PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic – Adam Long took the lead with a series of 3 consecutive birdies in the last nine and ended with key saves for an 8 64 and a two-stroke lead Saturday at corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship.
Hudson Swafford had to settle for only pairs in the last nine for a 69 and two shots from behind.
“He’s smart when the days are like that when he just sits the putter and the putts,” said Long, who put in nine of his last 10 holes. “I didn’t think of many things. I’m just looking to do everything.
Long, who came out of a 13th-place draw at Winged Foot last week at the US Open, tied the day’s low circular and will attempt his moment of victory on the PGA Tour. The other in January 2019 when he birdied in the last hole of the Desert Classic to beat Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin.
It has a little more separation before the last circular in the Dominican Republic. Long in 17 under 199, with only five other players within five shots of the lead.
Swafford has 15 less and will be in the final group. Mackenzie Hughes of Canada played twice for birdie at the end of his 67-shot circular, leaving him 3 shots behind. Xinjun Zhang of China had 68 and thirteen under, while Nate Lashley (65) and Sean O’Hair (70) were five shots back.
Long took off with five birdies on a six-hole stretch around the corner, and threw it when Swafford began to stagnate. on the 13th, and went perfectly 8 feet high to make birdie.
He also took a break in his only bad swing, an exit hook in the 16th that caught enough trees to settle about five meters from the forbidden stakes. He sent it straight from the green and pitched magnificently to save the pair.
Long had some other key prevention on the 18th when he had dust on his ball that sent him to the right, right on the edge of a bunker, and reduced it to about four feet to a bogey-free ball.
Hughes played with Long and felt more retarded than he did.
“I didn’t have much to do today and I see Adam play amazing, so it’s like being crushed in a semi-final,” Hughes said. “But I hung up here. My youngest son did an intelligent task that reminded me that I should remain difficult and wait for a small career there.
It happened at a time when Hughes least expected it, from the left of the green, his chip warmed when he hit the pin and fell for birdie, after another birdie on the 16th, arrived just before the 17th hole. 3 green running along the Caribbean, and introduced it as quickly as he was to the cup.
It is one of only 4 birdies of the 17th in the third round.
“A few chips and a big birdie on the 16th, so it gives me a chance for tomorrow,” he said.
O’Hair, who came out of an indirect tear in February 2019 and required surgery and prevented him from playing golf for a year, was left behind with a wise 95-meter grip that stopped a few inches to make a birdie on the 12th. palm support that led to the ghost in the 13th, and dropped another shot at 14 out of 626 yards.
Anirban Lahiri, from India, also 64, is a member of an 11 under-205 giant organization that included Justin Suh, the former Southern Cal star who wants a 10th most sensible to compete in the upcoming PGA Tour event.
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