Paul Barjon remains at the dock, the McCarty sensation in power

Interrupted the day before three holes from the end of his second round by darkness, Paul Barjon did not manage to sign the three birdies he needed to play the last two rounds. In the lead is the triple winner on the Korn Ferry Tour Matt McCarty who took control at the end of the third day.

The little miracle that was to be achieved Paul barjo on the last three holes of the sumptuous course of Black Desert Resort of Ivins in Utah did not occur. The Frenchman missed his 18th cut of the season and saw his chances of retaining playing rights on the PGA Tour in 2025* become a little further away. He will be at the 177th FedEx Cup on Sunday evening.

If the alert level has been reached for a long time for Paul Barjon, all the lights are green for the newcomer Matt McCarty. While he is only playing his second PGA Tour tournament, the Scottsdale native, who is playing just his second tournament on the great American circuit after his three victories in just over a month on the Korn Ferry Tour, is already on his way to secure a victory in the elite.

It must be said that the setting of the late Tom Weiskopf’s course in the middle of a lava field does not disorient those who grew up on the Arizona courses. On Saturday the left-hander scored a remarkable 64 under the eyes of his dad who came to surprise him.

Streelman the stainless

He now has a 2-stroke lead over a quartet in which the leader from the day before, the German, is Stephen Jaegeranother gauvher rookie Joe Highsmith and two veterans of the circuit Kevin Streelman et Harris English who between them total 800 tournaments and 6 victories!

If for Harris English, 57th in the 2024 FedEx Cup, there will not really be any issues this Sunday, this will not be the case for Streelman who reached his 300th career cut at age 45.

In this final stretch that constitutes the FedEx Fall tournaments, he tries to save his playing rights after 14 seasons on the PGA Tour; Saturday’s cannonball finale with 9 birdies in 13 holes allows the man who currently occupies 177th place overall to be projected 139th.

*In the 8 end-of-season tournaments grouped under the term FedEx Fall, players fight to enter the top 125 of the FedEx and others to not leave it. After this meeting in Utah, there will only be five tournaments left before the American circuit definitively lowers the curtain on the 2024 season at the end of the last event (RSM Classic) until November.

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