Daniel Berger is on course for a maiden PGA Tour victory
Sunday 12 June 2016 13:38, UK
Daniel Berger will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the FedEx St Jude Classic after posting a round of 69 on day three in Memphis.
Playing in his 50th PGA Tour event, the 23-year-old had been three shots clear overnight and retained that advantage, bouncing back from a double-bogey at 14 with two birdies in his last three holes.
Berger has yet to win on Tour, having twice finished second, but he has a handy advantage going into Sunday, having reached 10-under-par for the tournament.
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However, his lead would have been larger had he not dumped his tee-shot at the par-three 14th into the water, leading to a double-bogey five.
But he responded positively with a birdie at the par-five 16th, before chipping in from off the green for a birdie at the 17th.
DA Points carded a 64, the joint-lowest round of the week so far, to move 33 spots up the leaderboard on Sunday. He made six birdies in all and has not had a single bogey in 29 holes.
Veterans Steve Stricker and Phil Mickelson are also in contention and are level with Points on seven-under, following rounds of 66 and 68 respectively.
The 49-year-old Stricker is seeking a first title in almost four-and-a-half years, while Mickelson turns 46 next week and the most recent of his 42 PGA Tour victories came at Muirfield three years ago.
Korean Seung Yul-Noh fired a three-under 67 to move four shots behind leader Berger and he is in alongside Colt Knost and Brooks Koepka at six-under.
The European charge is led by Swede Freddie Jacobsen and Italy's Francesco Molinari who both had level par 70s and are just inside the top 20 - eight strokes adrift.
