At 187 (-29), Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele (1st) set 54-hole scoring record at Zurich Classic (previous: 193, Scott Stallings/Trey Mullinax, Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer, both in 2019).
They will become the event’s first team to win in wire-to-wire fashion; most recent wire-to-wire winner on PGA TOUR: Joaquin Niemann/2022 Genesis Invitational.
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The five-stroke lead marks the largest by a team after 54 holes in tournament history (previous: 4/Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith/2017).
Third-round leaders to convert for the win since the Zurich Classic became a team event in 2017: Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith (2017), Jon Rahm/Ryan Palmer (2019).
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Cantlay’s fourth 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (2-for-3 to date: 2021 BMW Championship, 2021 TOUR Championship). Schauffele’s fifth 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (0-for-4 to date)
They finished T11 in their debut appearance as a team in 2021.
Zurich Classic history entering the week: Cantlay (3-of-4 made cuts; best finish – T7 in 2018), Schauffele (2-of-2 made cuts; T11 in 2017 and 2021).
Cantlay, the 2021 FedExCup Champion and PGA TOUR Player of the Year, seeks his seventh PGA TOUR win; last victory came at the 2021 TOUR Championship. Schauffele’s most recent of four TOUR titles came at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions.
South Africans Branden Grace and Garrick Higgo (2nd/-24) seek to join Gary Player (1972) and David Frost (1990) as South African winners of the Zurich Classic.
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Two-time event winner Billy Horschel and Louisiana native Sam Burns (T3/-23) combined for 10 birdies and one bogey for a 9-under 63. Horschel is the only player to win the Zurich Classic in both the individual (2013) and team format (with Scott Piercy in 2018).
Australian team Jason Day and Jason Scrivener (T3/-23) seek to join 11 players from outside the United States to win the Zurich Classic since 2000 (most recent: Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith/2021).
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PGA TOUR rookies Aaron Rai and David Lipsky (T3/-23) are in search of their first career wins on the PGA TOUR. Since 1970, the Zurich Classic has had 19 players capture their first PGA TOUR title at the event, the second-most first-time TOUR winners of any active event in that span (most: 23/John Deere Classic).
Defending champions Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith sit T19 at 17-under; Smith became the first player to win the event twice in the team format (2017/Jonas Blixt, 2021/Leishman).
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