Frankie Capan III takes one-stroke lead over Kevin Roy into final round of Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship

Things to know

• ·Second-year Korn Ferry Tour member Frankie Capan III takes a one-stroke lead over Kevin Roy into the final round of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Thomas Rosenmueller and 36-hole co-leader Pontus Nyholm stand at T3 and two strokes back of the lead.
• Final-round pairings will tee off from 7:20 a.m. through 1:55 p.m. ET off the first tee.
  • Upon conclusion of this week’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will be eligible to compete in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance.

Third-round lead notes

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Charting the leader

Frankie Capan III (Leader/-12)

• Carded a 5-under 66 with four birdies (Nos. 2, 7, 17, 18) and an eagle (No. 12) against one bogey (No. 16)
  • Recorded scores of 68 and 67 in the first two rounds
• Second 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career (Visit Knoxville Open/P2)
• Bidding for first career Korn Ferry Tour victory in what is his 46th career start on Tour
• Achieved #TOURBound status and secured his first PGA TOUR card for the 2025 season behind 10 top-25 finishes and five top-10s, including two runners-up (Visit Knoxville Open, Magnit Championship)
• Second career start at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship (T11/2023)
• Finished No. 51 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie last season, earning fully exempt status for the 2024 season
• Finished T8 at Final Stage of 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry); he was one of eight players who advanced through each stage of Q-School, beginning with pre-qualifying, in 2022
• Played two seasons at the University of Alabama (2018-20) and two seasons at Florida Gulf Coast University (2020-22), earning one victory and garnering All-Atlantic Sun Conference Second Team honors in 2021 and 2022 while at Florida Gulf Coast
• Stillwater, Minnesota native and Dallas, Texas resident

Quotables

Frankie Capan III on his strategy this week … “Play smart. You really can't force it around this place. I'm hitting some really good iron shots, which is nice. Yeah, just try and take advantage anywhere you can. Was able to get a few putts to go and finished off with a couple of birdies, which is nice.”

Capan on putting the driver back in his bag … “Yeah, a lot of the courses we played were a little shorter or there was kind of a run out at 310 yards to where a lot of holes weren't driver anyways, so I just decided to take it out. At the time I wasn't hitting it that great. I'm not sure if you guys caught a few of them, it wasn't all perfect today, but it's been feeling better and better and this is a course where you definitely need it. So. Yeah, I mean, during the couple weeks we had after Idaho before Nashville I put a lot of work in testing a couple of things, but mainly just putting a little work in trying to tighten it up a little bit because I knew I would need it last week, this week and in French Lick.”

Notes

• Kevin Roy (2nd/-11), who stands No. 11 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour points list and has secured his return to the PGA TOUR, turns in his second consecutive 4-under 67 and sits one stroke back of the lead.
  • The Syracuse, New York native, who owns three career runners-up on Tour, is seeking his first career Korn Ferry Tour win in what is his 102 start.
• 36-hole co-leader Pontus Nyholm (T3/-10), who is No. 50 on the points list, holds his best 54-hole position of the year at T3 (previous 54-hole high position this season; T8/BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX/finished T6, T8/Visit Knoxville Open/finished T14).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Thomas Rosenmueller (T3/-10), who will be a PGA TOUR rookie in 2025, bounced back from a double bogey on his opening hole with four birdies (Nos. 6, 8, 9, 14) and an eagle (No. 12) to card a 4-under 67.
• Second-year member William Mouw (T5/-9), who posted the low round of the tournament on Friday with an 8-under 63, holed out from 160 yards on the par-4 second for one of two eagles on the day (No. 12) en route to a 4-under 67.
  • Mouw, who is No. 13 on the points list, claimed his first PGA TOUR card behind nine top-25 finishes and five top-10s this season.
• Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Matt McCarty (T5/-9), who is No. 1 on the points list, turns in a second consecutive 2-under 69 with four birdies (Nos. 6, 10, 12, 18) against two bogeys (Nos. 8, 14).
• Dallas, Texas resident Noah Goodwin (T5/-9), who held the co-lead at the end of the first two rounds, posts an even-par 71.
• Joey Garber (8th/-8), who is No. 110 on the points list, cards a bogey-free 4-under 67 and holds his best 54-hole position of the season (previous; T8/BMW Charity Pro-Am/finished T20).
  • The Petoskey, Michigan native has made 12 cuts in 24 starts this season with three top-25 finishes (best finish; T19/Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron).
• University of Alabama product Davis Shore (T16/-5), who is No. 81 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, birdies his final three holes of the round en route to a 6-under 65, the low round of the day.
  • In his rookie campaign, Shore owns three top-25s and a top-10 in 20 starts this season, highlighted by a T4 finish at the Compliance Solutions Championship.