LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Sepp Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace, staking the Austrian to a four-shot lead over Charley Hoffman, Jason Day and Justin Lower after three rounds at The American Express.
Straka made six birdies on his front nine at La Quinta Country Club, perhaps the easiest of the three circuits on which this venerable Coachella Valley tournament is held. He completed his third straight bogey-free round with two more birdies down the stretch, putting him at 23-under 193 and staking him to a significant lead heading into Sunday in search of his third PGA Tour victory.