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Third-Round Notes

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Third-Round Leaderboard

T1	Justin Lower	70	67	63	200	(-16)
T1	Nico Echavarria	69	63	68	200	(-16)
T1	Carson Young	72	61	67	200	(-16)
T4	Joe Highsmith	68	68	65	201	(-15)
T4	Austin Eckroat	68	67	66	201	(-15)
T4	Max Greyserman	68	64	69	201	(-15)

54-hole Lead Notes

Three 54-hole co-leaders is the most on TOUR since five players shared the lead after the third round of the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open (Alejandro Tosti, Thomas Detry, Stephan Jaeger/won, Scottie Scheffler, David Skinns)

Justin Lower (T1/-16)

Would earn his first PGA TOUR title in his 94th start; age on Sunday: 35 years, 7 months, 6 days
Recorded a bogy-free 9-under 63 in the third round, tying his career-best 18-hole score on TOUR (63/R1/2022 Procore Championship/finished T4)
Second 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and is 0-for-1 converting the victory (2022 Procore Championship/T4)
Win would come in his third start at the World Wide Technology Championship (T56/2022, T23/2023)
Enters the week at No. 95 in the FedExCup Fall standings and is projected No. 59

Carson Young (T1/-16)

Would earn first PGA TOUR win in his 64th start; career-best T3 finish at the 2023 Puerto Rico Open
Age on Sunday would be 29 years, 11 months, 29 days
First 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; previous-best position after 54 holes: 2nd (2023 Puerto Rico Open/finished T3)
Win would mark second top-10 in three starts at the event (T53/2022, 9th/2023)
Has two top-10s in 27 starts this season (T8/Mexico Open at Vidanta, T5/John Deere Classic)
Enters the week at No. 113 in the FedExCup Fall standings and is projected No. 67 Justin Lower or Carson Young – with a victory
Would join Brian Gay (2008), John Huh (2012) and Patton Kizzire (2017) as first-time winners of the event
Would be the 14th first-time winner on TOUR this season and first since Matt McCarty (Black Desert Championship)

Nico Echavarria (T1/-16)

Would earn his third PGA TOUR title in his 59th start; age on Sunday: 30 years, 3 months, 6 days
Won the 2024 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP in most recent start (first win: 2023 Puerto Rico Open)
Would be the first player to win in back-to-back starts on TOUR since Rory McIlroy (2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2024 Truist Championship)
Would become the seventh multiple winner on TOUR this season, joining Scottie Scheffler (7), Nick Dunlap (2), Robert MacIntyre (2), Hideki Matsuyama (2), Rory McIlroy (2), Xander Schauffele (2)
Third career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; 2-for-2 to date converting to victory
Held a two-stroke lead entering the final round of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP and went on to win
Only player bogey-free through 54-holes; would become the first player since Tom Kim (2022 Shriners Children's Open) to play 72 holes without a bogey (or worse) and win
Would become the fourth international winner (fifth instance) of the World Wide Technology Championship (most recent: Erik van Rooyen/2023/South Africa)
Win would come in his second start at the World Wide Technology Championship (T31/2023)
Projected to move from No. 65 to No. 51 in the FedExCup Fall points list with a victory
Would be third top-10 finish in 28 starts this season: T4/Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with partner Max Greyserman), won/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP

Miscellaneous notes

Joe Highsmith (T4/-15) would be the fifth rookie to win on TOUR this season (sixth total win), joining Nick Dunlap (2), Matthieu Pavon, Jake Knapp, Matt McCarty
In most recent start, Max Greyserman (T4/-15) recorded his third runner-up finish of the season at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP (3M Open, Wyndham Championship); with a win, would become the second player this season to finish runner-up and win the next tournament on the TOUR schedule, joining Davis Thompson (T2/Rocket Mortgage Classic, Won/John Deere Classic)
Luke Donald (back injury) withdrew during the third round and Trace Crowe (personal) withdrew following his round FedExCup Fall Notes
Nos. 1-50 in the FedExCup standings through the TOUR Championship are locked in their positions, while Nos. 51 and beyond carry their FedExCup points into the Fall; Nos. 51-60 through the FedExCup Fall will qualify for two Signature Events in 2024: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational
Currently projected to move into Nos. 51-60: Nico Echavarria (T1; from No. 65 to No. 51), Justin Lower (T1; from No. 95 to No. 59)
Currently projected to fall out of Nos. 51-60: Justin Rose (DNP; from No. 58 to No. 61), Kevin Yu (DNP; from No. 59 to No. 62)
The Top 125 will be exempt into all Full-Field events and THE PLAYERS next season and Nos. 126-150 will earn full Korn Ferry Tour status and conditional status on TOUR next season
Currently projected to move into the Top 125: Joe Highsmith (T4; from No. 126 to No. 111), Daniel Berger (T9; from No. 129 to No. 119)
Currently projected to fall out of the Top 125: S.H. Kim (MC; from No. 122 to No. 126), Matt Wallace (DNP; from No. 125 to No. 128)