Robert Karlsson takes outright 36-hole lead at Boeing Classic

Seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions, Robert Karlsson remained bogey-free for the tournament on Saturday and takes a two-stroke lead over Charlie Wi entering the final round. The top 3 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings (Ernie Els, Stephen Ames and Steven Alker) share fourth place, seven strokes behind Karlsson.

Robert Karlsson, 66-65 – 131 (13 under)

• Is the only player in the field without a bogey after 36 holes
• This is his fifth time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Is 0-for-4 converting those into victories
• The 54-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (82nd start)
  • Best finish: 2nd/T2 (five times)
• Making his 12th start of the 2024 season, he has two top-10 finishes
  • Best finish of 2024: T7 (Kaulig Companies Championship)
• With a win on Sunday, he would snap a winless streak of 13 years, 8 months, 14 days (or 5,005 days), dating back to the 2010 DP World Tour Championship
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the second time this season
  • Previous instance: Kaulig Companies Championship (finished T7)
• Making his fourth appearance at the Boeing Classic, his best finish is T45 (2022)
• Made 132 starts on the PGA TOUR, most recently in 2015
• Best finish: Second/T2 (2010 FedEx St. Jude Classic; 2011 FedEx St. Jude Classic)
• Earned 10 wins on the DP World Tour (410 starts)
• Last win: 2010 DP World Tour Championship

Other Notes

• Seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (40th start), Charlie Wi carded the low round of the day with 8- under 64. He sits in 2nd at 11-under.
• With a win on Sunday, he would snap a winless streak of 18 years, 5 months, 23 days (or 6,748 days), dating back to the 2006 Maybank Malaysian Open.

• 62-year-old Kirk Triplett sits in third at 7-under after posting 70. He seeks his ninth win on PGA TOUR Champions (270th start).
  • Last win: 2019 PURE Insurance Championship
• The top three in the Charles Schwab Cup standings (No. 1 Ernie Els, No. 2 Stephen Ames and No. 3 Steven Alker) are each T4 at 6-under.
• Alker, who was one of four first-round co-leaders, seeks his second win of the 2024 season.
• Els, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, seeks his fourth win of the season, which would extend his lead for the most victories among all players in 2024.
• Ames, the defending champion of the Boeing Classic, seeks his third win of the season, which would match Els for the most by any player in 2024.
• First-round co-leader Woody Austin sits T7 at 5-under along with David Bransdon.
• 2015 champion Billy Andrade is among the five players T9 at 4-under.
• Two-time champion (2010, 2016) Bernhard Langer shot a bogey-free 69 and sits T14 at 3-under.
• Seattle native Fred Couples, making his first PGA TOUR Champions start since March, is T14 at 3-under.
• First-round co-leader Gene Sauers carded 75 and sits T14 at 3-under.
• Duffy Waldorf (back) withdrew before the start of the second round.