{"id":12179,"date":"2026-04-26T09:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=12179"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:07:32","slug":"record-round-sees-fitzpatrick-brothers-take-four-shot-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/record-round-sees-fitzpatrick-brothers-take-four-shot-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Record round sees Fitzpatrick brothers take four-shot lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brothers Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick posted a record third round 57 in Four-Ball to take the lead at 30-under at the Zurich Classic golf tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The duo have taken a four-stroke lead after opening with a 7-under 29 and closing with an 8-under 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer, who had a course record-tying 58 in better ball on Thursday that held up for all of 48 hours, shot 62 and dropped into a tie for second with Davis Thompson and Austin Eckroat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The siblings are making their fourth tournament appearance as a team, having finished T19\/2023 and T11\/2024 but failing to make the cut last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug Ghim and Jeffrey Kang are in fourth spot at 25-under as they both seek their first PGA Tour victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheehan leads into final round<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sunday\u2019s final pairing at the 94 Abierto del Centro Zurich presentado por Personal will be the same as Saturday\u2019s, as Patrick Sheehan is 14-under and leads by one over Patrick Flavin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both players birdied the 18th hole \u2013 Flavin making a four-foot putt after Sheehan holed a 20-footer \u2013 to card the day\u2019s best third-round score, 5-under 66, at Cordoba Golf Club in Cordoba, Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheehan, a 2023 grad from Penn State, has earned PGA TOUR Americas membership via Q-School the last two seasons, and he\u2019s seeking his second pro victory following a win on the Minor League Golf Tour in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flavin, a 2018 grad from Miami (Ohio) University, is making his 111th start on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned tour and 27th on PGA TOUR Americas. He tied for eighth at this event last year and finished No. 51 on the season-long points list to retain membership for this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommy Cocha carded a third-round 66 and is in sixth at 9-under, while Nelson Ledesma is T7 at 8-under. In a tie for 41st at 2-under are Argentinian amateurs Segundo Oliva Pinto and Mateo Pulcini, the reigning Latin America Amateur Championship winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson leads Goosen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eighteen-hole leader Zach Johnson (+28) scored 13 points in Modified Stableford on Saturday and sits three points ahead of World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen (+25) entering the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 50-year-old Johnson seeks his second win on PGA Tour Champions, having won the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n