Cameron Tringale and Andrew Landry have one PGA Tour victory between them. Strangely, they also have the John Deere Classic field behind them.
Winless on the PGA Tour, Tringale shot a 6-under 65 on Saturday to match Landy at 16-under 197 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Landry, winner of the Valero Texas Open last year for his lone tour title, shot a 67.
Bill Haas, the 2011 FedEx Cup champion, and Adam Schenk were a stroke back. Haas shot a 64, equaling the best round of the day. Schenk shot a 66.
Nick Watney also shot a 64 to join 2016 winner Ryan Moore (65), Dylan Frattelli (65) and Vaughn Taylor (66) at 14 under. Chris Stroud (66), Lucas Glover (69) and Roger Sloan (67) were 13 under.
That's a lot of competition —eight players within two strokes of the lead —that Landry doesn't intend to acknowledge.
"Some golf courses you can leaderboard-watch, but this is not one of them," he said. "You want to stay with your game plan."
Tringale bogeyed the first hole, then posted his lowest score of the tournament.
"The bogey on the first hole was a shot in the leg," Tringale said. "But I was able to get out of there myself and birdie the next two, which gave me some momentum."