Vegan leads chicken championship.
There you go, Ben Griffin. You’re welcome.
Confused? The 36-hole leader at the Sanderson Farms Championship can explain.
“Well, I’m primarily vegan,” he said. “I’m plant-based, so it’s the Sanderson Farms tournament, so it’s kind of a funny one. I just want the headline to say: ‘Vegan wins chicken championship.’ I mean, it’s bad. This is bad. But I’ve got to be honest with you guys, that’s kind of a motivator for me.
“I think it would be kind of a funny headline if I get it done.”
Indeed. We got you, even though you’re only leading at the halfway point. Griffin, after all, was masterful on Friday during the second round. He birdied 1, 5, 8, 10 and 11. He eagled 14 on a 65-footer. He birdied 15 and 17. He finished with a nine-under 63. He leads by two over four players.
He’s halfway from winning a chicken championship.
With that, here are the complete round three pairings for Saturday. Golf Channel coverage starts at 4 p.m. ET.
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship round 3 tee times (all times ET)
Tee No. 1
8:10 a.m. – Scott Harrington, Chris Baker
8:20 a.m. – Kyle Westmoreland, Michael Gligic
8:30 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli Callum Tarren
8:40 a.m. – Kelly Kraft, Richy Werenski
8:50 a.m. – Kramer Hickok, William McGirt
9 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Trevor Cone
9:10 a.m. – Eric Cole, Brandon Wu
9:20 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Jonas Blixt
9:30 a.m. – Lucas Herbert, Jim Herman
9:45 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Alex Smalley
9:55 a.m. – Brett White, Jimmy Walker
10:05 a.m. – Adam Long, Nicholas Lindheim
10:15 a.m. – Vince Whaley, Ted Potter, Jr.
10:25 a.m. – Ben Taylor, Kevin Chappell
10:35 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Robert Streb
10:45 a.m. – Ross Steelman, Cameron Percy
10:55 a.m. – Tommy Gainey, Alex Noren
11:10 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Akshay Bhatia
11:20 a.m. – Hank Lebioda, Ben Martin
11:30 a.m. – Mark Hubbard, Ford Clegg
11:40 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Lanto Griffin
11:50 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Tyler Duncan
Noon – David Lipsky, Doc Redman
12:10 p.m. Ryan Palmer, Austin Cook
12:20 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Cody Gribble
12:45 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Russell Knox
12:55 p.m. – Martin Laird, Cameron Champ
1:05 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Tom Hoge
1:15 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Ludvig Åberg
1:25 p.m. – Joel Dahmen, Brandt Snedeker
1:35 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sam Ryder
1:45 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Wesley Bryan
2 p.m. – Beau Hossler, Peter Kuest
2:10 p.m. – Harry Higgs, Erik van Rooyen
2:20 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Troy Merritt
2:30 p.m. – Henrik Norlander, Chesson Hadley
2:40 p.m. – Luke List, Carl Yuan
2:50 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Harrison Endycott
