Mac Meissner stays in front at Barracuda Championship
Jul 7, 2024; Silvis, Illinois, USA; Mac Meissner reacts after hitting his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Cress-USA TODAY Sports Mac Meissner logged a plus-13 on Saturday to maintain his one-point lead at the Barracuda Championship after three rounds of action in Truckee, Calif.
Meissner turned in a bogey-free round that included four birdies and an eagle at the par-5 third. He now sits at plus-39 for the tournament, which uses the Modified Stableford scoring system.
Under that scoring format, birdies are worth two points, eagles are worth five and albatrosses are worth eight. Each par is zero points. Bogeys are minus-1 point, and anything worse, including double bogeys, are minus-3 points.
Vince Whaley was among three golfers who carded a round-best plus-16 on Saturday. He sits in second place, one point behind Meissner. The Philippines' Rico Hoey (plus-15 on Saturday) is in sole possession of third at plus-36.
Lightning delayed Saturday's action at 3:10 p.m. local time, with play resuming 95 minutes later. Meissner was about to tee off at No. 11 when the weather interrupted his round.
"Everyone is going to tell you it sucks, obviously, but you just got to try and get your mind off of golf a little bit," Meissner said of how he handled the delay. "Try and text friends. I was talking with my wife, hanging out with her, that was great. Certainly you're still thinking about golf, but as much as you can do to get your mind off of it then you've done well."
Patrick Fishburn (plus-15) and Max Greyserman (plus-11) are T4 at plus-34.
South Africa's Casey Jarvis and England's Marcus Armitage were the two other golfers to come away with plus-16s, and they find themselves in a tie for sixth alongside Chad Ramey (plus-12).
Jarvis had the highlight of the day with a hole-in-one at the 210-yard, par-3 sixth.
"Kind of a tucked left leg, and 7-iron was a little too much club. I just stepped on an 8-iron," Jarvis said. "Was trying to hit it center of the green, kind of just left of the center. It pulled a little and kind of pitched just right of the hole and went in.
"I mean, it was kind of a delayed reaction from the crowd behind the green. When I got up there, it was pretty cool to see that it was in the hole."
Rounding out the top 10 are Jayden Schaper of South Africa (plus-10) and Chan Kim (plus-8), who are tied for ninth, seven points behind Meissner.
--Field Level Media
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