he said was going to happen and then he pulled it off. >> amazing. >> this is cool to see the club hits the ground what it does to that shaft >> and it helps to be strong when you're hitting these knock-down shots every core muscle in your body tightens up. uses the slope >> i think that discussion was spot on. >> back at 13 with nick taylor long birdie putt. >> starts to go left right there. >> this would be huge. just broke a little bit too much on the low side. >> that would have been stealing one there after that tee shot. >> all of a sudden, scharley hoffman gets 3 ahead scheffler missed on 14 >> another disappointing 5 in

this group at the 13th. >> he's been gritty, though, nick taylor. at the 16th now. >> johnny vegas here at the 16th there's a pretty big game about ready to kick off a half hour from now >> nice looking swing there. >> 16 hasn't yielded much in the way of birdies today five for the day that's the fewest on any hole. >> wow i knew the hole location was tough. i saw them put it up yesterday. >> here is scheffler his short game has been as consistent as the full ball striking >> he's thinking about making this for sure. read it like a putt.

between clubs. he went with less loft there. >> a lot left for par there. burns at 16. three back >> good-looking one here, too. stay there >> there we go >> good look, up the slope, left to right. >> a chance for the sixth birdie of the day at 16 it would be a big one. burns is in need of one, hoffman at 15. >> theegala to remain at 16 under. >> drilled that in after the waffly putt on 12. these players cannot afford to not birdie 13 or 14 in this position. >> if you were with us this morning on golf channel, en route to the 64 in the third round, charley birdies 13, 15, 16, and 18

before he plays, kurt kitayama >> got a vicious kick across the bunker >> now it's hoffman's turn what do you think? >> i walked all the way down the get a feel for it. it could not be in a better spot he is on a slight upslope. obviously he'll be able to clean it, put it in a perfect lie. it's exactly the right amount of green that you want. i just pitch this on with your 60 degrees it will break a little right to left uphill. >> he's got the 4 degree wedge here >> you know, maybe that tells you something. with the nerves kicking in, with the lead right now, this is almost a dead sure thing to get it up there close with the putter. >> don't have to worry with a mis-hit or the spinny first bounce i don't mind this play he could still make it there's no doubt

it's not a huge difference between that and the green. >> he's got to worry about the speed of the fairway he probably hasn't hit a lot of these in practice. it's dried out a little bit. >> made an eagle at 13 how about here at 15 >> well, it's not quite a give-me, but a pretty good putt. >> if you go with the 60 degree, you take all of that area out of play if it was thursday, i would have been surprise t. to get to 21 under. >> the par attempt for scheffler. >> this feels like a must make, kis. >> got to have it. i think he's going to be 3 back, maybe 4 back, as soon as hoffman walks off and he walks on the tee. >> he's played perfect today, outside of four holes. just four crucial mistakes >> the only loose putt

that says a lot for a guy that's been number one for a long, long time he's put together such incredible, consistent play. but they're haunting him again today. so nick taylor back on the tee best position to chase down hoffman at the moment. >> if he's going to do it, he's going to have to hit this club well. >> it's the first time he's hit a nice draw. >> that looks so much closer to his iron swing. >> that was so much different than the guided cuts. >> earlier he said he was steering it around got him into trouble. >> at the 15th, kurt kitayama. >> couldn't get it to fall >> i think curt byrum said that's an impossible bunker shot you're straight down the slope

>> so i talked to andy barnes, he sat the bag down, and i talked to him for a second he said what they were concerned about if they chipped it, it's so soft in the front of the green, they were afraid of the first bounce they decided to go with more of the sure thing. >> no practice stroke, which has become a trend with a lot of players, and smacks it right in the back two par 5s on this back nine there's three and four, a birdie in between, and charley is the first man to reach 21 under par and the lead has ballooned to 3. >> we had everybody bundled up about two holes ago. everybody was within one. >> now jordan spieth all right. nice wedge there >> we just expect so much from

jordan spieth. he hits that wedge shot and we don't give him credit. that was sfpectacular >> you don't have to tell charley hoffman what this walk is like. this guy is as experienced as it comes, making his 18th start, he's made 12 cuts. he's seen this hole plenty of times. and you hear all sorts of things coming into this arena you try to have fun, you try to embrace it as much as you can. but you've got a 167 yard par 3. >> he's loving it. smiling. why wouldn't you love it got a three-shot lead at your longest sponsor's host tournament doesn't get much better than that

>> up on the green, burns for birdie vegas already missed it. and so, again, there have been just five birdies all day at this hole. >> if you looked at all the putts on 16, it's always a low side miss. >> doesn't matter what side of the hole it's on unbelievable >> i'm going to put it up walking through the tunnel for all the players. >> burns settling for par. remains four back from the guy behind him. >> it's so easy. >> just play more break. >> then you miss it high did that, didn't work. >> the old putting coach that gave me advice in the early '90s, saying most players miss

low. play more break. i tried to hit a lot of high breaking putts it really helped you to read a lot more break. >> i think that's what aimpoint has done, shown guys how much more putt break than you think with your eyes some people can really read the greens with their eyes and some can't. i think it's the difference in the way guys see the greens. >> we saw the numbers from charley at 16. nothing can really prepare you for it nothing can really make you ready when there's so much on the line for a guy like this

wasn't happy with it >> not a bad shot. there have only been five birdies all day. >> let's go back to 14 and nick taylor, his closest pursuer. >> good drive. one of his best of the day 175 left coming off that green. his caddie, david markle, wanted to confirm what carlee was, so he can game plan the last set of holes. what they need to do it's a point where you can't -- you can't play and try to avoid mistakes you've got to go after it. if mistakes come, they come. you can't play conservatively 3

back. >> all gas from here. >> no question about it. 175. 7 iron >> starting the right side of the green. not turning over even cutting a little bit. it's got to stay there >> it's going to come back a little bit >> probably his worst iron shot of the day, right there. >> he was disgusted by it, the reaction right after it left his club back to 16, spieth >> getting the crowd going looks like it's right at it. >> to the tee at 15. >> scottie has been a little

squirrely in the last 30 minutes or so. let's see if he can get it back in gear at the 15th tee. >> down the right side >> looked like he was trying to hit a draw there light rough there. if that tree is not in the way he can surely get to the green >> trouble continues for scottie scheffler. look what charley hoffman is doing. 47 years of age. he has a three-shot lead he's on the green at 16. he's a fan favorite. he's a player favorite right now he is the favorite coming down the stretch. and 13. you closed out the match 4 and 3. from tee... to green, everything was dialed. that was yesterday.

80% of the field hitting this par 3 16th in regulation

today. have not seen a lot of 2s. charley hoffman for his birdie attempt. >> keeping the flag in rarely does that >> pretty good record there. no three-putts 61 career rounds at this coliseum hole. this from 33 feet. >> good putt perfect speed. >> had a chance, but it's cozy up there hoffman will head to the par 4 17th. >> looks as good with the flagstick as i've seen him in years. he's hitting it better, obviously. but that putter, he's had a hiccup this week. >> over to 14, and taylor trying to stay in it here. >> should kick straight to the right. took a little peek little left for taylor to remain 3 back remember, he's got the par 5 15th coming up

back at 16 for spieth. >> everyone missed this left let's see if he can get it high enough another one left they didn't like that. >> the booing has really gone from not just missing the green, but if you don't do something perfect. >> you might have fanned the fires yesterday with mr. kauffman. >> i was on team boo bird yesterday. i was one of the people. >> going back to hoffman, that shot wasn't remarkable, but it was the right shot. >> i would say it's not 10 or 12 feet from where he was looking and you know, you can tell how guys are feeling with their lag putting. 35, 40 feet, and he rolled it up to 3, 5 inches.

>> and from long distance, sometimes an uphill putt. >> i almost wanted down hill when i had anxiety. >> kitayama. let's see if we can get a birdie here number six on the day. >> he put a new putter in at the beginning of the week. >> play some break >> there we go barely caught that left edge >> and some speed, too >> makes you feel good >> kitayama, pretty solid. one bogey. not quite enough birdies and fire power to move up the board.

hoffman is through the crazies at 16. >> all systems go here on the tee for sam burns, who is four back, two holes to play. >> most exciting hole, tom weiskopf put this in the right spot this is going to be a really interesting second shot from over there. >> if that's far enough, you have no angle to the pin. >> scottie scheffler, his second at the par 5 15th. >> perfect lie cutting. he's lucky >> that might have got into the bunker that might be a tricky shot with the downslope on the fringe. >> definitely. >> taylor for par at 14. got to have it he's made a lot of those today

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it is go time for nick taylor he's three back of charley hoffman. >> hit a beautiful drive on the last hole, the par 4 this started down the left side, but cut back >> has to be aggressive, nick taylor. >> always a decision to make at the 17th as we go out to the short par 4 and our aon better decisions breakdown. what is the better decision for charley? to take on the dramatic back

hole location, that has its risks. averaging slightly under par players taking a direct line find the water a third of the time the better decision is to aim 17 yards right where players are some five and a half times less likely to find the water, and ultimately gaining a third of a stroke over those who aimed directly at the hole location. what are your thoughts >> i love the idea, i might push further right. i think the data, when the course was firm, i think this year with the softer conditions, as long as you keep it right of the water, it's not getting in. >> we've seen it years past, in firmer conditions, just bounce and take off and ruin some players' hopes. >> that's your favorite thing to do, stand there with a 10 or 15 minute wait. he's in the zone. >> i think they're calling them up or have been calling them up. >> this is 15. >> scottie scheffler

>> he took lift, clean and pace to give him a better angle i think he's going to bounce it in you're at the mercy of what bounce you get. >> he's making a practice like he's going to keep this down that's what he did an aggressive roll >> had to. >> let's head up to 17 daniel berger a moment ago >> playing alongside burns >> great shot. he's been dealing with a lot of back issues. nice to see him back, healthy, and playing well again now live with sam burns, right

of the green >> funny angle from over there the tongue of the bunker comes out and we've seen players hit it too far well short for sam burns. >> that one checked up on him. >> charley is going to have the luxury of seeing that and knowing here is another guy that's not going to be able to catch me. >> and this is pins and needles time for his wife. he's got his two daughters, kaitlin and claire here. stacey saying she was out earlier to watch charley kaitlin has been a little under the weather. the younger of his two daughters. they're out there waiting to see if dad can make it happen. >> charley hoffman has played 201 pga tour events since his last victory at the 2016 valero texas open where he beat patrick reed by one shot now johnny vegas is yet to play his second shot at the par 4

that one comes up a little bit short. >> charley hoffman, you've got to throw your ego out the door a little bit you see nick taylor is three shots back it's going to be hard if he goes par-par to get caught. he's got to avoid a 5 here he's felt so confident in some of these swings with trouble left on 11 he hit a beautiful drive >> now back on the green johnny vegas getting out of the way. so kurt kitayama at the top of the hill, he has the honor. >> 3 wood out here longer than both spieth and hoffman.

>> starting to turn over might be turning over too much, unless it's just short of the green. that's what he was trying to do. that is a really good tee shot. >> there are the soft conditions only seven golf balls in the water this final round the softness is helping the guys be more aggressive. >> looks like he's got driver out here. >> he's got driver, the pot bunker is 270 to carry >> just over 300 to the front. >> it's been almost 12 minutes, curt. >> not what he needed. >> out to the right. quite a ways right wants to miss that bunker. >> oh, boy >> he's in it. >> that looked like it went in that bunker, which is not the spot you want to be. >> no. now he's got a big choice. you could hear him

i think that wait couldn't have helped him >> he knows. he was talking to that as soon as he hit it. >> did you see the smile on his face andy barnes knew exactly. >> that's not the position to be in. >> might have heard a roar at 16, cameron young just did this. 16, a little kinder to the players, birdie number seven on the day. cameron young was in position to get this first win he'll have to wait a little longer fox also here at the 16th. >> play some break he did it. >> oh, yeah, got it out to the right and just fed it in so all of a sudden, 16 is giving it back. >> they're listening to you.

calling it out for not making any birdies. >> now thomas for his par. >> pretty straight, right up the hill >> you get the feeling he's going to win soon? >> you just keep putting yourself in there and building confidence he's the type of player, we haven't shown him today hardly, and he's still in the top 12 or so. >> 15. >> scottie scheffler must make for birdie. >> similar at the 13th, that much break in this right-to-left putt >> missed the other one low, missed this one high it may be in his head. >> it has to get to your head. incredible, really. >> wow. >> to sam burns at 17.

>> and that one goes >> i have a friend that looks at posture of people, he's in seattle, washington, he's the best guy at looking at stances and postures he says when you're in your weakest spot, fatigue sets in and you can sometimes lose it. >> sure, we all have the worst posture the more tired we are. >> remember earlier when we said that charley hoffman birdied 15, 16, 17 and 18? look what happened at his tee shot at the 17th this is absolutely going in the water, until a kick save by one of those sprinkler heads a huge break, and charley has taken full advantage of that >> wow >> yeah, that's steep enough even though there was rough, nothing stops it with that amount of slope. this next shot --

>> i might take his bunker shot and put it in that sprinkler this shot he has coming up is brutal. >> he's got to get it past the middle of the green to even putt. >> correct >> now vegas for his birdie. >> what a beautiful hole 3 is a birdie, 4 is a bogey today. >> good look, high above at 17 curt, you're on the ground. >> i've gotten a good look at it it's a side hill, downhill lie i mean, i looked at it, i looked at the flagstick it's 74 yards to the hole. i don't see how he goes at this. i think he tries to play out short and left and give himself