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Colin Morikawa will be chasing more than his first tournament win in 18 months on Sunday. <\/p>\n
He pursues perfection, or the game of golf allows anyone to come close to it.<\/p>\n
Morikawa posted an 8-under 65 in the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort on Maui to take a six-shot lead into the final round.<\/p>\n
Most impressively, the 25-year-old University of California graduate played 54 holes without bogeying. He hit his 24th under par, which included him 22 birdies, 1 eagle (he sunk a 12-foot putt on his par-5 5th hole on Saturday), and zero his bogey. will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n“Today was very simple. For the last three days, what I was looking for was sort of where the ball was going,” Morikawa said. “I kind of know what I’m doing right. When I hit a bad shot, I know what I did wrong. That’s the biggest thing.”<\/p>\n
Morikawa and Masters champion Scotty Schaeffler each recorded an eagle on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nMorikawa wasn’t the only alumnus to put in a great performance on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Max Houma fell to a tie for 27th after the second round, but scored a career-high 10 birdies, including 6 birdies on the final seven holes, completed 63 rounds without bogeys and tied for 7th with 16. became. under.<\/p>\n\nWhat Morikawa is trying to do is unusual. He is only four golfers in PGA Tour history who have completed 72 holes without a bogey.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMost recently, Tom Kim won the Shriners Children’s Open in October. Joaquin Niemann won the 2021 Rocket Mortgage classic without a bogey as he played four rounds and earned an asterisk for making a bogey during the playoffs. <\/p>\n\nWhen JT Poston made it to the 2019 Wyndham Championship, he was the first to do so since Lee Trevino at the 1974 Greater New Orleans Open.<\/p>\n\nMorikawa, who fell from 2nd to 11th in the world last year, has not won a single match since winning the British Open held at Royal St. George’s in England in July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\nMorikawa, who has won six times since turning pro in June 2019, made nearly $5 million last season but failed to top the list in victories.<\/p>\n\nAfter birdies on the 6th, 9th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th, he and Eagle lead JJ Spawn, Schaeffler and Matt Fitzpatrick by six, all tied at 18-under. caught up.<\/p>\n\n\nscroll to continue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\nKim and Jon Rahm share fifth place on -17, one stroke ahead of Homa and Songjaeim, who are tied for seventh. <\/p>\n\n\nSpahn isn’t convinced anyone will catch Morikawa on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n“He puts really good. He doesn’t miss a shot,” Spaun said. “It’s a combo that’s hard to beat.”<\/p>\n\nOnly six players have led by six strokes or more in the final round of a PGA event without winning. Most recently, that fate met Dustin Johnson at his HSBC Champions in Shanghai in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\nMorikawa was able to move to No. 1 in the world rankings at the Hero World Challenge in December 2021 by leading by five strokes over 54 holes, but was unable to close it out in the final round.<\/p>\n\n\n“I’m fine,” he said. “I gave up.”<\/p>\n\n\nThe 32-year-old Homa, who is about to have his best season on tour, finished tied for seventh on Saturday’s leaderboard after moving up to third. He is eight strokes behind Morikawa.<\/p>\n\n\nHe almost holed in one on the 204-yard, par-3 eighth hole. His shot landed on the fringe of the green and spun back toward the hole, stopping him less than a foot from his target.<\/p>\n
“No! Enter!” Homa shouted at that moment.<\/p>\n\n\nDid not enter, but playing partner Justin Thomas was there to comfort Homa. “I thought there was no chance,” Thomas told him. “And I thought it was a really good opportunity.”<\/p>\n\n\nHoma, pictured below, sinking a long putt, wasn’t sure why he played so well.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t feel like I played four shots better than the last two days combined, but I did,” he said. “It’s not a very good game for your mind, but I’m glad I shot 10 under.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n.<\/p>\n
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