Harold Varner III (1st, -11) posted a bogey-free 8-under 63 for a one-stroke lead over Shane Lowry, Erik van Rooyen and Patrick Cantlay at the RBC Heritage.
Holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the second time on the PGA TOUR (2018 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier/T5).
Related: Prolific final stretch has Patrick Cantlay top at RBC Heritage
Will become the eighth Black player to win on Tour: Tiger Woods (82), Calvin Peete (12), Lee Elder (4), Jim Thorpe (3), Cameron Champ (3), Pete Brown (2), Charlie Sifford (2).
View this post on Instagram
His best finish in 178 prior starts on TOUR came at the 2021 RBC Heritage (T2); runner-up finish represents his only top-10 finish in six prior starts at the event.
The last player to win a PGA TOUR event after finishing runner-up the year prior was Scottie Scheffler at the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
View this post on Instagram
The third-round 63 falls one stroke shy of his career-low round on TOUR and one shy of the best third round score in RBC Heritage history (Gil Morgan/1995).
His lone top-10 finish this season came at THE PLAYERS Championship (T6).
One week following a T3 at The Masters Tournament, Shane Lowry (T2/-10) is in search of his third PGA TOUR victory (2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 2019 Open Championship).
He has two top-10 finishes in four starts at the RBC Heritage (T3/2019, T9/2021); leads the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (2.633 per round).
View this post on Instagram
2021 Barracuda Championship winner Erik van Rooyen (T2/-10) owns four top-25s in 11 starts this season, with T13 at THE PLAYERS his best; finished T21 in his debut appearance at the 2020 RBC Heritage; leads the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (1.406 per round), Driving Accuracy (T1; 34 of 42).
Reigning FedExCup Champion and second-round leader Patrick Cantlay (T2/-10) fell one stroke behind Harold Varner III following a 1-under 70. He opened the season with four consecutive top-10s and has not recorded one in four starts since losing to Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the WM Phoenix Open.
View this post on Instagram
The six-time TOUR winner holds three top-10s in four appearances at RBC Heritage (T3/2017, T7/2018, T3/2019, MC/2021).
With a 4-under 67, RBC ambassador and 2014 RBC Heritage winner Matt Kuchar (T5/-9) extends his streak of most active rounds of par-or-better at RBC Heritage to 15.
Jordan Spieth (T9/-8) has made five bogeys in 54 holes, with three coming at the par-3 seventh hole. Only two players of the 71 who made the cut rank worse than Spieth in par-3 scoring average (Sahith Theegala, Joseph Bramlett).
View this post on Instagram
PGA Tour
