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Viktor Hovland has won 2 of his 5 PGA Tour titles successful 2023| -20 V Hovland (Nor); -14 X Schauffele (US); -13 C Morikawa (US), K Bradley (US) |
| Selected: -11 J Rahm (Spa), S Scheffler (US), W Clark (US); -9 P Cantlay (US), R McIlroy (NI); -8 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -7 T Fleetwood (Eng), T Hatton (Eng) |
Viktor Hovland takes a six-stroke pb into Sunday's last circular of the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship aft a four-under 66 successful circular three.
The Norwegian, who won past week's BMW Championship to determination into 2nd spot successful the FedEx Cup standings and commencement this week connected 8 under, is 20 under.
Xander Schauffele changeable a 68 to determination to 14 under, 1 wide of chap Americans Collin Morikawa and Keegan Bradley.
Rory McIlroy, who has been battling a backmost problem, is astatine 9 under.
The Northern Irishman, who signed for a one-over 71, came from six shots backmost to bushed Scottie Scheffler to past year's title.
World fig 1 Scheffler, who started the tourney 2 wide of the tract connected 10 nether par arsenic person of the FedEx standings, had 4 bogeys connected Saturday earlier holing his solitary birdie connected the past arsenic helium posted a 73 to driblet 9 shots disconnected the gait connected 11 nether astatine East Lake successful Atlanta.
Scheffler is tied with satellite fig 3 Jon Rahm, who started the week astatine six nether and had improved to 12 nether aft circular 2 but changeable a 71 successful Saturday's 3rd round.
A lightning tempest suspended play for 75 minutes but it did not impact Hovland's advancement and the satellite fig 5 came retired of the hold with birdies astatine the 12th and 13th holes to physique a seven-shot advantage.
However, Olympic champion Schauffele birdied the 16th to springiness himself anticipation of emulating McIlroy's exploits from past year.
Morikawa, who did not driblet a changeable successful his opening 40 holes, double-bogeyed the 5th and much shots went astatine the 10th and 11th holes arsenic helium posted a 73 to driblet backmost to 13 under, portion Bradley had 4 birdies and 4 bogeys successful his level-par 70.
Sunday's victor from the 30-man tract volition instrumentality location $18m (£14.3m) from the $75m prize pot.
Follow the last circular via unrecorded substance commentary connected the BBC Sport website from 18:30 BST.
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