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2019 John Deere Classic (The 38Th of 46 Events in the PGA TOUR Season) 2019 John Deere Classic (The 38th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR Season) Silvis, Illinois July 11-14, 2019 FedExCup Pts: 500 to the winner TPC Deere Run Par/Yards: 35-36—71/7,268 Purse: $6,000,000 ($1,080,000) Third-Round Notes – Saturday, July 13, 2019 Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90. Wind SW 6-12 mph. 54-hole cut: With more than 78 players making the 36-hole cut (80), a 54-hole cut reduced the field to low-70 and ties (70) at 4-under 209. Third-Round Leaderboard Cameron Tringale 66-66-65—197 (-16) Andrew Landry 65-65-67—197 (-16) Bill Haas 66-68-64—198 (-15) Adam Schenk 67-65-66—198 (-15) Things To Know • Cameron Tringale in position to collect first PGA TOUR title in 262nd start • Andrew Landry looks to convert second 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory for second time • 2011 FedExCup champion Bills Haas in contention same week as father, Jay, at Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship • 2016 John Deere Classic champion Ryan Moore finishes birdie-eagle-birdie to put himself in contention • 36-hole leader Jhonattan Vegas posts 5-over 76 to drop to T33 • John Deere Classic provides last chance to earn a spot into The Open Championship Third-Round Lead Notes 10 Third-round leaders/co-leaders at the John Deere Classic to win since moving to TPC Deere Run in 2000 (most recent: 2018/Michael Kim) 21 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win on PGA TOUR in 2018-19 (most recent: Matthew Wolff/3M Open) Comparing the leaders (entering the week) Category Andrew Landry Cameron Tringale Age 31 (8/7/1987) 31 (8/24/1987) Country United States United States FedExCup 171 105 OWGR 168 317 PGA TOUR starts 67 261 PGA TOUR wins 1 0 PGA TOUR top-10s 6 21 Starts in 2018-19 21 18 Wins in 2018-19 0 0 Top-10s in 2018-19 0 2 Cameron Tringale (T1/-16) • Overcame a bogey at No. 1 with five birdies on his next eight holes to make the turn in 4-under 31 • Added birdies at Nos. 14 and 17 to post a 6-under 65 • Best position after 54 holes before this week was solo-second at the 2011 Valero Texas Open (finished T5) • Making his fifth start at the John Deere Classic, where he has experienced mixed success; T9/2011, T50/2017, MC/2010, 2018 • Comes to this week’s John Deere Classic two weeks removed from a T5 finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, his lone top-10 showing this season in individual stroke-play events (finished T5 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Roberto Castro) • Seeks his first career PGA TOUR title in his 262nd start. Most recent of three runner-up finishes came at the 2015 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open • Since 2009, has the fourth-most starts on the PGA TOUR without a win • Owns 21 top-10 finishes Andrew Landry (T1/-16) • Offset back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12 with six birdies to post a 4-under 67 and move to 16-under 197 • On the only other occasion to hold a 54-hole lead/co-lead, won the 2018 Valero Texas Open • Making his third start at the John Deere Classic: T8/2016, T55/2018 • Remains in search of his first top-10 finish of the season in his 22nd start • Comes to this week’s John Deere Classic having missed the cut in three of his last five starts • Seeks his second PGA TOUR title (2018 Valero Texas Open) Bill Haas (T3/-15) • 2011 FedExCup champion birdied four of his last six holes (Nos. 13, 14, 16, 17) to post a 7-under 64 • Is making his seventh start at the John Deere Classic; T17/2006, MDF/2018, four missed four cuts • Last year marked his first start in the event since 2009 • Father, Jay, is four shots off the lead at the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship (7th) • At the 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship earlier this season, his final event to earn 48 FedExCup points and fulfill his medical extension, needed to finish solo-eighth or better. Finished T14 • Now playing out of the 126-150 prior season’s FedExCup points list category, has collected one top-10 finish in 19 starts this season (T10/Safeway Open) • Most recent of six PGA TOUR titles came at the 2015 Desert Classic • Has collected 56 top-10 finishes in 384 career starts on the PGA TOUR Adam Schenk (T3/-15) • Second-year PGA TOUR member made five birdies and no bogeys on his way to a 5-under 66 • Vincennes, IN native hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation for the third consecutive day • Since claiming his second T7 finish of the season (Valero Texas Open) has missed six of 10 cuts before this week • Making his 56th PGA TOUR start this week • Winner of the Lincoln Land Charity Championship presented by LRS in 2017 on the Korn Ferry Tour in Springfield, IL • Claimed top-10 finishes in three of the four 2018 Korn Ferry Tour Finals events, highlighted by a T2 at the Albertons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco Nick Watney (T5/-14) • Posted a bogey-free 7-under 64 in his ninth start at the John Deere Classic • Of four made cuts in last eight starts at TPC Deere Run, has just one top-25 finish (T13/2012) • Today’s round marks his second 64 in his last nine rounds and ties his low score of the season • Has made one bogey this week, tying his record for fewest bogeys (or worse) through first three rounds in an event • In 23 starts this season, lone top-10 finish in individual stroke-play events was T8 at the Charles Schwab Challenge (finished T9 with Charley Hoffman at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans/2-man team event) • Seeks his sixth PGA TOUR title in his 375th start and first since the 2012 THE NORTHERN TRUST • A win Sunday would come in his 161st TOUR start since his most recent TOUR win Miscellaneous Notes • First-year PGA TOUR member Dylan Frittelli birdied four of his first five holes en route to a bogey-free 6-under 65 and get to 14-under 199 • 2016 John Deere Classic champion Ryan Moore played his last three holes in 4-under par (birdie-eagle-birdie) to post a 6-under 65 and get to 14-under 199 (T5). En route to his 2016 victory, opened with three consecutive 65s before a final-round 67 resulted in a two-stroke win at 22-under 262 • Charles Howell III, who played his first of 12 John Deere Classic events as a sponsor invite in 2000 (3rd), posted a bogey-free 6-under 65 in round three to move to 10-under 203 (T21) • Viktor Hovland, playing this week on his sixth of seven available sponsor invitations, is at 7-under 206 (T39). In order to qualify for Special Temporary Membership and receive unlimited sponsor invitations, still needs 145 non-member FedExCup points (no worse than a three-way tie for third this week) • John Deere Classic Board Member and 2012 tournament winner Zach Johnson posted a 2-under 69, marking his 58th score of par-or-better in 65 competitive rounds. Is at 5-under 208 (T56) • Twelve players competing this week also scheduled to compete in The Open Championship at Royal Portrush: Lucas Glover (T9), Kyle Stanley (T14), Sungjae Im (T14), Charles Howell III (T21), Nate Lashley (T21), Joaquin Niemann (T25), Ryan Palmer (T25), Doc Redman (T39), Stewart Cink (T50) Zach Johnson (T56), Austin Connelly (MC), Joel Dahmen (MC) • The John Deere Classic is the final event of The Open Qualifying Series USA, offering one spot to the leading player (not otherwise exempt) who finishes among the top five and ties Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-3 third (3.213) Par-5 second (4.426) R2: Par-4 ninth (4.325) Par-5 second (4.558) R3: Par-4 18th (4.188) Par-5 second (4.500) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.529 35.071 69.600 --- R2: 34.630 35.318 69.948 69.773 R3: 34.337 34.900 69.237 69.663 Bogey-free rounds R1 (9): Roberto Diaz (62), Ryan Blaum (65), Andrew Landry (65), Dylan Frittelli (66), Sangmoon Bae (67), Matthew Wolff (67), Roger Sloan (68), Alex Cejka (69), Joey Garber (69) R2 (11): Jhonattan Vegas (62), Lucas Glover (64), Adam Svensson (65), Harold Varner III (65), Doc Redman (65), Daniel Berger (66), Nick Watney (67), Zach Johnson (67), J.J. Henry (68), Viktor Hovland (69), Pat Perez (69) R3 (13): Bill Haas (64), Sebastian Munoz (64), Nick Watney (64), Dylan Frittelli (65), Charles Howell III (65), Nate Lashley (65), Collin Morikawa (65), Wes Roach (66), Adam Schenk (66), Nick Taylor (66), Matthew Wolff (67), Viktor Hovland (68), Freddie Jacobson (69) .
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