Jason Day fired a 7-under 63 on Saturday at TPC Four Seasons to take the clubhouse lead after 54 holes at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
Day started hot with a birdie on the first hole, however, after 5 straight pars, it appeared the former World No. 1 was not going to make the run he’d need to get into contention.
He was at 4-under when he stepped onto the tee box at the par-5 7th.
But then things started happen. Day birdied 7 which launched a stretch of five straight birdies (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) to get to 9-under.
After pars on 12 and 13, Day dropped a shot on the par-4 14th. The Aussie got it back, though, plus one – with birdies on 16 and 17 to get to 10-under.
Electric! ??@JDayGolf is now tied for the lead.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/dN5Miqe2hQ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2017
A par on the 18th closed out one of the best rounds of what has been a difficult season for the 29-year-old star.
UPDATE: After 54 holes, Day is tied for third with 36-hole leader Jason Kokrak, who entered Saturday nine shots clear of Day.
James Hahn leads after posting a 6-under 64 to get to 12-under. One shot back of Hahn is 2013 FedEx Cup winner Billy Horschel, who shot a 66 to get to 11-under.
The Scorecard
Top 10
1 James Hahn -12
2 Billy Horschel -11
T3 Jason Day -10
T3 Jason Kokrak -10
5 Cameron Tringale -9
T6 Sergio Garcia -8
T6 Jason Dufner -8
T6 Bud Cauley -8
T9 Scott Brown- 7
T9 Scott Piercy -7
T9 Chad Campbell -7
T9 Grayson Murray -7
T9 Byeong Hun An -7
Quotable
"It's really cool to hear the crowds roar like that again."@JDayGolf made his move on Saturday.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/Um2l5zoHld
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 20, 2017
Leaderboard
Through 54 holes
POS | PLAYER | TO PAR |
---|---|---|
1 | James Hahn | -12 |
2 | Billy Horschel | -11 |
T3 | Jason Day | -10 |
T3 | Jason Kokrak | -10 |
5 | Cameron Tringale | -9 |
T6 | Sergio Garcia | -8 |
T6 | Jason Dufner | -8 |
T6 | Bud Cauley | -8 |
T9 | Scott Brown | -7 |
T9 | Scott Piercy | -7 |
T9 | Chad Campbell | -7 |
T9 | Grayson Murray | -7 |
T9 | Byeong Hun An | -7 |
T14 | Kyle Reifers | -6 |
T14 | Scott Stallings | -6 |
T14 | Matt Kuchar | -6 |
T14 | Danny Lee | -6 |
T14 | Sean O'Hair | -6 |
T19 | Louis Oosthuizen | -5 |
T19 | Tony Finau | -5 |
T19 | Ryan Armour | -5 |
T19 | Kevin Tway | -5 |
T19 | Dustin Johnson | -5 |
T24 | Joel Dahmen | -4 |
T24 | Jamie Lovemark | -4 |
T24 | Gary Woodland | -4 |
T24 | Sung-hoon Kang | -4 |
T24 | Brooks Koepka | -4 |
T24 | J.J. Henry | -4 |
T30 | Ryan Palmer | -3 |
T30 | Marc Leishman | -3 |
T30 | John Huh | -3 |
T30 | Will Wilcox | -3 |
T30 | Charley Hoffman | -3 |
T30 | Morgan Hoffmann | -3 |
T36 | Michael Putnam | -2 |
T36 | Patrick Reed | -2 |
T36 | Jason Bohn | -2 |
T36 | Michael Kim | -2 |
T36 | Rod Pampling | -2 |
T36 | Nick Taylor | -2 |
T42 | Boo Weekley | -1 |
T42 | Sebastian Munoz | -1 |
T42 | Smylie Kaufman | -1 |
T42 | Ken Duke | -1 |
T42 | Beau Hossler | -1 |
T42 | Keegan Bradley | -1 |
T42 | Zac Blair | -1 |
T42 | Ian Poulter | -1 |
T42 | Jhonattan Vegas | -1 |
T42 | Brian Gay | -1 |
T52 | Bob Estes | E |
T52 | Seamus Power | E |
T52 | Greg Owen | E |
T52 | Ernie Els | E |
T52 | Nick Watney | E |
T52 | Peter Malnati | E |
T52 | Ollie Schniederjans | E |
T59 | Ricky Barnes | 1 |
T59 | Billy Hurley III | 1 |
T59 | Nicholas Lindheim | 1 |
T59 | Daniel Summerhays | 1 |
T59 | Tom Hoge | 1 |
T59 | Patrick Rodgers | 1 |
T65 | Alex Moon | 2 |
T65 | Dominic Bozzelli | 2 |
T65 | Brendon Todd | 2 |
T65 | Brett Stegmaier | 2 |
T69 | Greg Chalmers | 3 |
T69 | Ryan Brehm | 3 |
71 | Geoff Ogilvy | 4 |
T72 | D.A. Points | 5 |
T72 | Spencer Levin | 5 |
74 | J.J. Spaun | 6 |
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