Highlights | Round 3 | The RSM Classic | 2025

All right, this run from Eric Cole earlier today, we told you about the moves he has made. Birdied the first hole. He made a bogey at two, but then did this at the third. Third play, 207 yards with a crosswind, not a hole you're thinking about stuffing it on, but that's exactly what he did. What a bounce back for Sammy. Not a great start, but... Eric Cole started four back today. He birdied one, three, four, and five, and here's a long one at six. And he's been doing it with this club right here. To this point, he had made 70 feet on the golf course. Hole location on 10 on the front left today. Much easier to access than it was the first two days. Pearson Coote. Coote's got an opportunity to lock up his PGA Tour card two times in one season, considering he's already got it for next year from the Corn Free Tour. And he had this birdie putt at the sixth. The other par three on the front side left it underneath the hole, uphill, into the wind. Exactly the kind of putt you want to have for birdie out here. Straight birdies. He got to 17 under, which was tied for the lead. Patrick Rogers, a birdie at six. Patrick suddenly finds himself with a share of the lead. Yep, handles his business there at seven. In the under the ground, you're not allowed to move. Valamaki at eight. Just continues to impress with his ball striking. So we go to Johnny Kiefer at the eighth. Oh, okay. From long distance. It's a must to make birdie, but with this wind now, birdies are hard to come by. Oh, I like the authority in which he hit that putt. That rattled the back of the cup. That's how you putt in the wind. Yeah, actually a very good lie in this. Johnson referenced a really good angle from the left-hand side here. Just 69 yards to that hole location on the right-hand side. Brings it in very high. Landed that nice and soft. Well done. I think that par back at seven is going to be huge for him. Zach Blair looks like he's going to give us something special here at 14. Use that breeze. Nice high fade in there. Playing a shot here, B.K. Yeah. I love it. Forty-five under today, making six. Confidently rolling that wind. Walking it in. Sammy Valamaki. Oh, took a peek. And he has the lead all to himself now at 18 under par. Coming off that T-3 finish last week in Bermuda. Right in the hot hand. That's a good two there at 12. That's four consecutive birdies now for Max. Now Rogers does have a good stance. Yeah, just avoided that bunker on the left. Falling away there from 151 yards. Oh, look at that. What a shot. I took a look at it from back here. Yes, it did. Talked about Zach Blair. Has a chance to get to 17 under now. Walked one in on the last. Oh, wow, is he confident with his putting. Seven under on the day. As we go to Zach Blair. He's raced all the way up to 17 under now. Another good opportunity to attack the 16th. Playing really short downwind. Layer after layer. Not this week. Here's Lee Hodges. Missed the green. Pitched to here. It's for par at 13. Oh, that is a huge save. Remember that if Lee Hodges goes on to put himself into contention tomorrow. That was a massive save. He loves to move it from right to left. An awkward hole location for him. Not bothered at all, Rob. Not bothered. Wind playing out of the rough in a crosswind like this can sometimes take the spin off of it and make it curve a little less. John knocking it in there close. Especially from the right-hand side of the fairway. He's predominantly going right back into the teeth of the wind. Maybe played a little bit too much, but getting some assistance from that backstop. Yeah. It's going to turn out nicely. Yep. He'll be pleased with that one. There's only one way to really get this ball close. Send it out to the right. Try to shape it in high from right to left. And that is a small section of that back left portion to fit it. He's trying to. And he's done it. Yes, he has, Billy Ray. That's a good shot. And up to 14 in Eric Cole. That sandy area. Way up there off the tee. Just a little wedge. All right. Oh, and he does. Nice shot. Good looking birdie for Eric. Can he get this pitch shot right? A lot of players just buy this whole location, and that's very nicely done. Life's equivalent of some sound blocking headphones, maybe. Oh, we've finally seen one. It took Ricky Castillo to get a ball to the hole over there at the final hole. Gap wedge and hit it, but like I said, back into the wind. Can carry it all the way there. Got a face full of sand, too. Yeah, he did. That didn't taste good. Oh, well done. Just about gathered. Yeah, is this too close on this down slope? Control your spin. Oh, that is perfect. What a shot. Made that look much easier than it was. Yes, it did. Very useful in his position. Bill Bjornsson just cleaning up for his birdie. So, doing exactly what he needed to do at the par 5 previous hole and here at the short 16th. Two in a row? Yeah. Okay. And sometimes when you win golf tournaments, you generally have a bad day. Inside contact, a little bit left of the flag. Oh, yeah, he'll take that from that position for sure. He'll take that. Just 146 here, looking right down the barrel of the flag stick. Really good line here if the number's correct. Oh, yeah. Really good from Patrick. Good luck this week getting the red figures for the round and getting to 17 under par here, slowed up the hill. And he's played his way out of that final group. It'll be interesting, though. Learned a lot from the putt of Novak. No. Come on, Billy Ray. That did everything but go in. I'm telling you, Andrew Novak's putt dove left at the end, and that ball stayed right there. Been an impressive round for him, though. Just the one bogey to go with three birdies, two under par. All the way across. It'll be another final round, final group pairing for Patrick Rogers. It wasn't quite Andrew Novak's day, but he is within striking distance. Thanks for watching the PGA Tour. To watch more, click here. To subscribe, click here.