Rod Pampling takes a one-stroke lead over a trio of players entering the final round at SAS Championship

Things to Know

• 18-hole leader Rod Pampling birdied Nos. 17 and 18 in the second round to take a one-stroke lead over a trio of players entering the final round.
• The second round resumed on Sunday at 7:45 a.m. after play was suspended due to darkness on Saturday at 6:43 p.m.
• Players are in the same groupings for the final round (tee times from 10:30 a.m. to 12:36 p.m. off Nos. 1 and 10)

Rod Pampling, 66-68 – 134 (-10)

• This is his low 36-hole score of the 2023 season (134)
  • Previous low: 135 (three times)
• This is his first time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous best position: T2 (three times)
• The 54-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (85th start)
  • Last win: 2021 Boeing Classic
• Seeks his first win of the 2023 season (24th start)
  • Has three top-10s this season
    • Best finish: T4 (Principal Charity Classic)
• Making his fifth appearance at the SAS Championship, his best finish is T12 (2019)

Other Notes

• Reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker birdied each of his last three holes to card 68 and sits T2 at 9-under.
  • The 52-year-old seeks his seventh win on PGA TOUR Champions (50th start).
• Paul Broadhurst closed with three consecutive birdies to post 67 and sits T2 at 9-under.
  • The 58-year-old seeks his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (171st start).
• World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh sits T2 at 9-under after shooting 68 in the second round.
  • The 60-year-old seeks his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (132nd start).
• John Huston carded the low second-round score with 7-under 65. He sits T5 at 8-under along with Jerry Kelly, Robert Karlsson and World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen.
• Overnight co-leader Thongchai Jaidee sits T9 at 7-under.
• Fred Funk withdrew during the second round.
• No players are currently projected to earn the “Wildcard” spot into next week’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic.
  • If a player finishes inside the top 10 at the SAS Championship and doesn’t get inside the top 72 of the Charles Schwab Cup standings as a result, he gets an automatic spot into the first Playoffs event

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