By Roy J. Akers of www.skyviewsports.net and – Scottie Scheffler had this tournament all sewed up after a second round of 62. Scheffler’s 69 on Saturday kept him in contention, but other players are looking to win the Texas Children’s Houston Open and Min Woo Lee is your leader as his 66-64-63 (-17) gives him a four-shot lead going into the final day. The shot of the day was not a 375-yard drive or a double eagle, but a missed two-inch putt by Tony Finau.
Finau misses 2-3 inch putt- Scheffler Post Third Round- Lee below
Tony Finau’s 2025 season has been a rollercoaster with three top-15 finishes in seven starts but three missed cuts as well.
On Saturday, during the second round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Finau had the ultimate hot and cold moment on the challenging par-3 15th hole. Finau found the middle of the green with his iron and although he missed a 38-foot birdie putt, he left himself just three feet for par.
That’s when things went south, however, as the six-time PGA Tour champ pulled the putt just a tad and it lipped out. When an understandably upset Finau took a stab at the two-inch tapper, he accidentally stubbed the putter and turned a bogey into a double.
Woo Lee on the key to his third round
“Yeah, I just got told that I had one eight-putts (sic) in a row or something
like that and 10 putts in 10 holes. Yeah, I guess it was a little autopilot early on. Very solid
day again. The last couple days were really good. Today was a really long day, I need to get
back into bed. But maybe that’s what I have to do, I might have to do two warmups, two
physio sessions and maybe I can shoot 7 under all the time. No, it was great fun and very
solid overall.”
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Roy J. Akers covers the PGA/LPGA/ Collegiate and Top Amateur Golf for www.skyviewsports.net
