Corey Pavin PGA Golf Update
Corey Pavin, seeking his first PGA Tour win in a decade, fired a third-round 68 in Milwaukee on Saturday for a two-shot lead in the US$4 million US Bank Championship.
Without a win since the Colonial in 1996, Pavin recorded five birdies and three bogeys as he claimed a 54-hole total of 17-under 193.
He was two strokes ahead of fellow American Jerry Kelly.
“I’m not out here to finish 20th every week, I want to win a golf tournament” Pavin said. “I’ve been working really hard for the last 10 years.”
Pavin has been in control since starting the tournament on fire on Thursday. The 46-year-old set a record for the best nine holes in PGA Tour history by shooting a 26 on the front nine en route to a 61, a record for the Brown Deer Golf Club.
One of 77 players who needed to finish his second round earlier Saturday, the former US Open champion birdied three of his final five holes to grab a four-shot lead through 36 holes, with a 15-under total of 125.
His two-round score matched the lowest in PGA Tour annals, set by Tiger Woods in 2000 and matched by Mark Calcavecchia and Tom Lehman a year later.