Keegan Bradley is a 54-hole co-leader at the Sony Open.
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A look up and down at the Sony Open leaderboard after three rounds and you’re likely going to notice two things:
1. the board is about as jam-packed as it can be with 21 players within five shots of the lead jointly held by Keegan Bradley and Grayson Murray. And 2. After Bradley, many of these names haven’t won much on the PGA Tour.
On the second point, while there are multiple PGA Tour winners among the group within five shots from last week’s champion Chris Kirk, to Emiliano Grillo, Kurt Kitayama and Russell Henley, there are more obscure names like the penultimate group of Matthieu Pavon, Ben Silverman and Taiga Semikawa.
Bradley plans on using his experience to his advantage.
“This is my 14th year. Took me about 12 years until I felt like a veteran out here,” he said Saturday night. “I didn’t feel like even two, three years ago. Now I sort of feel a lot more comfortable, like days like today. Felt totally fine. I expect to be nervous tomorrow. Definitely have felt better in these situations.”
He knows the only way to emerge from the crowded pack at the top of the leaderboard is to focus on his own game.
“it is what it is,” Bradley said. “I’m trying to just worry about myself. If I go out and shoot a good round tomorrow it’s going to be tough to beat. There is a lot of great players and a lot of players within a handful of shots of the lead, so be difficult as usual.”
Of course, Bradley won’t just be playing for the chance to capture his seventh PGA Tour title. He’ll also be chasing a bigger piece of the Sony’s $8.3 million purse, namely the nearly $1.5 million winner’s share.
You can check out the entire payout breakdown for the Sony Open below, and you can view the TV schedule here. The final threesome of Bradley, Murray and Stevens tee off at 2:50 p.m. ET.
2024 Sony Open money: Purse, payout breakdown, winner’s share
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