Harry Hall, Adam Schenk Tied at the Top at Colonial

Editors’ note, May 27 at 7:55 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this story misstated that there was a three-way tie for the lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge between Harry Hall, Harris English and Adam Schenk. In fact, English remains one shot behind Hall and Schenk after the third round.

Harry Hall—the driving cap-wearing PGA Tour rookie—began his Saturday at Colonial with a three-shot lead. The Englishman’s name still sits at the top of the leaderboard, but he is now joined by Adam Schenk, who also finished Round 3 of the Charles Schwab Challenge at 10 under par.

With the course averaging more than a stroke over par on Saturday, Hall made some costly mistakes on the front nine. Back-to-back double bogeys on the 6th and 7th holes saw his lead quickly vanish. 

But a bogey-free back nine with birdies on No. 12 and No. 17 helped the rookie stay in the mix. He finished with a two-over 72. 

Schenk shot up the leaderboard with a three-under 67, which included back-to-back birdies on his opening holes. He holed a 16-foot birdie putt on the 18th to grab a share of the lead. 

Schenk earned his PGA Tour card in 2018, but like Hall, he’s looking to capture his first victory on Sunday. 

“Winning would be really cool. If I do, that’s awesome. If I don’t, that’s okay too,” Schenk said. “I’ll learn from it. But I’ll just go take care of my business tomorrow. Whatever happens happens. I can’t control it. So I can just only control myself, and I’ll just try and do that to the best of my abilities.” 

Harris English, who made a hole in one during Friday’s round, had a steady round under firm and fast conditions, carding a pair of 35’s for a Saturday round of even par.

“I like it when it plays tough,” English said. “The rough’s up. If you hit it in the rough, it’s going to be a hard time getting within 30, 40 feet of the flag. So it really identifies who’s in control of the ball and who’s playing some good golf.”

The four-time PGA Tour winner holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, but couldn’t hold onto the burst of momentum, as he made a bogey at the last to drop to 9 under par for the tournament.