NAPA, Calif. — Patton Kizzire overcame erratic play off the tee and a missed putt Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical of the Procore Championship at Silverado.
Kizzire shot a 5-under 67 — with six birdies and a bogey — to achieve 18-under 198. The 38-year-old former Auburn participant is making an attempt to finish an extended drought after successful his two PGA Tour titles in Mexico and Hawaii in a two-month span in late 2017 and early 2018.
“The greens had been improbable,” Kizzire stated. “They’re rolling very nice. I am seeing the greens effectively and placing it on the road. This can be a golf course I actually get pleasure from taking part in.”
David Lipsky, taking part in in the identical group as Kizzire, was second after a 70 within the FedEx Cup Fall collection opener. The primary-round chief had 4 birdies and two bogeys.
Patrick Fishburn, in his first yr on the tour, made a run on the leaders and received inside two pictures of Kizzire earlier than ending his spherical with back-to-back bogeys. Fishburn shot 70, leaving him with tied for third at 13 beneath with Greyson Sigg and Canadian Presidents Cup gamers Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners — who all shot 66.
Kizzire needed to scramble a lot of the afternoon after lacking seven fairways off the tee. He made up for it with robust strategy pictures and a gentle putter, remaining atop the leaderboard till he pushed a 5-foot par putt previous the outlet on No. 10 and took a bogey.
Kizzire received again on monitor with a 21-foot birdie putt on No. 11, then made a improbable shot out of a green-side bunker to avoid wasting par on 16. He birdied the par-3 seventeenth, then scrambled to avoid wasting par on No. 18 after hitting his strategy shot right into a bunker.
That left Kizzire in place to interrupt the event file at Silverado of 21 beneath, matched final yr by Sahith Theegala.
Lipsky stayed shut however dropped again to the pack after back-to-back bogeys on the again 9.
“I actually did not have my greatest in the present day,” Lipsky stated. “Over the course of per week, days like this occur. Swing simply did not really feel pretty much as good because it did the previous two days and I simply battled by way of it. I used to be simply making an attempt to play protected.”
Theegala shot 69 on Saturday, leaving him six pictures again at 12 beneath.
Wilson Furr and Ben Silverman additionally had been 12 beneath. Furr had 64, the very best spherical of the day, and Silverman shot 65.
