13 Will Zalatoris, arguably the tournament's biggest name, at 6-under 210 after both shot 3-under in Round 3. 46 Keegan Bradley continues to improve by round, producing a 4-under 68 Saturday, and he's at 7-under 209. Lashley is tied with struggling world No.
His 5-under 67 leaves him with a 9-under 207. 14 and playing even par on the rest of the back nine. He birdied four holes and eagled one on the front nine. 20 Max Homa appeared to be making a run early Saturday after narrowly missing the cut Friday. Champ sits at 5-under 208 for the tournament. "I'll try not to look at 18 as too much of a hinderance to my progress," Davis said, "because today was a really solid day."Ĭam Davis picks up the trophy after winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic in five rounds of playoff at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Sunday, July 4, 2021.Īmong other notables with morning tee times, 3-time PGA Tour winner Cameron Champ recorded six birdies for a 5-under 67. 18, but he missed putts of 50 and six feet to bogey. Then his near-perfect shot out of the rough landed three yards from the hole and provided an easy birdie putt.ĭavis was unaware of the impending record 63, which British Open runner-up Cameron Young tied Friday, as he played No. 17, which flew 182 yards into the left rough, 75 yards out from the hole. In the home stretch, Davis wasn't pleased with his second shot on the par-5 No. Yeah, it just worked a lot better than it did yesterday." I wasn't trying to make a putt to hopefully make the cut on the number, it was just trying and make some progress and have a good round. Today was just a little bit more relaxed on the greens.
If you hit it solid, you know where it's going to go rather than being left up to the wind above the trees that you can't really feel. "Just more of a relaxing round," Davis said. "You're playing in the morning, the greens are smoother, there's no wind, you pick your number. He carried the momentum to moving day, birdieing five holes on the front nine and three on the back. I was trying to make some putts to catch the cut line and he was making putts to go for the lead, and it seemed like he had a bit more freedom than Nate and I did, which probably helped him keep moving forward while we were struggling to get anything to go in."ĭavis found himself on the back nine Friday, though, birdieing Nos. "But his golf in the wind yesterday afternoon was really solid. And playing with someone like Tony, who's playing really well and making the most of his opportunities, it kind of showed you what you could do around here. It felt like it was perfect scoring conditions. "They both have a lot of game and were playing really well," Davis said of Finau and Lashley. "It was just a windy afternoon yesterday following the really calm morning of Thursday, which it felt like (Saturday) morning, to be honest. Adding evidence of the Rocket Mortgage Classic's improved field, Finau provided an immediate challenge to Davis' repeat hopes.Ĭam Davis tees on the ninth hole during Round 2 of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit on Friday, July 29, 2022.įinau recorded an 8-under 64 Thursday for a strong start and stood tall on a blustery Friday afternoon, tallying six birdies for a 6-under 66. The wind bothered Davis, as he shot a 1-over 73 and carded three bogeys, including a double on the par-4 2nd. 16, and 2019 Rocket champion Nate Lashley in the opening rounds. Tyler Duncan and Taylor Moore also shot 65, with Duncan getting to 11 under par and a tie for 12th and Moore reaching 13-under, good for a tie for seventh.For the late golfers, Tony Finau, Cameron Young and Stephan Jaeger also filed 65s on Saturday.ĭavis was grouped with Finau, last week's 3M Open winner and the world No. A little sour end there with a wedge, but 17 really good solid holes." On the back, got some good stuff going yesterday afternoon and then brought it into today and made some putts with it today as well. "Today was really solid," Davis said. "It was a nice bounce-back from yesterday where I felt like for at least the first few holes, I feel like I completely lost my swing. I had no idea where it went. YOUR GUIDE: Ranking Michigan's top 10 golf resorts and destinations for your Up North vacation MUST-PLAY: This might be Michigan's most underrated golf course