Austin Smotherman, seeking his third straight win on Tour, posted eight birdies during his third round at the Austin Championship. He spoke to Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis after his 67 on Day 3.
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Once the second round concludes Saturday morning in Austin, Texas, the PGA Tour will make an official cut. From there, Round 3 threesomes will be announced with players going off on split tees. Weather will be a factor with rain forecasted all day Sunday.
The leaderboard at the inaugural Austin Championship is quite crowded entering Saturday where the projected cut is 4 under.
Darkness forced organizers of the inaugural Austin Championship to suspend second round play Friday night. More than a dozen players will finish up Saturday morning before the cut and Round 3 tee times become official.
The best highlights and top moments from the second round at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa.
Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis localizes the national breaking news of the FAA issuing a rare ground stop late Friday. Lewis reports on options facing players at the Austin Championship and what their weekend might look like.
Michael Brennan, Blades Brown, Andrew Novak and Austin Smotherman are all fall winners competing in the final event of the PGA Tour season.
Sitting No. 122 on the FedExCup fall points list entering the week, Neal Shipley rolled in the long-distance eagle putt at the Austin Championship.
Brian Harman called the featured group of Blades Brown, Max Homa and Andrew Novak on Friday in his debut in the broadcasting booth.
No PGA Tour player is as tied professionally to Dan Hicks as is Tiger Woods.
Winged Foot head professional Mike Gilmore joins Rich Lerner on “Golf Central” to talk about what Hicks meant to the historic club and his fellow members.