From the final twosome, World No. 93 Denny McCarthy finished birdie-birdie for a bogey-free 5-under 32-34=66 in R3 of the John Deere Classic, dipping one place to T2 on 16-under 197, three back of leader and playing competitor J.T. Poston (67).
The 29-year-old began off 10 tee on Day 1 and bogeyed his seventh hole (par-3 16th), but hasn’t dropped another shot since, playing his last 47 holes in error-free 15-under. Today, on 12 (of 14) fairways and all 18 greens in regulation, he circled three first-half birdies at 2, 3 and 8, stalled out to eight consecutive pars, but ended on a high note with two more for the good at 17 and 18. The UVA alum, who will be in the penultimate pairing on Sunday with first-timer Emiliano Grillo, owns one podium among 14 top 10s in 130 events, a backdoor T3 at last season’s Honda Classic, where he was T18 (seven back) thru 54 holes. Thru 54 holes this week, he’s totaled 17 birdies against the one bogey, and ranks 6th SG: Tee-to-Green (7.794) and 16th SG: Putting (4.234), including a 0.965 SGP on Saturday. See link below to post-round comments.