By TERRY LYONS, Editor
PGA Tour Brunch Coverage of The Honda Classic
For the second time this week, Matt Jones holds an overnight lead of three strokes as 36-hole leader Aaron Wise fell three shots behind in a bid for second PGA Tour win.
Jones ranks No. 1 in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (12.289) and second in the field in Strokes Gained Around the Green (5.716).
J.B. Holmes is making his seventh appearance at The Honda Classic and he started the third round eight-shots off the lead but posted a 3-under (67) on “Moving Day” and is now T-2 with Wise. Holmes is paired with Matt Jones in the final twosome.
Making his second start at The Honda Classic (T-53 in 2020), Winter Park, Florida, native Sam Ryder (T-4) at (-6) is in contention to claim his first career PGA Tour victory in his 90th start.
Following his shoulder injury, The Honda Classic marks the final event remaining for Camilo Villegas (T-13) at (-4) to earn 136 FedExCup points (3-way T-3 or better) and remain in the Major Medical category or 24 FedExCup points (2-way T-32 or better) to play the remainder of the season out of the 126-150 category. (See story below).
March Madness Discount for your VERY OWN ⬇️ PGA Tour Brunch:
Honda Classic Tee Times today at 8:10am (EDT/local) with the leaders teeing-off at 1:50pm (EDT/local). (link)
Weather for Today: It’ll be windy again (15-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph).
PGATourBrunch will do a tournament wrap-up Monday for your lunchtime enjoyment, posting at Noon EDT
This Coming Week: It’s Brackets for Golf! World Golf Championship - Dell Technologies Match Playand the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club in Dominican Republic.
Leaderboard After Round One at The Honda
Matt Jones 61-70-69—200 (-10)
J.B. Holmes 69-67-67—203 (-7)
Aaron Wise 64-64-75—203 (-7)
C.T. Pan 67-72-65—204 (-6)
Cameron Tringale 67-68-69—204 (-6)
Sam Ryder 69-63-72—204 (-6)
Full Leaderboard (link)
THIS WEEK: The Honda Classic
COURSE: PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedEXCup @TheHondaClassic
TV COVERAGE: Sunday, March 21 - Early coverage on Golf Channel from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and the switch at 3:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) to NBC.
STREAMING: PGA Tour Live will offer streaming coverage of Featured Groups Sunday from (7:15am-3:00pm EDT), and will stream Featured Holes today from (3:00pm to 6:00pm EDT).
PGA Tour is also offering its “Twitter” feed today until 8:30am (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Sunday, March 21: (1:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT)) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92) or online on PGATour.com.
TOURNAMENT SITE (link) and Honda’s site (link)
March Madness Discount for your VERY OWN ⬇️ PGA Tour Brunch e-News: (By the way: Our picks for Final Four were: Gonzaga, Alabama, Texas Tech and Illinois).
What They’re Saying:
Jones Handles Wind to Take Lead (PGATourCom)
Jones Takes Three-shot lead after Wise Falters (ESPN/Associated Press)
Wise Goes From six Ahead to Three Back (Sky Sports)
For Camillo Villegas, a Big Sunday Awaits (GolfCom)
On This Day in Golf History
March 21, 1940 - Ben Hogan won his first PGA Tour title at the North-South Open at famed Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. After building a seven shot lead in the opening rounds by shooting (66)-(67), Hogan holds on in the final two rounds (74)-(70) to defeat Sam Snead by three strokes.Hogan had been winless in his first seven years on tour and was on the verge of retiring from touring to be a full-time teaching professional. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt:
Round 3 Highlights: