After some conservative scores in the morning despite getable conditions thanks to no rain and clear skies, the afternoon groups were hot out the gate like race horses at the Kentucky Derby, but even Wyndham Clark didn’t see a 63 in the forecast.
“I mean, you’d like to think so, but no, it’s such a tough golf course,” said Clark, who noted there are stretches where you score, so long as you’re in the proper position in the fairway. “Xander and I played amazing. For a while I feel like one of us was making a putt on every other hole, so it was a fun round. I’d love for us to do that again tomorrow, that would be a lot of fun.
“I thought Xander was going to birdie in,” he continued. “I was like, ‘I’ve got to keep hitting greens and keep making birdies, otherwise he’s going to catch up.’”
Both players made three consecutive birdies or better on both their front and back nines on Saturday, but it was Schauffele who had the hot hand late thanks to a birdie-eagle-birdie stretch on Nos. 14-16.
“Guys are really good out here,” said Schauffele. “Monkey see, monkey do is definitely a thing that happens out here.”
Schauffele will go for win No. 8 on the PGA Tour on Sunday, while Clark, in his fifth year on Tour, is looking for his first.
Xander Schauffele and his caddie Austin Kaiser share a laugh during the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament. (Photo: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports)
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