What to watch for Saturday at the Workday Charity Open
Two names at the top of the leaderboard will garner a ton of interest during Saturday’s third round in Ohio. World No. 5 Justin Thomas birdied three of his final six holes to shoot a 66 on Friday and reach 10 under for the tournament. JT already has two wins on the season, and will try to put himself in position for a third on Moving Day.
But Thomas will have to get past a younger rising Tour star to do it. Collin Morikawa continued his stellar play since the PGA Tour returned to action last month, matching Thomas’ 66 on Friday to get to 13 under, good enough for a three-shot lead. Morikawa lost in a playoff at the Charles Schwab Challenge, then missed the first cut of his Tour career at the Travelers Championship. Morikawa and Thomas will play in the final group on Saturday alongside Kevin Streelman, beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
Accomplished players like Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland, Matt Kuchar and Ian Poulter will also be in the mix on Saturday, while Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler will have earlier tee times after narrowly making the cut.
Workday Charity Open Round 3 tee times (All times ET)
Tee No. 1
1:00 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Kevin Streelman, Justin Thomas 12:49 p.m. – Sam Burns, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland 12:38 p.m. – Ian Poulter, Chase Seiffert, Rory Sabbatini 12:27 p.m. – Patrick Reed, Richy Werenski, Matt Kuchar 12:16 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Louis Oosthuizen, Mackenzie Hughes 12:05 p.m. – Talor Gooch, Henrik Norlander, Adam Hadwin 11:54 a.m. – Brendan Steele, Steve Stricker, Sepp Straka 11:43 a.m. – Peter Malnati, Keegan Bradley, Austin Cook 11:32 a.m. – Russell Henley, Jason Day, Corey Conners 11:21 a.m. – Pat Perez, Tim Wilkinson, Troy Merritt 11:10 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Stewart Cink, Adam Long 10:59 a.m. – Joaquin Niemann, Graeme McDowell, Roger Sloan
Tee No. 10
12:49 p.m. – Chesson Hadley, MJ Daffue 12:38 p.m. – Jerry Kelly, J.J. Spaun 12:27 p.m. – Chez Reavie, Si Woo Kim, Sam Ryder 12:16 p.m. – Bronson Burgoon, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele 12:05 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Matt Wallace 11:54 a.m. – C.T. Pan, Andrew Putnam, Brian Gay 11:43 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Phil Mickelson, Sungjae Im 11:32 a.m. – Scott Stallings, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Cameron Champ 11:21 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Charley Hoffman, Carlos Ortiz 11:10 a.m. – Billy Horschel, Zach Johnson, Jason Dufner 10:59 a.m. – Matt Jones, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland
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