Alex Noren has 11 worldwide wins, he has performed within the Ryder Cup and he has represented Sweden on the Olympics. However come Sunday, he’ll have an opportunity to do one thing he has by no means completed earlier than — win on the PGA Tour.
After rounds of 61-66 over the primary two days, Noren shot a 4-under 67 round Port Royal Golf Course on Saturday and holds a one-shot lead on the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship with 18 holes to play.
The Swede, who tied for third on the Shriners Kids’s Open a month in the past in Las Vegas, saved the bogeys off the cardboard throughout his third spherical. Regardless of solely hitting eight fairways (T-43 within the area), Noren was crisp together with his irons, lacking simply 4 greens (T-12).
In 27 earlier begins this season, Noren has six top-25 finishes and three top-10s. His final worldwide win got here on the 2018 HNA Open de France.
If you happen to missed any of the motion on Saturday, no worries, we now have you coated. Listed below are some takeaways from the third spherical of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal.
Camilo Villegas of Colombia performs his shot from the tenth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 11, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photograph by Gregory Shamus/Getty Pictures)
Villegas was tied for the lead by way of 54 holes final week in Mexico however was chased down by Erik van Rooyen and needed to accept a T-2 end. Now, due to rounds of 67-63 over the primary two days and a 6-under 65 on Saturday, Villegas is as soon as once more in prime place to earn his first PGA Tour win since 2014.
He’s alone in second with 18 holes to play, only one shot again of Noren. Villegas was 1 below by way of seven holes however birdied 4 straight from Nos. 9-12. He added yet one more with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 seventeenth after a implausible second.
“Be good.”
It was.@CamiloVillegasR is now tied for the lead after a two-putt birdie @Bermuda_Champ pic.twitter.com/qTCiKztTQI
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 11, 2023
If Villegas had been to win Sunday, it’d be top-of-the-line feel-good moments of the season.
Carl Yuan of China performs his shot from the ninth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 11, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photograph by Marianna Massey/Getty Pictures)
Yuan and Whaley are every on the lookout for their first wins on the PGA Tour, and because of matching 6-under 65s on Saturday, each are inside hanging distance with 18 holes left to play.
The unique-swinging Yuan missed the reduce final week on the World Large Expertise Championship in Mexico, however tied for sixth in October on the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Whaley completed T-28 or higher in three straight begins earlier than a T-59 end in Mexico.
Yuan was bogey-free on Saturday, whereas Whaley was near doing the identical earlier than a bogey on the ending gap.
Each gamers are tied for sixth, 4 photographs again of the lead.
Describe @CarlYuanGolf’s swing with one emoji. pic.twitter.com/MlUufDBglu
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 11, 2023
Stewart Cink of the USA performs his shot from the ninth tee in the course of the third spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 11, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photograph by Marianna Massey/Getty Pictures)
Stewart Cink, who has crossed the 50 threshold and performed in 4 PGA Tour Champions occasions this season, is hanging with the children down in Bermuda.
After opening with rounds of 64-67, Cink fired a third-round 5-under 66 and is 16 below for the week, alone in fifth and two photographs again of the lead.
Over 25 earlier begins this season, Cink has completed inside the highest 25 simply twice: T-21 on the Sony Open (January) and T-23 on the Open.
His final win on the PGA Tour got here on the RBC Heritage in 2021.
George Bryan IV of the USA hits a tee shot on the tenth gap in the course of the second spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 10, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photograph by Gregory Shamus/Getty Pictures)
Each of the Bryan brothers made the reduce on the quantity this week, with George making his PGA Tour debut in Southampton.
The YouTube star fired a 2-under 69 on Day 3, whereas his brother, Wesley — who started his day with three straight birdies — was one higher at 3-under 68.
By means of 54 holes Wesley is tied for forty sixth at 8 below and George is tied for 54th at 7 below.
Whereas neither brother will win this week, it’s secure to say they’ll be taking part in for bragging rights on Sunday.
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮’𝙨 nearer 😂
It is all the time a contest with @BryanBrosGolf. pic.twitter.com/4RFbNLgSAd
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 11, 2023
| Place | Participant | Rating | Odds to win |
| 1 | Alex Noren | 19 below | (+140) |
| 2 | Camilo Villegas | 18 below | (+400) |
| T-3 | Matt Schmid | 17 below | (+700) |
| T-3 | Ryan Moore | 17 below | (+750) |
| 5 | Stewart Cink | 16 below | (+1800) |
| T-6 | Vince Whaley | 15 below | (+3000) |
| T-6 | Carl Yuan | 15 below | (+4000) |
| T-6 | Kramer Hickok | 15 below | (+3500) |
| T-6 | Adam Scott | 15 below | (+1600) |
| T-6 | Satoshi Kodaira | 15 below | (+5000) |
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