Golf roundup: Sungjae Im keeps Valspar Championship lead for third straight day
It might feel a bit different for South Korea's Sungjae Im on the last day of the Valspar Championship. Im sank a 13-foot putt on the final hole to shoot 2-under-par 69 and stretch his lead to two strokes through the third round Saturday at Palm Harbor, Fla. "It has been a while since I've been in the lead like this, and I'm sure I will be nervous," Im said.
"But the best I can do is just to play my own game. " Im had gone nine holes without a birdie on Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club's Copperhead Course before sinking his last birdie attempt. He enters Sunday's final round at 11-under 202 in search of his first PGA Tour win since the 2021 Shriners Children's Open.
"I'm really thrilled about the birdie on the final hole, and to have a two-shot lead," Im said. Brandt Snedeker posted 67 to pull into a share of second place with David Lipsky, who turned in an erratic 70. "I'm going to enjoy my late Sunday round tomorrow and go have some fun," Snedeker said.
Snedeker's bogey-free round -- beginning with three birdies on the first four holes -- gave him a score that matched the best rounds of the day. "Even though it looked bogey-free, it was definitely up and down," Snedeker said. "There was some struggles in the middle of the round that I was able to survive, which was nice.
I finished strong, made some good swings coming down the stretch. " Lipsky moved into a share of the lead with a birdie on No. 15 before giving it back with a bogey -- his third of the back nine -- on the next hole.
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