Piercy wins in Alabama

Day, an Alabama native, is a former Tour victor, having prevailed in the MCI Classic (now RBC Heritage) in 1999 – and again put his name up in lights with eight birdies and no bogeys as he moved 85 spots on the leaderboard.

“I still made some, but as often as I’m hitting it close, I feel like I should be making a few more”.

The 36-year-old Las Vegas player made a 57-foot birdie putt on the second hole en route to his first victory since the 2012 Canadian Open. “I think that’s probably a bigger advantage is that I’ve gotten it done a couple of times”.

His second-place finish was the best of his PGA Tour career.

“I’ve played a couple of mini-tours here and there, but this is my first tournament in quite some time”. He’s playing his 19th event in his rookie season on the PGA Tour.

Golf fans and experts may be shocked at his play, but Cannon said anyone who follows college golf isn’t surprised at all.

The 43-year-old hasn’t played an event since 2013 but burst onto the U.S. scene when winning the 2004 John Deere Classic before finishing fifth in his debut at the US Masters in 2005 and third in his maiden US Open at Pinehurst No. 2 during that same year.

Barnes and Piercy reached 13-under 200 on Grand National’s Lake Course.

While Piercy was delighted to share the lead with Barnes after 54 holes, he was also “a little frustrated” after struggling on the greens.

First-round leader Sam Saunders, the grandson of Arnold Palmer, slipped one stroke behind after carding a 70, level with fellow American Charlie Beljan (64) and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (66).

“I’ve been struggling on the front nine and then turning it on the back and today it was just the opposite”, Shelton said. Shelton shot a 67, Kim posted a 69 and Barnes, who was the co-leader after the third round with Piercy, shot a 70. Barber tied for tenth place after scoring -12.

Jang had a 9-under 133 total at Highland Meadows.

On Sunday, after play was suspended for 80 minutes due to the threat of lightning, Piercy was equally impressive as he birdied the first two holes, draining a 60-footer at the par-four second to lead by two shots at 15 under.

South Korea’s Q Baek was second after a 67.

Shanshan Feng, Sarah Kemp and Dewi Claire Schreefel were tied for third at 6 under.

Top-ranked Inbee Park and defending champion Lydia Ko, ranked second, were 4 under after 14 holes.