Fourtown-Sepp Straka, Pennsylvania, hopes to be the second multiple title of the PGA Tour season. Shane Lowry is seeking his first solo title since 2019.
Straka scored four with 66 and Lowry shared a lead in the finals of a 67 in the storm on Saturday, Wissahickon course.
In the final round of the Truist championship, the pairing was not much different. Straka is ready to deal with the final pair of the final round, while Lowry is pleased with the pressure on the final round as he strives to end the long winless.
“All you can do is try to focus on what you can control, and that’s your goal, try to reach your phone number and try to get a good swing,” said American Express winner in January, Straka, who will join three-time champion Rory McIlroy with Sunday’s win. "You feel bad when you try to do it, but that's just part of it. When you can pull it apart, it gets fun."
Meanwhile, Lowry is confident that he will win his individual championship for the first time since the 2019 Open.
"Constant knocking on the door, you're going to go through it eventually. Last season I felt like I did a great job this season. Sometimes it's really frustrating." Lowry teamed up with McIlroy to win the team event in New Orleans last year. "I'm going out and doing my best. If tomorrow is good, that's great."
Straka started the second round behind and offset his only bogey, with five birdies (two in the last four holes) and made a clutch putt at 18th from 16 1/2 feet.
Lowry matched Straka's birdies on 489 yards on the 17th Score, and will pair the 32-year-old Austrian in the final round of Game 6 of the PGA Tour.
Keith Mitchell is the leader behind 18 and 36 holes, working hard in a round of 1. He and Justin Thomas were in the Under 11 game and despite bogeys at 67, he still charged the rankings.
Defending champion McIlroy took action early, then subsequently sabotaged three birds with bogey. He has a smooth defender Nine, a birdie who tied with Nick Taylor (67), Sam Burns (67), Sungjae IM (67) and Tony Finau (67) after 69.
The player handled the third change in match conditions. Two days after the 64 players broke par, the day after the rain scored on a 7,100-yard layout, storms at 12 mph - gusts to 27 mph - faster green scores are hard.
"It's great to see the way today's conditions are going to be," Laurie said. "The golf course stands very well. ... It's very hard today in those winds, especially when it's hard to open the putt."
Straka agreed.
“On the T-shirt box, try to develop strategies every day in a new golf hole and try to figure out the best way to play,” he said.
Straka proved to be the most stable of leaders. He started the fifth round and led by a bogey-free first nine, including two birdies. He ended his round with five birdies and a bogey.
Lowry and partner Mitchell had a tie with Mitchell in the first game, the duo took the lead through the top nine, and the turn was under 13 and was at a deadlock, with Straka in a hole ahead. The Irish led the lead with a 17-foot birdie putt at 459 yards (459 yards) 10, but was forced to settle down after the strong game of Straka.
Thomas sought a second victory in many starts after occupying the legacy of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), three of three of the four holes in the front nine holes and added back-to-back birds behind to compete.
Mitchell went out of his way to maintain the lead, but the bogey at No. 3, 4, 8, 10 and 14 was his withdrawal. He stabilized himself and closed on four pars.
McIlroy struggled, with only 3 of 14 fairways. He will win the leader’s first event since finishing his career Grand Slam last month, where he will play his last nine centre-backs in five games behind the leader’s fifth shot.
Philadelphia Cricket Club will make PGA Tour history in the final round.
The 14th hole of the 3rd on Wissahickon will be played at 95 yards on Sunday. This makes the hole the shortest 3rd stroke on the tour (excluding professional). The move is a nod to the original St. Martins course in Philadelphia cricket, which was built in 1895. The course expanded to 18 houses in 1897, and the course held the U.S. Open in 1907 and 1910.
At the 2023 U.S. Open, the 15th hole of Los Angeles Country Club played 81 yards in the third round.
Justin Rose, who won the 2013 U.S. Open at the nearby Merion Golf Club, evacuated two rounds due to illness. He ranked last two days in the 72 player field, totaling 7. Plus, the first two men who would have paired with Rose on Saturday were due to a back injury after 12 holes.