The crowds are always huge at TPC Scottsdale and yesterday after an estimated 201,003 came through the turnstiles they set the record for the largest crowd in golf history.
Danny Lee who recently asked fellow pro Pat Perez to help him find a girlfriend, shot a -4 67 to move three strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama going into Super Bowl Sunday'
The previous largest crowd at the Stadium Course was 189,722 in 2014. The event also set a day record Friday at 160,415, and has drawn 535,035 for the first six days – close to the weekly mark of 564,368 set last year
Lee is at -13 200 and you will remember the 25-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander beat David Hearn in a playoff to win the Greenbrier Classic last year for his first PGA Tour title.
Fowler won two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi for his fourth worldwide victory in nine months.
Matsuyama chipped in for birdie on the par-4 14th and two-putted for birdie on 15. The 23-year-old Japanese player T2 last year, a stroke behind Brooks Koepka.
Bryce Molder (64) and Boo Weekley (65) are -9 under. Phil Mickelson is at -8 after 65.
Canadian scores : Adam Hadwin T31 73 68 69 -3 Nick Taylor T62 73 69 74 +3 David Hearn and Graham DeLaet MC
Bryan Angus
(notes from pgatour.com, AP, BBC)
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