Note: Cloudy skies and a high of 71-degrees combined with winds from the E/SE at 10-20 mph yesterday and due to thunderstorms, the start to the third round was delayed 2 hours, 30 minutes and began at 12:13pm (local).
SAN ANTONIO – After the two and a half hour weather delay, 11-time PGA Tour winner Jordan Spieth and four-time European Tour winner Matt Wallace got down to business and now share the 54-hole lead at 12-under.
Spieth, making his 83rd start since his last win at The Open Championship in 2017, is 9-for-18 in his career to date when he has the 54-hole lead/co-lead. He holds at least a share of the 54-hole lead for the third time this season, the most of any player.
Wallace holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career and is in search of his first Tour victory.
Since 2006, Charley Hoffman leads all players at the Valero Texas Open in Top-fives (4), Top-10s (6), Top-25s (11), cuts made (15) and score to par (-99). Hoffman is in lone third place after three rounds.
A purse of $7,700,000 is on the line today with $1,386,000 and 500 FedEx points going to the winner.
A win at the Valero Texas Open is the final opportunity to earn a spot for this week’s Masters Tournament.
Third Round Leaderboard:
Matt Wallace 69-68-67—204 (-12)
Jordan Spieth 67-70-67—204 (-12)
Charley Hoffman 75-66-65—206 (-10)
Cameron Tringale 66-69-73—208 (-8)
Anirban Lahiri 71-69-69—209 (-7)