Preston Summerhays of Scottsdale, Arizona played his last 10 holes at 4-under with no bogeys to card a 68 on Saturday at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, taking a one-shot lead into the final round of the AJGA Junior Players Championship.
Summerhays birdied Nos. 9 and 10 (the latter with an 80-foot putt), then added back-to-back birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 to finish at 6-under-par 138. Caleb Surratt (69) of Indian Trail, North Carolina, and William Love (68) of Atlanta are tied for second at 5-under.
Another shot behind are Zach Kingsland (71) of Austin, Texas, Brendan Valdes (69) of Orlando, Florida and Australia’s Karl Villips (69).
Vilips, a Stanford commit, is playing in a record fifth Junior Players, and has never finished outside the top-10.
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Summerhays, who has verbally committed to Arizona State, is the nephew of PGA Tour player Daniel Summerhays and three-time PGA Tour Champions winner Bruce Summerhays. His father, Boyd Summerhays, played at Oklahoma State with Charles Howell III and Bo Van Pelt and is now an instructor.
Preston Summerhays will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of #JrPLAYERS.@THEPLAYERSChamp | @TPCSawgrass pic.twitter.com/81PSkZS3Eb
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) September 5, 2020
