From the eighth-to-last pairing, World No. 272 Hank Lebioda authored a 4-under 31-36=67 in R3 of the John Deere Classic to post 12-under 201, up five spots to T10.
This is the 28-year-old’s third Deere and second made cut after a backdoor T8 last year (64-69-71-65). Of the 69 players who made the cut this year, he’s one of only two that has a chance for consecutive top 10s in the event, joining past champ Ryan Moore, who’s currently T36 after finishing T2 in 2021. At the three-quarter mark, the FSU product has handed in rounds of 69-65-67, tallied 16 birdies against four bogeys, five versus one today, and ranks 44th SG: Tee-to-Green (2.152) and 6th SG: Putting (5.897), including a week-low +0.972 on Saturday. This is his second time this season in 24 events that he’s in the top 10 thru 54 holes, joining the Mexico Open five starts ago, where he was T8 before fading to T29 (67-67-69-73).