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2020 WGC-St. Jude Invitational leaderboard, takeaways: Brendon Todd leads after Round 3 as big stars chase - CBSSports.com

2020 WGC-St. Jude Invitational leaderboard, takeaways: Brendon Todd leads after Round 3 as big stars chase - CBSSports.com

2020 WGC-St. Jude Invitational leaderboard, takeaways: Brendon Todd leads after Round 3 as big stars chase - CBSSports.com
Aug 01, 2020 3 mins, 5 secs

Brendon Todd leads by one over Ben An, and if Todd wins, he probably becomes the frontrunner for PGA Tour Player of the Year with just five events remaining.

After struggling through the restart, both Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler are very much within striking distance, and maybe the best player since the restart -- Justin Thomas -- is going for his third win of the season with a potential second major championship on deck next week at Harding Park.

Let's dive into Round 3 and look ahead to what should be an awesome finish on Sunday afternoon.

Brendon Todd (-12) -- We've been here before with Todd.

He led the Travelers Championship by three going into the final round there a month ago but faded hard as Dustin Johnson went on to win.

The worrisome part here is that Todd has gained over 2.5 strokes per round with his putter, which is not sustainable when names like "Koepka," "Fowler" and "Thomas" are lurking behind you on a Sunday afternoon in a massive event.

Todd might win on Sunday, but it's going to be a war for him all day to try and keep the tee-to-green game on the tracks.

Rickie Fowler (-10) -- Tough finish for Fowler after shooting 32 on the front nine on Saturday (he and An shot a best-ball 61, by the way).

Brooks Koepka (-9) -- Koepka had it going for a while on Saturday as he made five birdies on his first seven holes on the back nine?

The issue for Koepka continues to be the putter, where he's losing strokes to the field2

He'll play with nothing at all to lose on Sunday, which could be troubling for the final few players on the course as they try to hold off his stampede5

He remains in the top five in strokes gained from tee to green this week.

Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Chez Reavie (-7) -- Quite a round for Mickelson, who has now gained strokes off the tee in all but one round and gained strokes on his approaches in every round.

That is to say, he's not just holding things together with a smoking putter, which is good news for him both going into Sunday as well as next week's PGA Championship at Harding Park, where his driving accuracy will again be tested?

Who is your pick to win heading into Sunday!

Brendon Todd (+225).

Rickie Fowler (4/1).

Brooks Koepka has been at/within 3 of the lead entering the final round on the PGA Tour 9 times since 2017.

He won 6 of those tournaments and has a final round scoring average of 67.2 in those situations2

The Final Round tomorrow is going to a fun one as Brendon Todd holds a 1-stroke lead over the field, but it is tight between first place and sixth place.

Brendon Todd leads by 1 entering Sunday5

Players with a 1-shot lead entering the final round on the PGA Tour the last 15 seasons win 32.7% of the time.

Heading into Sunday of the @WGCFedEx:.

Brendon Todd (-12).

If Rickie Fowler wins tomorrow, it will be the first time he's won in back-to-back seasons on the PGA Tour.

Brendon Todd gets back to 13-under.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/bItzgOkQIk.

Brendon Todd could move into the top-20 in the world with a win tomorrow.

Brendon Todd continues to roll and is now -13 with a 2-stroke lead.

Big-time Sunday on deck for my pick to win!

Branden Grace has withdrawn from the @CudaChamp prior to the third round after testing positive for COVID-19.https://t.co/oX9SamDOFe.

Brendon Todd moves to 13-under.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/OxxERusTe1.

Big hour coming up here as we see how much distance Todd can create

Brendon Todd birdies No

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