Highlights | Saturday | Shriners Children's Open | 2024

Can't be playing much more than 120 yards. Hold back left, just right of the hole. Very nice, it was pretty good there, Steve. Yep, that's a well played first hole and now Maddie Schmid is the solo leader at 14 under par. Doug Gim has reached the 5th. Doug Gim is an excellent iron player. Not many guys are going to go at this pin today. Steve and Doug Gim. Here's another cool story. Gilligan's an amateur. Only three amateurs have ever made the cut in the history of the event out in Las Vegas. What an amazing feat that is. 159 coming out of the fairway. He can take direct line at this flag. Give enough spin on this ball to stop it. I think that's the most important fairway to hit on the golf course. Billy Ray hit this fairway. Actually got a chance to get in the rough. Idris are basically handcuffed tomorrow in the final round. 25 of the kids will be ambassadors and standard bears in the final round. A very cool experience for them. This Ryan McCormick pours home that long birdie putt and he joins the fray at a Baker's dozen under par. After back to back birdies, it's so important to get in those events. Now we're seeing Norman John hitting a second at the 4th. Now coming out of the road from 84 yards, aggressive off the tee. What's a good shot, Billy Ray? Very well done. Well, if we were had a match play today, I'd love to watch Rico Hoey up ahead. Taylor Pendrith to get within one. But drove it in just front of the screen, trying to take advantage of that great drive and that is well done. He too being aggressive smiling. Well, he's the longest player this week. He's averaging 328 yards off the tee. Billy Ray Harris English. You said he miss hit it a little bit. Now his second at the 5th smiling. You could see that it was such a bad lie. That landed on the top side of the sprinkler head and of course sure it'll go in. That is an insanely good shot. His man Eric Larson, no doubt, is now the fourth player to reach 13 under par. Norman John makes it 55 players. Now at 13 under par. Now it's more like the Shriners children birdies and Eagles everywhere. Second shot at the par 516th. Did you say second shot into a par five and he is 149 in correct? OK. No sure. That's an eagle putt coming up. Driver wedge. Driver wedge three. We call that a perfect hole. The amateur. He's the 9th ranked should be 11th ranked amateur in the world, and here he is playing the weekend at a PGA Tour event. What a shot there. That's about a 40 yard bunker shot. Steve probably played that with a gap wedge sand wedge. Sam Stevens on the T is 17 a moment ago. Asking for it to go downhill this way. Hang in there. I didn't read it right. Seen a bunch of players hit it on this green today back into the setting sun. Landed it in the perfect spot. Look at this. Look at this. Come on now. Come on. Just about guaranteed a bogey. Harris English. That's his second shot at the par 59. That whole location way back on the right side of the green. Just trickle a little bit further and shouldn't have to deal with that corner. Or not only is it incredibly important, it's also remarkable how great these guys are at it, and especially when you gotta putt through the fringe like Harris just did. I look at that. I mean, at home I'm making him pick that up. That's a really incredible there. I mean, his man, Eric Larson, was giving him a thumbs up on that. Gotta love you are. Should start out moving just a shade to the right and then back to the left. It looks good. It looks really good. Another man, another man gets to the 13 under par Rico back to back birdies. OK. Well, there's a new leader. His name is Harris English. He has a one shot cushion. You'd like to hit a spinny one if you can. A hot one with a fairway metal right here. Definitely goes through the green. His hit salad and it might be leaking a little right of it. Not much. Roger hang on a second. Look at this thing. This is from behind the green. We're looking at JT hit a feathering fairway would look at that high cut. I mean that landed absolutely perfect. This one's from 255 and this is well up in the air as well. This two cutting right of the hole. Oh goodness, how about these shots? This group is woken up. I think they started to listen to us too much. A three to end his front nine and JT Poston has a lead to himself as he marches to the 10th. Oh, that's a well played hole for those three. They needed it big time. They definitely did. Walking after it. Oh, look at this kick. First time ever playing in this event, and he's acting like a veteran on this 17th. Look at that. Use the slope. Is it enough? Kurt Kitayama. Nice looking birdie. He's just hanging around Steve. Yes, he is just hanging around two shots back after that too. Perfect tee shot here. I can't imagine anyone trying to fit it back there. This is on a very good line. Oh man, that is so good. Billy Ray, if you played this golf course and you stood in that fairway and you've seen that pin. Yeah, that was a good week in Billy Ray Brown's hometown. Who's going for it now at 15? Kurt Kitayama is. 500 is the last six. Well, look at that bounce. It didn't look like he liked it, but maybe he just lost it into the setting sun. Hey, look at that. He makes that he side with JT Poston. Oh yeah, that's good. Just like that. What a shot for Alejandro Toasty. That's a really good birdie. He was really fun to watch this year. Steve in Houston. It is contending with these leaders. And remember, he has winning experience. He knows what it's like to close the deal on the PGA Tour a few years ago. He was a winner at Bay Hill on some lopsided draws. OK. Good stroke there from Matty Schmidt. He gets it back to 13 under. Yeah, he stepped it in. And Gary Woodland moves to within two shots of the lead. Amazing. 381. Now just 190 left. 183 to the front of the green. Given these calm conditions, he can stop it on the screen. To reach 15 under par with JT. Coming against the grain before he gets on the putting surface. Tough to judge. And he does. Well played par five there for Alejandro. Yeah, took advantage of the longest drive of the day here at 13. Doug Gim. That was a pretty firm bounce. Again, just give yourself an eagle opportunity where you want to leave it, because it's not as big of an upslope shore that green to deal with. Doug Gim has a chance to take the lead if this goes in. Everybody's come up short on this putt. It tried to wiggle its way back. Sure did. He's going to tap that in and tie JT Poston for the lead at 15 under. Another chance at a home game victory on Sunday in Vegas. Little Doug Gim. Look at that. What a run. What an interesting day. Kind of thought 1920 under par coming into darkness would be the number, but it's only 15 under par, which brings so many players, Smiley, into the mix tomorrow.