Leaders in rare position at John Deere Classic

July 14, 2019 at 12:18AM
Cameron Tringale hits on the 18th fairway during the third round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament, Saturday, July 13, 2019, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Cameron Tringale, who hasn’t won on the PGA Tour, is tied for the John Deere Classic lead with a player who has won only once. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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."

Landry looked as if he was in trouble after bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes. He then birdied Nos. 16 and 17 but missed a 10-foot putt that would've given him the outright lead.

Haas hasn't won since 2015 and has struggled this season, finishing 48th or worse in each of his past six starts. He had seven birdies in a bogey-free third round.

Moore, who has five PGA Tour wins, finished birdie-eagle-birdie.

Etc.

• Scott Parel birdied two of the last three holds for a 3-under 67 and a one-stroke lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, the fourth of the PGA Tour Champions' five major tournaments. Second-round leader Retief Goosen shot a 75 and trailed Parel by a stroke at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

• Sei Young Kim shot a 5-under 66 in the LPGA's Marathon Classic and took a one-stroke lead over Lexi Thompson (65) into the final round. Kim was at 16-under 197 at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.

• Former Gophers player Eric van Rooyen shot a 4-under 67 and stood second to Bernd Weisberger (65) after three rounds of the Scottish Open in North Berwick, Scotland. Weisberger was 20 under, two strokes ahead of van Rooyen.

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