started hot with birdies at his first four, and capped his day with maybe the shot of the tournament on No. 16 when he hit a 204-yard shot to 7 inches. He closed 3-4 and had two putts at tying the course record of 63. “I like Saturdays around this place,” Thomas told Golf Channel after his round. “It’s such a fun course to play because you can do something like this. You can get hot, and if you make the cut you can get it going.”It will be difficult to back up that 64 on Sunday, though J.T. is more capable than most and also didn’t cobble together that score exclusively with a hot putter. If the driver cooperates again in the finale on Sunday, he has enough firepower certainly to catch Bryson and probably Westwood as well if there are any big mistakes in there.T5. Paul Casey, Jon Rahm, Brian Harman (-9): This trio was a combined 13 under on Saturday, though Casey and Rahm are the ones that intrigue for a come-from-behind win on Sunday. Casey has been putting it barely better then field average, but Rahm comes with more firepower. It’s not all that difficult to envision him posting 66 in nasty conditions and running down the leaders.
