUR wins 0 PGA TOUR top-10s 1 Starts in 2018-19 14 Wins in 2018-19 0 Top-10s in 2018-19 1

• Holds a six-shot lead to become the third player in the last two seasons to lead by exactly six shots after 54 holes; Chez Reavie led by six last week en route to winning the Travelers Championship while Dustin Johnson (2017 -HSBC Champions) became the seventh player ever to lose a lead of six shots, the largest lead lost in PGA TOUR history • This is the second time since 1983 that in consecutive weeks the 54-hole lead was six shots or more (other: 2005 Charles Schwab Challenge/7/Kenny Perry, 2005 FedEx St. Jude Classic/8/Justin Leonard) • Only Brooks Koepka has held a larger 54-hole lead during the 2018-19 season (7/PGA Championship) • Fourth 54-hole score of 193 or better on the PGA TOUR during the 2018-19 season

Score Player Tournament Result 192 Matt Kuchar Win 193 Nate Lashley Rocket Mortgage Classic TBD 193 Rickie Fowler Waste Management Win 193 Matt Kuchar Win • 54-hole score of 193 is career-low (previous: 201/2018 Sony Open in Hawaii/T39) • Third-round 63 ties first-round score for career-low 18-hole score (previous: 64/R4/2018 AT&T Byron Nelson) • Wire-to-wire winners on TOUR during the 2018-19 season: Charles Howell/The RSM Classic, Brooks Koepka/PGA Championship • Holds the third-round lead/co-lead for the first time on TOUR; played in the final group of the 2019 en route to a T8 (only career top-10 on TOUR) • Last man in the field; failed to advance from the Monday Qualifier and got in as an alternate when David Berganio, Jr. withdrew on Wednesday • Last player to win on TOUR after getting into the field as an alternate: Vaughn Taylor, 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am • Entered the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season on a Minor Medical Extension with eight starts available to earn 209 FedExCup points to retain eligibility; in those eight starts, earned 188 points, falling 21 points short of clearing the Minor Medical Extension, but did earn enough points for the 126-150 category, which gave him limited status on the PGA TOUR this season • After making his debut at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Tucson on a sponsor exemption (MC), did not make another start on TOUR until the 2017-18 season (MC/) • In 59 career starts on the , has seven top-10s including a win at the 2017 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (now an event on the PGA TOUR); is a three-time winner on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica • Three-time all-state basketball player in high school in Nebraska

J.T. Poston (2nd/-17) • Follows career-low 63 in round two with a third-round 66 to enter the final round in second place • 54-hole score of 199 is career-low (previous: 200/2019 ) • Previous-best 54-hole position on TOUR was T4 at the 2018 Charles Schwab Challenge (finished T20); has never played in a final group in the final round • Two top-10s in 2018-19 season: T6/RBC Heritage, T7/Desert Classic

Patrick Reed (4th/-15) • Has only one top-10 in the 2018-19 season and it came in his first start of the season (T7/WGC-HSBC Champions) • In six prior seasons on the PGA TOUR, has never recorded fewer than four top-10s in a single season • Entered the week 73rd in the FedExCup standings and has not missed the since his first full season as a member (54th/2013) • Most recent of six PGA TOUR wins came at the 2018

Miscellaneous notes • Cameron Tringale’s only top-10 in the last two seasons came at the 2019 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with teammate Roberto Castro; enters the final round in third place and in search of his first top-10 in an individual event since the 2017 (T6) • (T5), a Monday qualifier and PGA TOUR Canada-Mackenzie Tour member, is making his eighth start on the PGA TOUR; finished T18 in his only other start during the 2018-19 season and needs a solo-second or two-way T2 to earn Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the season • Rocket Mortgage ambassador Rickie Fowler stands T39 through three rounds • The top two finishers in the top eight and ties not otherwise exempt will receive exemptions to

Bogey-free rounds R1 (22): Nate Lashley (63), Ryan Armour (64), Nick Watney (64), Talor Gooch (65), Stewart Cink (65), Kevin Streelman (66), Harris English (66), Scott Stallings (66), Martin Piller (66), Joey Garber (67), Tom Hoge (67), Carlos Ortiz (67), Russell Henley (68), Max Homa (68), Ted Potter, Jr. (68), Patrick Reed (68), Josh Teater (68), Cameron Tringale (68), Jimmy Walker (68), Brice Garnett (69), Anirban Lahiri (69), Vaughn Taylor (70) R2 (9): Brian Gay (66), Brice Garnett (67), Hideki Matsuyama (67), Doc Redman (67), Rickie Fowler (68), Denny McCarthy (68), Wes Homan (68), Roberto Castro (69), Brandt Snedeker (69) R3 (9): Nate Lashley (63), Brandt Snedeker (65), Sungjae Im (66), Wes Roach (67), Aaron Wise (67), Hideki Matsuyama (68), Ted Potter, Jr. (68), Rory Sabbatini (68), Byeong Hun An (69)

Scoring averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 34.712 34.994 69.705 -- R2 34.935 35.682 70.617 70.158 R3 35.042 35.070 70.113 70.151 Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-4 2nd (4.135) Par-5 7th (4.468) R2 Par-3 11th (3.273) Par-5 17th (4.403) R3 Par-3 11th (3.211) Par-5 17th (4.197)