Overview
- Garrick Higgo surged with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take the 54-hole lead at 22 under at El Cardonal, going seven under on the front nine.
- Carson Young starts one back at 21 under, with Ben Griffin, Chad Ramey and Trevor Cone tied at 20 under; Higgo, Young and Cone tee off at 12:42 p.m. ET.
- The cut fell at five under, with notable exits including Mark Hubbard, Brandt Snedeker, Davis Riley, Wyndham Clark, Luke Donald and Erik van Rooyen.
- Projected after 54 holes, the last five inside the top 100 are Thorbjorn Olesen, Max Homa, Matt Wallace, Chad Ramey and Michael Brennan, with Max McGreevy, Tom Kim, Victor Perez, David Lipsky and Adam Scott just outside.
- TV coverage runs 3–6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel with streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App, and the $6 million purse pays $1.08 million to the winner.