PGA Tour CJ Cup at Nine Bridges leaderboard
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With players struggling to figure out the swirling winds and undulating greens, round 3 at this inaugural CJ Cup at Nine Bridges is in the books and Justin Thomas is back on top after rounds of 63,74, 70 -9 along with fellow American Scott Brown 66 70 71.
Nick Taylor continues his fine form, and after scores of 68 72 72 -4 he is T10. Adam Hadwin is T56 75 72 76 +7. Grahan DeLaet withdrew after shooting 80 on Friday after his back flared up.
Taylor went out with 3 birdies in 33 strokes, but came back in 39 after 3 bogeys for his 72.
Scoring is at a premium, pars are good in the unpredictable winds and difficult greens at this resort course on Jeju Island. For example outstanding American rookie Xander Schauffele is +13, after being in contention, 69 82 78 and scorecards are littered with scores at 80 or worse.
After his round Thomas, the PGA Tour Player of the Year, spoke about his frustrations. " I've never seen a course where the wind swirls as much as it does here, it's blowing all over the place which is leading to some shots that fans at home may not understand. TV doesn't show the difficulty of these greens. You have to be here on the course to see how difficult they are"
" I played better today with my 70 than I did on Thursday with 63. I wasn't pleased with the way I handled myself the last 2 days, It's easy at the end of a long season and travel half way around the world to be frustrated and it's easy just to be angry all the time on the course. However today we had a game plan and I patiently stuck to it."
The weather forecast calls for higher winds during the final round.
Bryan Angus
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