Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler remained bogey-free Saturday to maintain a one-stroke lead over the rest of the field through three rounds at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.The pair combined for a 10-under-par 62 on Saturday to get to 26 under for the tournament.
Their day featured 10 team birdies at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana."It's going to be a cool environment and a unique experience frankly to have a chance to win a golf tournament with a partner, something that I have not had a chance to do," Hossler said. "I know Wyndham has [won] here in the past.
So, it will be a nice little Sunday for us."The only team-based tournament on the PGA Tour schedule, the Zurich Classic uses a four-ball (best-ball) format in the first and third rounds, and foursomes (alternate shot) in the second and final rounds.Clark pointed to the nature of the format being an advantage for keepingpressure at a minimum going into the final round."I just think it lightens the mood," Clark said. "Sometimes when you're alone,it feels like you're out on an island.
When the momentum gets going bad, when you're on your own, sometimes it's tough to turn that."With a teammate, you can kind of feed off each other and really not allow that momentum to get going in the wrong direction.