Sahith Theegala leader with one round to go

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The 2023 Fortinet Championship is about to end, a sort of "interval tournament" at PGA Tour altitude given that it is part of a particular phase of the season. Leading the charge after 54 holes is Sahith Theegala: -17 for USA and confirms his lead after -5 on moving day.

Fortinet Championship, results

There are three following him: Justin Thomas, who will represent the States in the Ryder Cup, the Australian Cam Davis and the South Korean Seong-hyeon Kim, all at -15 with the first two capable of an important -7 with which they move up four places.

Fifth are Matt Kuchar (also 18 holes in -7) and Eric Cole, both at -14 and two strokes ahead of the Englishman Callum Tarren in seventh alone. Behind him Peter Malnati, Robby Shelton and the Frenchman Martin Trainer (who changed sporting nationality last year, being a native of Marseille), all at -11.

For Theegala there is the possibility of aspiring to the first real tournament won on the PGA Tour in his career; this is because the QBE Shootout last December, won together with Tom Hoge, was not exactly part of the real calendar (or rather, it was there, but it did not give FedEx Cup points).

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