PGA Tour Lunch - Round 3
@PGATourLunch - 2020 ZOZO Championship Round 3
ZOZO Championship at Sherwood CC
Seven-under was the popular score in R-2 of the ZOZO Championship at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California on Friday. Thirteen golfers, including the top five on the leaderboard all shot 7-under (65). Justin Thomas (65-65 - 130) is at 14-under and holds the lead over Dylan Frittelli and Lanto Griffin (66-65) both T-2 at (-13).
Thomas has won four of seven events when shooting (130) or better through the first 36 holes of a PGA Tour event.
Second-Round Leaderboard
Justin Thomas 65-65—130 (-14)
Dylan Frittelli 66-65—131 (-13)
Lanto Griffin 66-65—131 (-13)
Patrick Cantlay 67-65—132 (-12)
Scottie Scheffler 67-65—132 (-12)
Full Leaderboard (link)
Third Round Tee Times (link)
Tournament Notes
Players will tee-off at 9:58am (Local)/12:58pm (ET) today and the leaders are scheduled for tee times at 12:10pm (Local)/3:10pm (ET).
Eighteen players had bogey-free rounds on Friday with a scoring average of 67.87 which is a new course record at Sherwood. Previous low was 69.27 back at the 2002 Hero World Challenge.
The 18 bogey-free rounds yesterday:
Taylor Gooch (63), Viktor Hovland (64), Justin Thomas (65), Patrick Cantlay (65), Collin Morikawa (65), Matthew Fitzpatrick (65), Webb Simpson (65), Jason Kokrak (65), Carlos Ortiz (65), Abraham Ancer (66), Jazz Janewattananond (66), Satoshi Kodaira (66), Jordan Spieth (66), Ryo Ishikawa (66), Takumi Kanaya (67), Gunn Charoenkul (67), Billy Horschel (67), and Matt Kuchar (69).
Tiger Woods is T-66 after a bounce-back 6-under (66) to make up for his opening-round (76). That difference in scoring ties the best improvement between R-1 and R-2 in his PGA Tour career.
What They’re Saying
The Leaders are Throwing Darts at ZOZO Championship (Golf Digest)
Tiger Woods Rebounds from Opening Round 76 (ESPN)
Bubba “Mr. Hollywood” Watson Fires a 63 (Golf Channel dot com)
Rory’s Club Snapping Meltdown (NY Post)
Sports Business and the Golf Industry
Sportico takes a look at the made-for-tv match featuring the NBA on TNT and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley who will join GS Warriors All-Star Steph Curry, NFL legend Peyton Manning and PGA Tour pro Phil Mickelson on Friday, Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Arizona. The event’s official name is Capital One’s The Match 3: Champions for Change and there are enough supporting sponsors to fill 18 holes of tee signage.
The event will help raise scholarship money for historically black colleges (HBCUs).
The full story is HERE.
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