May 26, 2018 3 min read

Scott McCarron has been in the final group on Sunday six times in the last two years with four wins, including a major championship.

For Tim Petrovic, it will be something new in his first full year as a senior.

McCarron made his only bogey of the third round on the final hole to shoot a 5-under 66 and slip into a tie for the lead Saturday with Petrovic in the Senior PGA Championship. They were at 13 under par after Petrovic, seeking his first win as a senior and first major championship, shot 6-under 65.

“Well, I certainly feel comfortable being in the hunt, being in the last groups,” said McCarron, who shot 66 and has shared the lead after each round this week at Harbor Shores. “I’ve learned a lot over the last couple of years playing with Bernhard Langer. I’ve been fortunate enough to play with him in a lot of final groups and second-to-last groups, and battled it out with him and watched him. So I don’t really let that kind of big moment get to me too much.”

Petrovic, a one-time winner in 2005 on the PGA Tour, will be in the final group for the first time since 2010 in The Memorial.

“That’s where you want to be,” Petrovic said. “Some guys say they don’t want the lead, they would rather chase, but I would rather be in the lead. I would rather be in the last group, that’s where you want to be when you show up here on Tuesday, Wednesday, you want to be in that last group because you have a better chance to win if you’re in that group.”

McCarron, who has hit all 13 fairways in the third round and 24 in a row in the tournament, lamented two missed 4-foot putts in the last four holes. The first was a birdie chance at the par-5 15th and the second at 18 for par after he missed the green.

“I have to putt a little better tomorrow,” he said. “I missed a couple putts today coming in, but all in all it was a good, solid day. I hit the ball right where I was looking most of the time.”

Rose extends Colonial lead: Justin Rose birdied the first three holes to quickly extend his lead at the Fort Worth Invitational and finished with a 4-under 66 to take a four-stroke advantage into the final round at Colonial.

Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion with eight PGA Tour victories, was 14 under. Emiliano Grillo, his playing partner, shot 69 and was at 10 under with defending U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, who had a 67.

Lee leads at Volvik: Minjee Lee shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Volvik Championship, with Stacy Lewis tied for second playing five months’ pregnant. Lee capped a bogey-free third round with a birdie on No. 18 to get to 12 under.