Ben Martin and 2018 RSM Classic runner-up Patrick Rodgers share the lead entering the final round.
Rodgers (T1/-14) recorded his second-lowest opening 54-hole total (198) of his PGA TOUR career; two of his three lowest have come at The RSM Classic:
197, 2017 John Deere Classic (finished 2nd)
198, 2022 RSM Classic (TBD)
199, 2016 RSM Classic (T10)
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This is his third career 54-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; 0-for-2 to date (T4/2017 Farmers Insurance Open, 2nd/2017 John Deere Classic).
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Rodgers has two top-10s in seven prior starts at The RSM Classic, including a runner-up in 2018 (lost in a playoff to Charles Howell III); finished with scores of 61-62 in 2018, which is tied for the lowest closing 36-hole score in PGA TOUR history (123).
Making his eighth start of the season; has made six consecutive cuts, including a T3 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
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Is a three-time runner-up on TOUR: 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, 2017 John Deere Classic, 2018 RSM Classic.
Martin (T1/-14) has the third-lowest opening 54-hole total (198) of his PGA TOUR career:
196, 2014 Shriners Children’s Open (Won)
196, 2016 John Deere Classic (2nd)
198, 2022 RSM Classic (TBD).
His third career 54-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; 1-for-2 to date (Won/2014 Shriners Children’s Open, T2/2022 Corales Puntacana Championship).
Is making his 155th start since winning the 2014 Shriners Children’s Open; Sunday’s final round comes 2,954 days since the victory (8 years, 1 month, 1 day).
Is making his seventh start at The RSM Classic and first since 2019 (MC); best result in six prior starts: T17/2014.
Making his seventh start of the season; has made three cuts with his best result coming at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship (T49).
Competing this season out of the Korn Ferry Tour graduates category after finishing No. 12 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals Eligibility Points List.
Finished runner-up at the 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship, his best result on TOUR since the 2016 John Deere Classic (2nd), and finished last season No. 162 in the FedExCup standings, earning a spot in Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
Adam Svensson (T3/-13) made birdie on his last three holes and six of his final eight to card a 62, the lowest score of the week.
Sahith Theegala (T3/-13), who qualified for the 2022 TOUR Championship as a rookie, seeks his first career victory in his 51ststart; has two top-10s this season, highlighted by a T5 at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.
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36-hole co-leader Andrew Putnam enters the final round one stroke back in search of his second career PGA TOUR title and first in a stroke-play event (won the 2018 Barracuda Championship/Modified Stableford).
Brian Harman (T6), one of 16 active PGA TOUR members that live in the Sea Island area, is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 24 in the Official World Golf Ranking; has two top-10s in 10 starts in The RSM Classic (T4/2017, T10/2013); has 25 top-10s on the PGA TOUR since the start of the 2017-18 season, the most of any player without a win in that span (second: Adam Hadwin, 22).
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PGA TOUR rookie Taylor Montgomery (T6/-12) entered the week with three top-10s this season, tied with Matthew NeSmith for most on TOUR.
First-round leader and second-round co-leader Cole Hammer cards a 2-over 72 to fall to T17; would earn a spot in the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii with a top-10 finish.
