Schauffele closes to within four shots of leaders at Baycurrent Classic

[p]Defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schauffele-xander/OnIoiVkm/"]Schauffele[/a] heads into Sunday's final day with a shot at retaining his title after carding a 6-under-par 65 to finish the third round 9-under overall.[/p][p]The American had a roller-coaster front nine in sunny conditions in Yokohama, starting with a bogey before holing two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 fourth.[/p][p]Schauffele followed that up with a double bogey on the next hole before sinking another eagle on the par-5 sixth, and went on to card four more birdies and another bogey to finish the round.[/p][p][b]"It was a weird day,"[/b] said Schauffele, who won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021.[/p][p][b]"It was a lot of good, honestly some really bad in there as well.[/b][/p][p][b]"But overall, if someone told me I was going to shoot 65, I'd probably take it."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brennan-michael/02LilGAp/"]Michael Brennan[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bauchou-zachary/4OhhDyWC/"]Zach Bauchou[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bridgeman-jacob/xdp19XIg/"]Jacob Bridgeman[/a] lead the field heading into the final day on 13-under par.[/p][p]Bridgeman is looking for his third win on the tour this year.[/p][p]The trio hold a one-stroke lead over a chasing pack that includes Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scott-adam/QkZT3jCc/"]Adam Scott[/a].[/p][embed guid="a23ae66d-4566-4e71-95e7-9df3bea3b2ae" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2108817550712652148?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] is eight shots off the lead after a mixed day when he shot a 2-under-par 69.[/p][p]Matsuyama, the 2021 champion in Japan, started like a freight train, rattling in four birdies and an eagle on the first seven holes.[/p][p]He ran into serious trouble on the back nine, though, carding five bogeys and only one more birdie to undo much of his good work.[/p][p][b]"It was a mix of great golf and the worst golf," [/b]said 2021 Masters champion Matsuyama.[/p][p][b]"But it wasn't that I played absolutely terribly on the back nine.[/b][/p][p][b]"It was little things, so I just need to make some small adjustments to make sure that doesn't happen again tomorrow."[/b][/p][p]Three-time major winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spieth-jordan/p0739Ny4/"]Jordan Spieth[/a] was six shots off the lead after shooting a 3-under-par 68 to finish 7-under overall.[/p][p]Spieth is looking for his first win on the tour since April 2022.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a], the 2023 champion in Japan, was on 4-under overall.[/p]