Thomas Rosenmueller leads after 54 holes at NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank

Things to Know

• Thomas Rosenmueller ties his career-low round on the Korn Ferry Tour with 8-under 63, holds first lead/co-lead of any kind on Tour at 20-under 193, tying the 54-hole tournament scoring record established last year by Trace Crowe, who went on to win the 2023 NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank in a playoff.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Ryan Gerard, who held the outright 36-hole lead, cards 1-under 70 and will enter the final round two strokes behind Rosenmueller.
• Sam Bennett climbs 25 spots on the leaderboard and ties his career-low round on the Korn Ferry Tour with a 7-under 64, will join Rosenmueller and Gerard in the final group of the final round.
• Matt McCarty (T5/-16) and Thomas Walsh (T12/-15) share the low round of the day, 8-under 63, with Rosenmueller.
• Final-round tee times will run in groups of three from 7:18-9:30 a.m. off the first and 10th tees.

Thomas Rosenmueller (first/-20)

• Seeking first career Korn Ferry Tour victory in his 63rd career start on Tour, and bidding to become the eighth 54-hole leader to go on to win this season
• Bidding to become the 14th first-time winner on Tour this season, as well as the 12th winner in his 20s
• Holds first career 54-hole lead/co-lead and first lead/co-lead of any kind on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous career-high 54-hole position: T2/2023 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/finished T57)
• Ties his career-low round on Tour with 8-under 63 (previous: 2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/Round 4; 2024 Veritex Bank Championship/Round 4)
• At 20-under 193, breaks his previous career-low 54-hole score on Tour by six strokes (199/2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron)
• Leads the field with 23 birdies through 54 holes
• Has two top-10s in 17 starts this season; he posted one top-10 in his first two seasons on Tour (45 starts)
• Missed cut in both previous appearances at the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank (2022, 2023)
• Earned fully exempt membership for the 2024 season with a No. 67 finish on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, with the highlight of the season being a solo-third finish at the 2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, which remains his career-high finish
• Finished No. 158 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, but retained membership with a solo-fifth finish at Final Stage of the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry)
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time ahead of the 2022 season, as he finished T11 at Final Stage of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament
• Won three times on the Pro Golf Tour to win the 2020 Order of Merit and earn membership on the Challenge Tour for 2021
• Turned professional in 2019 after four seasons at the University of North Texas (2015-19), winning two individual titles and earning All-Conference USA Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017

Quotables

Rosenmueller on his round Saturday: “I made some longer putts today, which really helped. Made a great up‑and‑down on No. 5 after hitting it long right, close to the high stuff. It was just overall a lot of good golf shots, a lot of good 10‑footers that I made, and 15‑footers, which was different from yesterday. Yesterday I didn't really make any left‑to‑right putts, and today I felt like I made every single one I was looking at. That was a nice positive change to see the work I put in yesterday after Round 2.”

Rosenmueller on what the easiest thing to do in the final round will be:“Go and have fun, I think that's the easiest for me. That's what I've tried to have as a mantra this year, really have fun out there because that's when I play my best golf. It was a lot of fun the last three days and just trying to keep that going tomorrow.”

Additional Player Notes

• Rookie Bennett (T2/-18) matches his career-high 54-hole position in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: T2/2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T9; T2/2024 Visit Knoxville Open/finished seventh).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Gerard (T2/-18) stands T2 or higher through 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the second time this season and third time in his career (previous: 1st/2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX/Won; T2/2023 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/finished T3).
• Joe Weiler (fourth/-17) establishes a new career-high 54-hole position (previous: T5/2024 Ascendant presented by Blue/finished T10).
• Four Korn Ferry Tour winners currently stand T5 or higher: Gerard, Jorge Fernández-Valdés (T5/-16), Matt McCarty (T5/-16), John Pak (T5/-16).