From the seventh-to-last pairing, alternate and World No. 300 John Huh bobbed and weaved to a 2-under 32-36=68 in R3 of the Charles Schwab Challenge to reach 7-under 203, up seven spots to T5, four back.
The Dallas resident, the last of three alternates to crack the field this week when Dallas resident Bryson DeChambeau pulled out on Tuesday (wrist), is chasing leader and Dallas resident Scottie Scheffler (68) and will be in the third-to-last twosome in R4 with Cam Davis. He’s chasing a second TOUR win in 258 events, first since the 2012 Mayakoba during his rookie campaign in his fifth career start, 10 years, 3 months ago this week, where he came from seven back (T13) with 8-under 63, eventually prevailing in a 2-man playoff over Robert Allenby. Today, on nine (of 14) fairways and 10 greens in regulation, the 32-year-old raced out 3-under through his first two holes with an eagle-3 at 1 (from 5'0") and birdie-3 at 2 (4'3"), and then played his final 16 in 1-over (3 birdies, 4 bogeys). At the three-quarter mark, he’s handed in rounds of 69-66-68, totaled one eagle and 13 birdies against six bogeys and a double, and ranks 4th SG: Tee-to-Green (6.948) and 40th SG: Putting (1.267), highlighted by a 1.342 SGP on Saturday.