MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ Rico Hoey moved in putting place for a PGA Tour breakthrough as he shared the lead after three rounds within the Barracuda Championship Saturday in Truckee, California.
Hoey fired 4 birdies in his final six holes in breezy situations at Tahoe Mountain Membership to spice up his bid within the $4-million occasion that makes use of the Modified Stableford scoring format.
The Fil-Am ace’s blistering end washed away his two-birdie, three-bogey card early on and his four-birdie binge earned him eight factors on transferring day en path to an combination of 34.
Ryan Gerard joined Hoey atop the leaderboard after holing a 20-hole flop shot for birdie on the 18th gap and matching the latter’s eight-point spherical.
Respiratory down the co-leaders’ neck with 33 factors is 2021 winner Erik van Rooyen of South Africa, who additionally tallied eight in Spherical 3 spiked by an eagle on the par-5 No. 3, which was value 5 factors.
