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Third-Round Notes

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Third-Round Leaderboard

T1	Camilo Villegas	64	64	69	197 (-19)
T1	Matt Kuchar	65	65	67	197 (-19)
3	Erik van Rooyen	68	64	66	198 (-18)
T4	Mackenzie Hughes	71	65	63	199 (-17)
T4	Will Gordon	69	63	67	199 (-17)
T4	Justin Suh	66	65	68	199 (-17)

Camilo Villegas (T1/-19)

Ties his career-low 54-hole score at 197 (fourth instance; first since the 2016 RSM Classic)
Third career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and first since the 2010 Classic in the Palm Beaches; 2-for-2 to date (2008 BMW Championship, 2010 Classic in the Palm Beaches)
With a win this week, would become the first player to win while competing on a sponsor exemption since Martin Laird at the 2020 Shriners Children’s Open
Making his 11th PGA TOUR start of the season and just his second since the RBC Canadian Open in June; best finish of the season: T48/Puerto Rico Open
Entered the week No. 223 in the FedExCup standings with 13.661 FedExCup points on the season; a win would earn him 500 FedExCup points
Entered the week No. 752 in the Official World Golf Ranking; would be the lowest-ranked player to win on TOUR since Ryan Brehm (No. 773) at the 2022 Puerto Rico Open
Most recent of four TOUR titles came at the 2014 Wyndham Championship

Matt Kuchar (T1/-19)

11th career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and first since the 2020 Genesis Invitational (T2); 4-for-10 to date (wins: 2009 Turning Stone Resort Championship, 2013 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, 2018 World Wide Technology Championship, 2019 Sony Open in Hawaii)
Led by six strokes through 14 holes in the third round and made a quadruple bogey at the par-4 15th, the sixth quadruple bogey (or worse) of his PGA TOUR career and first since the final round of the 2019 Genesis Invitational
Becomes the third player on record (1983-present) to make a quadruple bogey (or worse) in the third round and go on to hold at least a share of the 54-hole lead, joining Shawn Stefani (led by one stroke at the 2013 FedEx St. Jude Classic) and Adam Scott (T1 at the 2016 Classic in the Palm Beaches; went on to win)
Last player to make a quadruple bogey (or worse) and go on to win: Tom Kim, 2022 Wyndham Championship
At age 45, is the second-oldest player to hold the 54-hole lead/co-lead this season (Ryan Palmer, 46, THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson)
Would be the oldest PGA TOUR winner since Phil Mickelson at the 2021 PGA Championship (50 years, 11 months, 7 days)
Winner of the 2018 World Wide Technology Championship
Nine-time PGA TOUR winner; would become the 117th player to reach 10 wins on TOUR with a victory
Finished T7 at the Fortinet Championship in his most recent start on TOUR, his fifth top-10 of the season in 25 starts (most in a season since 2018-19)
Entered the week at No. 66 in the FedExCup and is projected to move to No. 51; Nos. 51-60 after The RSM Classic will qualify for two Signature Events in 2024 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational)
Only player that has qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007

FedExCup Fall Notes

The top 125 in the FedExCup Fall standings thru The RSM Classic will be exempt into all Full-Field events and THE PLAYERS Championship next season
Nos. 51-60 in the standings at the conclusion of The RSM Classic will qualify for two Signature Events in 2024 via The Next 10 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational)
Player(s) currently projected to move into the top 125: Camilo Villegas (No. 223 to No. 98)
Player(s) currently projected to move out of the top 125: C.T. Pan (No. 124 to No. 127)
Player(s) currently projected to move into The Next 10: Matt Kuchar (No. 66 to No. 51), Sam Ryder (No. 63 to No. 59)
Player(s) currently projected to move out of The Next 10: Thomas Detry (No. 60 to No. 61), Luke List (No. 59 to No. 62)

Additional Player Notes

Matt Kuchar (45) and Camilo Villegas (41) are the first players age 40 or older to share the 54-hole lead in the same PGA TOUR event since Ben Crane (41) and Stewart Cink (44) at the 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic
Five players at T7 or better entered the week No. 125 or lower in the FedExCup standings: Camilo Villegas (T1, entered No. 223, projected No. 98); Erik van Rooyen (3rd, No. 125, No. 90); 2017 World Wide Technology Championship winner Patton Kizzire (T7, No. 130, No. 126); Scott Piercy (T7, No. 134, No. 129); and Kramer Hickok (T7, No. 144, No. 132)
Brandt Snedeker WD prior to the start of the third round due to a rib injury