Trey Winstead takes four-stroke lead into final round of Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank

Things to know

• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Trey Winstead posts 6-under 66 in the third round to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
• Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz is in solo second through three rounds of play after a bogey-free 4-under 68 on Saturday
• Davis Shore and William Mouw card 8-under 64s for the low rounds of the day and move into a three-way tie for third with second-year member Ricky Castillo
• 36-hole leader Garett Reband cards a 3-over 75 and is 10-under for the tournament
• This week marks the sixth playing of the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
• The event made its return to the Korn Ferry Tour schedule last season after last being contested in 2015
• Final round tee times will run from 8:35 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. local time

Third-round lead notes

3 - Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win The Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank

2 -Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win on Tour in 2024

Trey Winstead (Leader -18)

• Carded a third-round 6-under 66 with four birdies (Nos. 7, 11, 13, 18) and two eagles (par-5s No. 3 and 14) against two bogeys (par-4s No. 1 and 16) to take a four-stroke lead into the final round
• Four-stroke lead entering Sunday marks the largest 54-hole lead through six events this season
  • Second largest 54-hole lead in the history of the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank; Paul Haley II, who went on to win, held a six-stroke lead after 54 holes
• Second-round 7-under 65 matched the lowest round of his career; posted a bogey-free 5-under 65 in the first round of The Panama Championship earlier this year
• Opened the week at Prince of Wales Country Club with a 5-under 67
• Leads the field in total eagles with three
• Biding for first career Korn Ferry Tour victory
• Second lead or co-lead after any round in a Korn Ferry Tour Event and first 54-hole lead of his career
  • Held the 18-hole lead at The Panama Championship earlier this season; finished T5
• Making sixth career Korn Ferry Tour start in first season as a member; he finished T28 at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry for guaranteed starts in the first 12 events of the 2024 season
• Owns three missed cuts, a T66 and T5 in five starts this season, as well as a T43 as an open qualifier at the 2023 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics
• Played five seasons at Louisiana State University (2017-22), where he was a two-time medalist at the David Thoms Intercollegiate and garnered a 2017-18 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team selection

Quotables

Winstead on his play through 54 holes… “Pretty much everything. I mean, you have to drive it pretty good out here just to get in the fairway so you control your approaches into the green. Have been fortunate enough to get some pretty good looks and convert some of them.”

Winstead on his goals this season… “Everyone's going to say that they want to be on the PGA TOUR in the next year. I'd say if I could get myself into contention a few times. I'd say keeping status and getting into contention as often as possible however many times that is and just try and get a little bit better every day. Eventually, if you're getting better every day, then the results will come.”

Castillo on his early season success… “I worked really hard on my mental game, just being a lot more calm and patient out there. It can be frustrating at times when you're not making birdies and you're not climbing up the leaderboard, but you just kind of have to stay calm and stay patient, just try and claw your way up, do the best you can and keep fighting.”

Notes

• Ortiz (2nd / -14) sits in solo second after a bogey-free 4-under 68 in the third round; made birdie on the par-4 second, par-4 10th, par-4 14th and par-5 18th
  • Bidding for first career victory and top-10 finish; recorded a T13 at last week’s 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro for his best career finish
  • Ortiz finished runner-up at Prince of Wales Country Club in the 2018 Latin American Amateur Championship a 6-under 278 (69-70-70-69)
• Shore (T3 / -13) and Mouw (T3 / -13) posted the low scores of the third round and matched the low round of the tournament with 8-under 64s
  • Shore, who Monday qualified into this week’s field, finished T44 in the 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro last week in his first career Korn Ferry Tour start
  • Mouw, who finished No. 98 in the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is making his fourth start of the 2024 season and coming off his best finish of the season with a T13 at the 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro
• University of Florida alum Castillo (T3 / -13), who finished No. 9 in the 2023 PGA TOUR University Rankings, is in line for his fifth top-25 and third top-10 finish of the season after a third-round 4-under 68 to move into a three-way tie at third with Shore and Mouw
  • Posted a 2-under 70 and 7-under 65 in the first and second rounds, respectively
• ·Third-year member Matt McCarty (T6 / -12), who is one of two players (Michael Johnson) to make the cut in all six events to start the 2024 season, turned in a 6-under 66 in the third round with seven birdies (Nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18) and an eagle on the par-5 18th against three bogeys (Nos. 5, 15, 17)
  • McCarty is seeking his first top-25 finish of the season; best finish came at the 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro in a tie for 26th
• Three players posted bogey-free rounds on the day; Ortiz, Paul Peterson (T10 / -11), who carded a bogey-free 7-under 65, and Logan McAllister (T25 / -9), who recorded a bogey-free 5-under 67
  • Peterson makes his second cut of the season and first since the season opener at The Bahamas Great Exumas Classic presented by Sandal Emerald Bay (T21)
  • McAllister has made the cut in all five of his starts this season with one top-25
• Three Chileans made Friday’s 36-hole cut: second-year member Cristobal Del Solar (T31 /-8) and sponsor exemptions Felipe Agular (T37 / -7) and Gabriel Morgan-Birke (T59 /-4); Del Solar led the group in the third round with a 4-under 68