Brian Stuard, James Hahn and Cameron Percy have a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Safeway Open in California.

Stuard fire a six-under 66, Hahn a 67 and Percy a 68 to leave them one clear of Kristoffer Ventura (66), overnight leader Sam Burns (72) and Harry Higgs (70) who had an albatross on the ninth to close out a 62 on Friday.

Scores

Former Open champion Stuart Cink (47) is lurking just two shots off the leader after a 65 as he bids to become the oldest to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson (48) at 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Third-Round Leaderboard

Brian Stuard                       67-67-66—200 (-16)

James Hahn                       68-65-67—200 (-16)

Cameron Percy                   64-68-68—200 (-16)

Things to Know

• 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans champion Brian Stuard seeks second PGA TOUR title in his 251st start

• James Hahn is playing on a Major Medical Extension following an elbow injury

• Cameron Percy is the only co-leader with a top-10 finish at the Safeway Open (T7/2019)

• Kristoffer Ventura is one of nine players within three strokes of the lead seeking first TOUR title

• Phil Mickelson posts consecutive bogey-free rounds for the first time since 2016

• Four third-round leaders/co-leaders at the Safeway Open have gone on to win (Troy Matteson/2009, Rocco Mediate/2010, Sangmoon Bae/2014, Cameron Champ/2019

Brian Stuard (T1/-16)

• Posts six birdies en route to bogey-free 6-under 66; required 26 putts in each of the first three rounds

• Seeking second PGA TOUR victory in his 251st start; defeated Byeong Hun An and Jamie Lovemark in a playoff to win weather-shortened 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans

• Begins 2020-21 season having advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs six of last eight previous seasons, including the last three (finishing 2018/86th, 2019/82nd and 2020/87th)

• Making eighth appearance at Safeway Open, with T17 at last year’s event his best result

• Best score in 24 rounds at Safeway Open before this week was 69 (three times)

James Hahn (T1/-16)

• Playing on a Major Medical Extension following an elbow injury, entered the 2019-20 season with 17 events to earn 305 FedExCup points to regain full exempt status

• Seeks third PGA TOUR title (2015 The Genesis Invitational, 2016 Wells Fargo Championship)

• Sits No. 526 in Official World Golf Ranking; career high was No. 52 following the 2016 AT&T Byron Nelson

• Making fifth appearance at Safeway Open, with a T41 in 2015 his best result

Cameron Percy (T1/-16)

• Tied with Kevin Streelman for most birdies through 54 holes (20)

• One of nine players within three strokes of the lead seeking first PGA TOUR win 

• Comes off a T7 finish in last year’s Safeway Open, his lone top-10 finish of the season

• Best finish on TOUR is a P2 at the 2010 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in his first season on TOUR

• Winner of the 2014 Price Cutter Charity Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour and five events on PGA TOUR of Australasia

Kristoffer Ventura (T4/-15)

• Kristoffer Ventura (T4/-15) recorded seven 3s on the front nine, highlighted with eagle-3 at par-5 ninth hole, but not a single 3 on the back nine en route to his second consecutive 66

• Recorded four top-25s in 16 starts in his PGA TOUR rookie season of 2019-20 (T18/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T20/Puerto Rico Open, T21/Rocket Mortgage Classic, T19/Barracuda Championship)

• Born in Mexico to a Mexican father and Norwegian mother, represented Norway in two World Amateur Championships

• Finished his senior season at Oklahoma State University in 2018, helping the No. 1-ranked Cowboys to the NCAA Championship, beating Alabama to earn the program’s 11th all-time national championship 

Miscellaneous Notes

• 36-hole leader Sam Burns (T4/-15) mixed three birdies with three bogeys for even-par 72 to sit one stroke back

• Harry Higgs (T4/-15) required a greater number of putts (29) in the third round despite holing more total feet of putts (81’2”) compared to rounds one (26/68’4”) and two (24/70’11”)

• 2015 Safeway Open champion Emiliano Grillo (T7/-14) birdied four of the last five holes for 7-under 65, the same score he recorded in the third round en route to victory at this event in 2015

• Bogey-free 65 for Stewart Cink (T7/-14) included a front-nine 30, his first time with front-nine 30 or better since 2018 Travelers Championship (R4/29); with a victory on Sunday, 47-year-old would become oldest to win on TOUR since Phil Mickelson (48) at 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

• First-round leader Russell Knox (T7/-14) remains bogey-free through 54 holes, as does Mark Anderson (T43/-8)

• 8-under 64 by sponsor exemption Sahith Theegala (T12/-13) marks his career-low score in his 15th round on TOUR

• After opening with 72, Kevin Streelman’s (T12/-13) 66-65 in rounds two and three mark his two lowest scores in 35 rounds at the Safeway Open

• Phil Mickelson (T43/-8) posts 2-under 70 for consecutive bogey-free rounds, the first time since 2016 The American Express where he has posted back-to-back bogey-free rounds in an event on TOUR; on a current streak of 42 consecutive holes without a bogey, Mickelson’s most consecutive holes played without a bogey (in the ShotLink era) in a PGA TOUR event is 49 (2004 The Open Championship/No. 18 in R1 – No. 12 in R4)