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Sir Nick Faldo summed up MacKenzie Hughes 3rd round -2 68. "He's played well, but just didn't make a score out of it"
Hughes is 4th alone at -14 and will be in the penultimate group on Sunday with Kevin Streelman -7 63, -15. The leader is Brendon Todd who hit every fairway on his way to -9 61 -18 total. Dustin Johnson who also had 61, has a-16 total and will be in the final pairing with him.
So, Mac opened up with that -10 60 on Thursday when everything went his way. As usual the following round is a battle, and he did, making a -2 68 to keep him right in contention.
Today he went out in -2 33 with birdies at 2 and 9. He came back with 9 straight pars with excellent birdie chances at 12 and 13 that had him muttering to himself, but then again he made at least 4 par savers from 6 foot or less. He is T3 in scrambling.
Apart from a distracted approach to the 18th when something made a noise in his backswing, Mac drove the ball well all day, his swing is beautifully on plane. He ranks 2nd this week with only 2 bogeys in 3 rounds. None again today.
With the rain pouring down to soften the greens for tomorrow, his opening 60 and steady play since, ( 68 68 ) have kept him right in it. He is due to make some putts, while the leaders will have a tough time re producing the 61's they shot today.
I like his chances tomorrow and remember he will have learned from his final round 78 last week.
We'll see how it all unfolds in the silence at TPC River Highlands tomorrow. Expect some low scores early from guys like Rory McIlroy 69 -10 and Phil Mickelson +1 71 -12 but there is an 80% chance of rain and thunder storms tomorrow and Monday.
Bryan Angus
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