By DOUG FERGUSON
NAPA (AP) — Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin made his first bogey of the event on the ultimate gap as his lead narrowed Saturday within the Procore Championship. He had a 2-under 70 and leads by one shot over a pair of gamers who’re No. 1 on this planet.
One shot behind was Jackson Koivun, the Auburn junior and No. 1 on this planet beginner rating. One other shot again and way more daunting was the No. 1 participant on this planet, Scottie Scheffler, closing laborious with a 64 that included a double bogey at Silverado Resort and Spa.
Griffin, who began out with a three-shot lead, was doing effectively to maintain his distance till he got here up in need of the inexperienced on the par-5 18th, bladed a chip by means of the inexperienced and took bogey on the second-easiest gap at Silverado.
He was at 16-under 200 and will likely be within the remaining group with Koivun, who final week led the Individuals to a Walker Cup victory at Cypress Level. Koivun already has completed sufficient within the PGA Tour College system to earn a card when he turns professional.
He’ll attempt to change into the second beginner in as a few years to win on the PGA Tour, after Nick Dunlap received at The American Specific in 2024 in La Quinta.
After which there was Scheffler, discovering a consolation zone with every day at a Silverado course he had by no means seen till Tuesday. He missed solely two greens, one in all them on the 14th when he drove into the tough, got here up simply brief and tried to clip a wedge to a decent pin. It got here out gentle and didn’t clear a bunker, and he did not get that up-and-down, taking double bogey.
Scheffler answered with three birdies on his final 4 holes, two of them par 5s, the opposite a 7-iron he hit to six ft on the par-3 seventeenth.
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