Sebastian Munoz, the leader at the AT&T Byron Nelson, holes out from the bunker for an eagle.
McKINNEY, Texas — On Thursday, golf came pretty easy for Sebastian Munoz, the University of North Texas product who fired his second 60 of the season. In the process, the Colombian native became the first player in PGA Tour history to accomplish that feat.
Despite a sluggish pace and scorching temperatures on Saturday, however, golf seemed to come easy again for Munoz, who entered the week ranked 73rd in the world, behind names like Joohyung Kim and Dean Burmester. He pushed a drive into a bunker, but then holed out for eagle, regaining the solo lead mid-afternoon.“I’ve been working on my bunker game for a little bit now and, I don’t know, it just kind of looked like one of those that I practice a lot,” he said.
After getting the lead back, Munoz didn’t relinquish it, finishing with a 66 to go to 21 under for the tournament, although there were plenty in hot pursuit. Jordan Spieth, for example, kept trending in the right direction, as he followed Thursday’s 67 and Friday’s 65 with a scorching 64 on Saturday to keep the pressure applied. He’s one shot back of Munoz, and one ahead of Niemann.
Spieth’s 64 was impressive, but it was three shots off the low round of the day, which came from James Hahn. After posting birdies on five of six holes before the turn, Hahn had a four-hole stretch on the back on which he went 5 under.