SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Danny Lee knew there was a huge crowd Saturday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He still was amazed when told just how many people packed TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course.

“Two-hundred thousand?” Lee asked, making sure he heard right.

Actually, an estimated 201,003 – the largest crowd in golf history.

“Wow! This is crazy,” Lee said.

Lee had some pretty good numbers of his own on a sunny, warm afternoon at golf’s biggest party, shooting a 4-under 67 to move three strokes ahead of friend Rickie Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama with one round left.

“Taking slow breath out there really helps,” Lee said about the wild atmosphere.

The previous largest crowd at the Stadium Course was 189,722 in 2014. The event also set a day record Friday at 160,415, and has drawn 535,035 for the first six days – close to the weekly mark of 564,368 set last year.

“I’m just trying to enjoy myself and I am,” Lee said. “It’s so much fun out there, so many people just cheering for Rickie instead of me, unfortunately. But I’m having fun.”

Lee had six birdies and two bogeys to reach 13-under 200. The 25-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander won the Greenbrier Classic last year for his first PGA Tour title.

“Winning at the Greenbrier Classic gave me a lot of confidence,” Lee said. “It kind of taught me how to be on the top and what I need to work on and what it takes to win a golf tournament.”

He’s making his fourth appearance in the event after missing the cuts the last three years.

“I always struggled with my tee-shot game out here,” Lee said. “This week, I have been driving it really nicely.”

Fowler parred the final five holes for a 70. Matsuyama had a 68.

“I just didn’t get much out of the round,” said Fowler, at No. 4 the top-ranked player in the field. “Just kind of managed it well and played with what I had to get around.”

Second-round leader James Hahn had a 74 to fall into a tie for seventh at 7 under. Tied with Lee for the lead at 12 under after the 11th hole, he dropped five strokes on the next three holes.

Hahn bogeyed the par-3 12th and made double bogeys on par-5 13th and par-4 14th. He drove left into the desert on 13, then hit his tee shot out-of-bounds to the right on the long, uphill 14th after a fan distracted him at the top of his swing.

Lee birdied Nos. 2-4, making a 21-footer on the par-4 fourth, and holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-4 eighth.

After a three-putt bogey on the par-4 11th left him tied with Hahn, Lee got up-and-down for par from the greenside bunker on 12 to pull ahead. Hahn and Fowler bogeyed the hole from the same bunker.

Lee birdied 13, but gave back the stroke with a bogey on the par-5 15th after driving left into the water. The 2008 U.S. Amateur champion got back to 13 under with a 9-foot birdie putt on the short par-4 17th.

Fowler got a break on the 15th when his hybrid from the right rough ballooned short and right and stopped a foot short of the water.

“It came out soft and floated on me,” Fowler said. “Got a little lucky there.”

He won two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi for his fourth worldwide victory in nine months.

Matsuyama chipped in for birdie on the par-4 14th and two-putted for birdie on 15. The 23-year-old Japanese player tied for second last year, a stroke behind Brooks Koepka.

“I didn’t putt very well today,” Matsuyama said through a translator. “I didn’t drive the ball very well, but I did get it around. I’m happy with that.”

Bryce Molder and Boo Weekley were 9 under. Molder closed with an 18-foot putt on the par-4 ninth for a 64, the best round of the week. Weekley birdied three of the last four holes for a 65.

Phil Mickelson was 8 under after 65. The 45-year-old former Arizona State player made an unlikely birdie on 15 when his hybrid from 255 yards went so far right that it crossed the lake and ended up in the 11th fairway. He hit a wedge to 15 feet and made the putt.

“It was the worst shot of the year and I ended up making a birdie,” said Mickelson, the tournament winner in 1996, 2005 and 2013.

Bubba Watson had his first over-par round ever at TPC Scottsdale, shooting a 73 to drop to 2 under. He shot par or better in his first 36 rounds in the tournament.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – James Hahn has settled down a lot since his wild days – and nights – at the University of California led to the end of his college career. He still knows how to have a good time.

That was on display again Friday at the golf party known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where Hahn took the lead with a bogey-free 6-under 65 in breezy conditions.

“I’m having fun out there,” Hahn said.

He wasn’t alone at TPC Scottsdale.

An estimated 160,415 fans, not counting a large bobcat that sauntered between the first and second holes in the afternoon, packed the grounds. The crowd broke the Friday record of 123,674 set in 2014 and was the 10th-largest figure for any day in tournament history.

Hawn became an internet sensation in 2013 when he celebrated a birdie on the rowdy par-3 16th with a “Gangnam Style” dance.

“It’s the one week out of the year where you’re allowed to do anything you want and not get fined,” Hahn said. “It’s good for golf, good for the game, good for the fans that come out here. They support the golf tournament, so might as well give them a show.”

On Friday, he did 10 pushups after teeing off on the stadium 16th.

“They came out to watch the gun show, so I popped them out right there on the tee box,” Hahn said.

Hahn had a 10-under 132 total on the Stadium Course to enter the weekend a stroke ahead of Rickie Fowler and Danny Lee. Fowler birdied his final hole for a 68, and Lee had a 66.

Hahn opened with a chip-in birdie on the par-4 10th and birdied the two back-nine par 5s, making a 30-footer on the 13th and hitting a wedge to 7 feet on the 15th. On his final nine, he hit a wedge to 3 feet to set up a birdie on the par-4 second, chipped to 3 feet for another birdie on the par-5 third, and took the outright lead with a 10-footer on the par-4 sixth.

“Sleeping in my own bed this week, live about 10 minutes away,” Hahn said. “I have played this course a hundred times. The only thing different about the course today, as any other day, is the greens are better.”

Fowler rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-4 17th with the birdie on the par-4 18th. A day after driving into the left-side water, he hammered a fairway wood down the middle and – with music thumping in the background – hit his approach to 4 feet.

“It wasn’t playing easy,” Fowler said. “The wind was kind of blowing from an awkward position. … Just tried to stay patient, fight through it.”

The top-ranked player in the field at No. 4, Fowler has four worldwide victories in the last nine months. He missed the cut last week at Torrey Pines after winning in Abu Dhabi the previous week.

Lee birdied five of his first eight holes, highlighted by a 20-footer on 16. The South Korean-born New Zealander won the Greenbrier Classic last year for his first tour title.

“Wind was definitely in play today,” Lee said. “The greens being so firm, you’re kind of forced to hit driver. You want to hit a shorter club on the second shot.”

Harris English (67), Shane Lowry (70) and Hideki Matsuyama (70) were 7 under.

Keegan Bradley, penalized two strokes Thursday for having too many clubs in his bag, was 5 under after a 69. Bradley and caddie Steve Hale didn’t notice the extra club until after the first hole in the first round.

Bubba Watson shot his second straight 69. Two days after criticizing the renovated course and saying he was only playing the tournament out of loyalty to his sponsors, he apologized.

“I didn’t explain myself well,” Watson said. “My wife says that, too, when I go home. I don’t communicate very well.”

The two-time Masters champion tied for second the last two years and has shot par or better in all 36 of his rounds in the event, playing to a cumulative 97 under.

Phil Mickelson was 2 under after a 71. The 45-year-old former Arizona State player bogeyed Nos. 14 and 15, hitting a hybrid approach into the water on 15.

“That kind of let the round get away,” said Mickelson, the tournament winner in 1996, 2005 and 2013. “I’m looking forward to having another shot at this golf course tomorrow.”

In Canadian action, Adam Hadwin carded a 68 Friday to sit 1-under. Nick Taylor squeezed by the cutline at even par after a 69.

Graham DeLaet (+4) and David Hearn (+7) both failed to make it to weekend action.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bubba Watson repeated that he doesn’t like TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course. He also said he loves everything else about the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

“I will have to say, I have to apologize,” Watson said Friday, two days after criticizing the renovated course and saying he was only playing the tournament out of loyalty to his sponsors.

“I used the wrong words. I have nothing against the fans and the tournament. The fans have been great. I love coming here. I’ve lived here every winter for eight years. This is a beautiful place. And the reason why I’m here is because of the excitement around this golf tournament. The fans have been great.

“I used words that I shouldn’t have used. I didn’t explain myself well. My wife says that, too, when I go home. I don’t communicate very well. … It was about the golf course. I’m not a fan of the golf course.”

Two days earlier, Watson was blunt when asked about the course.

“I don’t like it,” Watson said Wednesday. “I’m not going to PC it. I don’t like it at all. … Obviously, I’m here because of my sponsors and everything. … I’ve got three beautiful sponsors that love it here.”

The long-hitting Watson has had a lot success on the desert layout that Tom Weiskopf renovated in 2014. The two-time Masters champion tied for second the last two years and has shot par or better in all 36 of his career rounds in the event, playing to a cumulative 97 under.

“I have played well because we all made the tournament bomb and gouge,” Watson said Friday after his second 2-under 69. “If you notice, the big hitters are hitting it hard and hopefully get the right breaks. … Over the last couple of years, I have made some putts. So far these two days, I just haven’t made putts.”

Watson threw socks – from sponsor Stance Socks – to some fans on the par-3 16th hole, the tournament’s signature stadium hole. He three-putted for bogey on the rowdy hole, missing a 4-footer.

“They love me again,” Watson said. “That’s why I bring the stuff, so they all love me no matter how I hit it.”

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Rickie Fowler overcame some bad shots for a share of the lead Thursday in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Phil Mickelson compounded his mistakes and fell back.

After an hour-long frost delay at chilly TPC Scottsdale, Fowler played the first six holes in 5 under. A group behind, Mickelson took the lead at 5 under with a birdie on his eighth hole.

While Fowler finished with a 6-under 65 to tie Shane Lowry and Hideki Matsuyama for the lead in the suspended first round, Mickelson had a 69 after dropping four strokes in a two-hole stretch.

“I made some good putts to start,” Fowler said. “Just kind of got everything going. Made a couple of bad swings. Cost me a little bit, but other than that, nice way to get off to a good start.”

Mickelson bogeyed the par-3 fourth after hitting short and right and failing to reach the green with his second, and unraveled with a triple bogey on the par-4 fifth. He drove out of bounds to the right, hit his second tee shot into the right bunker and three-putted from 50 feet.

“I hit a bad shot at the wrong time,” Mickelson said. “It’s the tightest hole out there. You miss the fairway 5 yards left, you’re in the wash, in the hazard. You miss it right of the bunker, you’re out of bounds. … I’m not going to dwell on the one bad one because there were really a lot of good ones.”

The best one was on the par-5 13th – his fourth hole of the day – when he hit a 252-yard hybrid approach to 2 1/2 feet to set up an eagle.

Winless in 48 events since the 2013 British Open, the 45-year-old former Arizona State player is working with swing coach Andrew Getson after splitting with Butch Harmon. Lefty tied for third two weeks ago at La Quinta in his season debut and missed the cut last week at Torrey Pines.

“When you don’t score as low as you feel like you’re playing, it can be frustrating, but for me, I find it to be more encouraging that I’m making a lot of birdies,” said Mickelson, the tournament winner in 1996, 2005 and 2013.

Fowler also missed the cut at Torrey Pines after winning the European Tour event in Abu Dhabi the previous week. He has four worldwide victories in the last nine months.

“I know I have been swinging well and playing well,” Fowler said. “I just didn’t make anything last week.”

Fowler opened with a birdie on the par-4 10th as the temperature crawled into the 40s, holing a 16-foot putt. He made a 35-footer on the 12th, two-putted for birdie on the 13th and made a 28-foot eagle putt on the par-5 15th after hitting a 258-yard shot over the water.

“I had a good number in there,” Fowler said. “Actually, put a 5-wood in play last week, a new one.”

The top-ranked player in the field at No. 4, Fowler bogeyed the par-3 16th after drawing an awkward lie in the right bunker. He birdied the short par-4 17th, and bogeyed the par-4 18th after driving left into the water. On his back nine, he got up-and-down for birdie from a greenside bunker on the par-5 third and closed with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth.

Lowry birdied seven of his first 13 holes, then bogeyed the next two.

“I got to 7 under and just became a little bit tense there,” the Irishman said. “That’s something that I need to work on. … It’s a bad mistake if you don’t learn from it.”

Matsuyama was in one of the last groups to finish before play was stopped because of darkness.

India’s Anirban Lahiri was a stroke back at 66, and Bryce Molder also was 5 under with two holes left. He was one of 33 players who failed to finish.

Bubba Watson opened with a 69, finishing in fading light a day after saying he doesn’t like the renovated course and is only playing the tournament out of loyalty to his sponsors. The two-time Masters champion tied for second the last two seasons.

The crowd was estimated at 101,021. The first-round record of 118,461 was set last year with Tiger Woods in the field.

Graham DeLeat leads the Canadians in the field. The Weyburn, Sask., native is 1-over after a 72, which included a near ace at the infamous par-3 16th.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bubba Watson took a big swing at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course – with his mouth, not his driver.

“I don’t like it,” Watson said Wednesday, a day before the start of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. “I’m not going to PC it. I don’t like it at all.”

The long-hitting Watson has played well on the course, tying for second the last two seasons.

“Obviously, I’m here because of my sponsors and everything,” Watson said. “I love coming here. It’s always great weather. Used to have a house here. It’s always beautiful coming here and playing here.”

He reiterated that he’s only playing the tournament out of loyalty to Phoenix-based Karsten Manufacturing, the maker of his Ping equipment, and sponsors Oakley and Stance Socks.

“I just mentioned why I’m here,” Watson said. “I’ve got three beautiful sponsors that love it here.”

Tom Weiskopf renovated the course in 2014, updating the layout he teamed with Jay Morrish to design.

“I didn’t see any reason to change it,” Watson said. “Again, they didn’t ask me. It’s just my own opinion. I didn’t see any reason to change it.

“But then you have 14, I think 490 (yards) uphill. (For) big hitters, it gets tight down there. No. 8, you’ve got the slope from right to left right in the bunkers, bunkers start at roughly 280, go to about 320. I don’t see that you need to tighten it up. So just to me it just seems like all they did is just tightened it up. Scores didn’t change. It just makes it goofier and tougher.”

The two-time Masters champion does like the par-3 16th, the tournament’s signature stadium hole.

“I think the hole is great,” Watson said. “It’s one time a year. If it was multiple times a year, it wouldn’t be fun. But to do what they have done to create what they have created, it’s a beautiful thing.”

He also praised the condition of the course.

“This is the best shape I have ever seen it,” Watson said. “The greens are running so quick right now. You’re going to make a lot of putts. That’s what I need to do.”

Phil Mickelson is playing for the third straight week after taking a long offseason break. The 45-year-old former Arizona State player missed the cut last week at Torrey Pines after tying for third in La Quinta. He won at TPC Scottsdale in 1996, 2005 and 2013.

“I love coming back here,” Mickelson said. “It’s a special place for me. I lived here for 12 years. The people here have been so nice to me and my family. … I love competing in this tournament.”

Winless in 48 events since the 2013 British Open, he’s working with swing coach Andrew Getson after splitting with Butch Harmon in early November.

“It’s been a long time since my swing is on plane and it’s on plane now,” Mickelson said. “It feels really good, feels really easy. … I just need to be a little bit patient with it, but it’s coming.”

Rickie Fowler is the top-ranked player in the field, at No. 4 a spot ahead of Watson. Fowler missed the cut at Torrey Pines after winning two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi.

“It’s always a week I look forward to,” Fowler said. “Last week was a little hiccup along the way, but looking forward to picking back up where we left off in Abu Dhabi.”

Brooks Koepka won last year for his first PGA Tour title. He beat Watson, Hideki Matsuyama and Ryan Palmer by a stroke.

“Obviously, got a lot of positive memories,” Koepka said. “I have a lot of positive thoughts going into this week. I feel good about where my game is at. I don’t think I have ever felt better.”

Brandt Snedeker is coming off a victory at Torrey Pines. He closed with a 3-under 69 in wind and rain Sunday and ended up beating K.J. Choi by a stroke Monday.

“I’m obviously playing some good golf,” Snedeker said. “Fatigue is something I worry about after a week like last week. So, yesterday, I took almost completely off. I feel better today, feel more well-rested. Played well in the pro-am, so excited about teeing it up tomorrow.”

A frost delay is expected Thursday morning, with a forecast high of 63 degrees. It is supposed to warm up a couple of degrees each day.

SAN DIEGO – Jim Furyk was No. 7 in the world, No. 9 in the FedEx Cup standings and already assured a spot on the Presidents Cup team when he tied for fourth in the Deutsche Bank Championship for his seventh top 10 of the year.

That was Sept. 6, and that was the last tournament he finished.

Furyk withdrew midway through the opening round at Conway Farms a week later with a sore wrist, which has caused more problems than he imagined. He sat out the rest of the year to let it heal, and then missed Kapalua to give it more time.

The next solution is surgery.

Furyk didn’t say when the surgery was planned – he was at a New York Knicks game Sunday night in Madison Square Garden – but that he would be out three months.

“While I am disappointed that the wrist has not healed sufficiently for me to return to play, I am confident that the surgery at this point is the best course of action, and will get me back in the shortest possible time,” he said in a statement. “This has been frustrating for me to this point, but I am focusing on an aggressive rehabilitation program and having a strong year once I am sufficiently healed.”

Three months would mean missing the Masters for the first time since 2004, when he missed three months from surgery on his left wrist to repair torn cartilage.

Even though his world ranking average has dropped from 7.21 to 4.99, the Team RBC member has slipped only three spots to No. 10.

SAN DIEGO – Team RBC ambassador Brandt Snedeker wound up winning the Farmers Insurance Open on Monday without hitting a shot.

Snedeker closed with a 3-under 69 in nasty wind and rain on Sunday. There was some question whether his lead would hold when the final round at Torrey Pines was suspended because of the conditions.

Turns out the wind was just as bad – perhaps even worse considering the change in direction – and no one could top his score of 6-under 282.

K.J. Choi missed a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff. He closed with a 76 and finished one shot behind. Jimmy Walker made bogey on four of the eight holes he played Monday and wound up three shots behind.

Adam Hadwin finish as the top Canadian. He was 9-over and tied for 63rd. Graham DeLaet tied for 69th at 12-over.

SAN DIEGO – Brandt Snedeker called it one of the best rounds he ever played, one he doubts he could repeat if he had to start over. Still to be determined was whether his 3-under 69 in a raging wind and occasional rain at Torrey Pines was good enough to win.

The final round suspended three times because of conditions deemed too severe to play, and it was uncertain if the Farmers Insurance Open would finish Sunday.

Snedeker played the final 17 holes without a bogey, and he was the only player to shoot par or better in gusts that topped 40 mph and rain that made it feel even stronger. He one regret was not getting up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 18th hole, fearing that might leave him short of another unlikely victory at Torrey Pines.

Snedeker posted at 6-under 282.

As he stood on the 18th tee with the wind at his back, the final group of Jimmy Walker, K.J. Choi and Scott Brown were above him on the ninth tee headed in the other direction. When play was halted for the third time, Walker was at 7 under, one shot ahead of Snedeker and Choi. The final group was through 10 holes.

“It’s like playing a British Open on a U.S. Open setup,” Snedeker said. “This course is so tough. It’s blowing 25 mph, gusting out there and windy and rainy conditions. It’s really tough. I wish I could say why I shot what I shot today. It was one of those days where you throw everything out of your mind and go play golf land grind as best as you possibly could.”

The average score when play was halted was over 78.

The next best score to Snedeker was a 73 by Shane Lowry of Ireland.

There already were nine rounds in the 80s and certain to be more.

Snedeker started the final round six shots out of the lead. He won at Torrey Pines in 2012 by rallying from seven shots back in the final round, needing help from a triple bogey by Kyle Stanley on the final hole before beating him in a playoff.

This time, his help might come from Mother Nature.

Adam Hadwin will most likely finish as the top Canadian. He was sitting at 8-over with five holes to go when play was called.

SAN DIEGO – K.J. Choi one-putted his last six holes Saturday to salvage an even-par 72 and a share of the lead with Scott Brown going into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Choi made three birdies and saved par three times down the stretch.

Brown was solid again on the South Course. He was the only player to reach 10 under until a bogey on the 15th and missed birdie chances over the last three holes. He still had a 70 and will have a shot to win and get to the Masters for the first time.

They were at 9-under 207, one shot ahead of Jimmy Walker (68) and Gary Woodland (73).

Dustin Johnson didn’t make a birdie until the 13th hole and shot 74. He was three shots back.

It was a tough day for the two Canadians remaining in the field.

Graham DeLaet shot an 82 thanks to seven bogeys and a triple. Adam Hadwin was 4-shots better with a 78. They are 71st and T63 respectively.

SAN DIEGO – Phil Mickelson had to leave the golf course to play one of his shots at Torrey Pines, an early sign of the mass exodus Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open.

By closing with three straight bogeys on the easier North Course, Mickelson missed the cut.

At least he was in good company.

Jason Day, the defending champion and No. 2 player in the world, missed the cut for the first time in nearly eight months. Also leaving early was Rickie Fowler, the No. 4 player in the world who was riding high from his victory five days ago in Abu Dhabi,

Throw in Justin Rose (No. 7 in the world), and another gorgeous day along the Pacific bluffs felt like Black Friday.

Not losing sleep over the surprising departures were Gary Woodland and K.J. Choi, who shared the lead going into the weekend; and Dustin Johnson, who made a risky escape on the one wild tee shot he hit and wound up one shot behind.

Woodland powered his way to a 5-under 67 on the South Course, which he prefers because of his length and the left-to-right shape of his tee shots. Woodland reached two par 5s in two and was just off the green on two other par 5s. He made birdie on all of them to help atone for a few mistakes on the back nine. He had to make a 15-foot putt on the par-5 18th to be the first player to post at 9-under 135.

Choi was a mild surprise, having not won on the PGA Tour in nearly five years. The 45-year-old South Korean shot his 67 on the North Course.

Their games are different, though they shared one thought – power always helps, but accuracy is paramount on the Torrey Pines courses with thick rough.

“When I drive the ball in the fairway out here I’m having some short irons into par 4s, I’m having mid-irons into some of these par 5s,” Woodland said. “So when I drive the ball like I did today, good things are happening right now.”

Johnson was pounding driver on the North Course and making enough short putts to move up the leaderboard. Then came a shout of “Fore right!” and the crackle of a ball through a Torrey pine on the seventh hole. He had a tree right in front of him, no path to the green except through a V-gap in the tree about a foot wide. Johnson managed, nearly made birdie and finished up his 66. He was at 8-under 136.

Scott Brown had a 71 on the South to join Billy Horschel (70 on the South) and Martin Laird (68 on the North) at 7-under 137.

The cut was at 1-under 143.

Mickelson never thought that would be an issue. He opened with a 69 on the South and was prepared to take advantage of the short par 5s on the North. Instead, he sliced his second shot so badly on the par-5 18th (his ninth hole) that officials had to measure to make sure it was not out-of-bounds. It was in play, by little more than the dimple of a golf ball, but it was under an iron fence.

Mickelson had to walk to the other side of the fence and punch at it with a hybrid into a bunker. He blasted out and three-putted for double bogey. Mickelson grew up in San Diego and has played Torrey Pines more than anyone. Asked if that was the first time he played from the parking lot, Mickelson replied, “Probably not.”

“After that good round yesterday on the South Course, I thought, ‘I’m going to go to the North Course and really light it up.’ I think I tried to force the issue a little bit,” Mickelson said. “When I wasn’t under par early, I kind of started to press a little bit. But that stuff happens.”

He didn’t seem bothered, and neither did Day.

The PGA champion got sick last Friday after a week in the desert working on his game and didn’t touch a club again until the opening round Thursday. He said his energy was gone, his swing felt off and it showed. Day shot 74 on the South and missed the cut for the first time since the Memorial.

“You can’t live and die by one week,” Day said. “It’s not going to be the last cut I’m going to miss. Hopefully, it is the last cut I’m going to miss this year, but once again it’s a process. I got to keep working hard and hopefully that delayed gratification is a lot more sweeter at the end of the year than it is right now.”

The 13 players separated by three shots at the midway point featured a collection of long and medium hitters, which didn’t surprise Johnson in the least.

“If you look at the winners here, they’re all over the board, as far as length,” Johnson said. “But you’ve got to drive it straight. And right now I feel like I’m driving my driver very straight, so that’s definitely a key.”

In Canadian action, Adam Hadwin leads the charge. He’s 3-under and 6-off the lead, while Graham DeLaet is 1-under – 2-shots back of Hadwin. Nick Taylor finished 5-over and did not advance to the weekend.