England’s Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par 63 in Saturday’s third round of the Travelers Championship to break away from a high-profile group near the top of the leaderboard at Cromwell, Conn.
Fleetwood, who for the second time in three rounds didn’t record a bogey, will carry a three-shot advantage into Sunday’s final round at TPC River Highlands.
Russell Henley shot 61 and Keegan Bradley posted 63 to sit at 13 under. Australia’s Jason Day is alone in fourth at 11 under after a third-round 67.
The round began with Fleetwood, Justin Thomas and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, tied for first place.
Scheffler’s triple-bogey on the par-4 first hole and a double-bogey on the par-3 eighth hole put him off pace. Thomas had severe troubles later.
Fleetwood’s highlights included a 66-foot birdie putt on the par-3 fifth hole and a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 13th. It was his second eagle in as many days at No. 13, which he has played at 5 under for the tournament.
Henley’s bogey-free round — after three bogeys in the second round — included 5 under on the front side. He had birdies on both par-5 holes and nine overall.
Bradley, the U.S. captain for the Ryder Cup, notched birdies on four of the first seven holes and stayed in contention.
Scheffler, playing on his 29th birthday, plummeted to 7 under and in a tie for eighth place with a 72, aided by a birdie on the last hole.
Thomas had a similar, albeit belated, decline on his way to 73, coming undone by a quadruple-bogey 9 on the 13th hole. That meltdown began with a tee shot out of bounds and included three additional shots in the rough before arriving at the green.
Harris English (67), Wyndham Clark (66) and Brian Harman (65) are tied for fifth place at 8 under.
Other than Henley, the day’s best scores were turned in by Canada’s Taylor Pendrith and Australia’s Adam Scott with 62s. Pendrith moved to a tie for 14th at 6 under, while Scott is tied for 25th at 4 under.
–Field Level Media
