Round 3
Ben James leads on 21 under par and leads by four shots from Ryan Gerard. The course played easy again: the field averaged 1.69 under par, and Michael Kim's 63, 9 under par, was the low round.
| Pos | Player | Round 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben James | 66 (-6) | -21 |
| 2 | Ryan Gerard | 65 (-7) | -17 |
| 3 | Chris Kirk | 65 (-7) | -16 |
| 3 | Denny McCarthy | 67 (-5) | -16 |
| 5 | Alvaro Ortiz | 66 (-6) | -15 |
| 5 | Paul Peterson | 66 (-6) | -15 |
| 5 | Keith Mitchell | 67 (-5) | -15 |
| 5 | Kensei Hirata | 67 (-5) | -15 |
| 9 | Michael Kim | 63 (-9) | -14 |
| 9 | David Ford | 67 (-5) | -14 |
| 9 | Blades Brown | 68 (-4) | -14 |
| 9 | Zach Bauchou | 68 (-4) | -14 |
| Round 3 | |
|---|---|
| Scoring average | 70.31 (1.69 under par) |
| Players under par | 50 of 75 |
| Low round | 63 (-9): Michael Kim |
| Hardest hole | 15th (par 4): 0.64 over par |
| Easiest hole | 1st (par 5): 0.87 under par |
The scoring average is over the players who completed the round. The holes are from the In-Running page's hole averages.
The leader
James shot 6 under par with seven birdies and one bogey. His strokes came from the tee and on approach, while he lost 1.48 strokes putting. Over the event he ranks 4th on approach. On the key metrics, he is a perfect match on driving accuracy (HIGH) and on approach play (HIGH), and a match on putting (CRITICAL).
| Stat | Round 3 | Event so far |
|---|---|---|
| SG: Off the tee | +1.69 (4) | +1.48 (4) |
| SG: Approach | +2.86 (5) | +2.13 (4) |
| SG: Around the green | +1.24 (15) | +0.32 (35) |
| SG: Putting | -1.48 (52) | +1.07 (14) |
| Driving distance | 301.2 (34) | 303.9 (33) |
| Driving accuracy | 100.0% (1) | 100.0% (1) |
| Greens in regulation | 77.8% (18) | 85.2% (7) |
| Scrambling | 75.0% (13) | 87.5% (3) |
| Putts per round | 28.0 (9) | 27.7 (2) |
Each figure with his rank in the field in brackets, as the In-Running page ranks it. The event so far is rounds 1 to 3: strokes gained, driving distance and accuracy, greens in regulation and putts per round averaged over his rounds, ranked among the players who completed them.
Course Fit ranks each week's field by how closely each player's game over the last 12 months matches what the course rewards beyond the tour norm. This table checks Course Fit's profile of Diamante Cabo San Lucas (El Cardonal) against the week so far: its key metrics, with the leader's rank on each over rounds 1 to 3. The higher the leader ranks on them, round by round, the more the course is rewarding what Course Fit says it does.
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| Key metric | Priority | Ben James, rank over rounds 1 to 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Putting | CRITICAL | 14, match |
| Driving accuracy | HIGH | 1, perfect match |
| Approach | HIGH | 4, perfect match |
Priority is how much the course rewards the metric, read against every venue's Course Fit weights. The rank is over rounds 1 to 3. The verdict: a perfect match is a top-5 rank, a match the top quarter, neutral the top half, an anomaly below.
On the move
Michael Kim climbed 53 places to joint 9th, with Chris Kirk and Alvaro Ortiz also into the top 10. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen fell 65 places, and Lucas Glover and Ben Kohles also dropped out.
| Player | After round 2 | After round 3 | Move | Round 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kim | 62 | 9 | Up 53 | 63 (-9) |
| Chris Kirk | 16 | 3 | Up 13 | 65 (-7) |
| Alvaro Ortiz | 16 | 5 | Up 11 | 66 (-6) |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 6 | 71 | Down 65 | 80 (+8) |
| Lucas Glover | 6 | 47 | Down 41 | 74 (+2) |
| Ben Kohles | 6 | 37 | Down 31 | 73 (+1) |
Into the top 10, or out of it, by 5 places or more.
Progress / Regress targets
A Progress target has ranked much higher so far this week from tee to green or on approach than his position, but much lower for putting, although over the last 12 months he has been one of the better putters in this field. His position undersells his long game, and he may climb if his putting returns to its usual level.
A Regress target is the reverse: a weaker putter whose putting so far has lifted him well above what his long game has earned, so his position may flatter him.
Each figure is a rank in this week's field over the event so far, except the last column: his putting rank over the previous 12 months. Only players in the top 50 and ties after the round are considered.
| Target | Player | After round 3 | SG: T2G | SG: Approach | SG: Putting | Putting, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regress | Max Greyserman | 37 | 72 | 66 | 3 | 40 |
| Regress | David Skinns | 37 | 69 | 56 | 4 | 71 |
| Regress | Brice Garnett | 37 | 64 | 62 | 12 | 49 |
| Regress | Nick Dunlap | 37 | 57 | 20 | 13 | 66 |
Progress: SG: Tee to Green or SG: Approach rank over rounds 1 to 3 at least 19 places better than his position, SG: Putting at least 19 places worse, and in the field's top quarter for putting over the previous 12 months. Regress: the reverse, and outside that top quarter. Putting, last 12 months: his rank among the 116 in the field for strokes gained putting over the year before the event, as the CC: SG table ranks it.
Written automatically from the site's in-running data: every figure in it is worked out from it by code.