Golf

2014 Humana Golf Challenge: Patrick Reed pulling away, 27-under though 54 holes

Patrick Reed made it three straight 63s and now has a commanding lead at the Humana Challenge.

Jan 19, 2014, 1:14 AM UTC

Todd Warshaw

It appears Patrick Reed doesn’t have a preference when it comes to the three courses in the Humana Challenge. After shooting a 63 on the PGA West Palmer course on Thursday and a 63 at La Quinta Country Club on Friday, Reed shot a third straight 63 on Saturday, this time at the PGA West Nicklaus course.

Reed is now 27-under for the tournament and in the lead by seven strokes. His 27-under set a PGA Tour record for the lowest 54-hole score in relation to par, according to PGATour.com. A single 63 in a tournament would be excellent, but three straight is quite a run.

“It kind of seemed like deja vu all over again,” Reed said, via PGATour.com. “When I played today, I felt just as confident as I did the last two days and the putter is still working.”

For the second straight day, Reed’s round included eight birdies, one eagle and one bogey. He started the round extremely well, notching three birdies and an eagle on his first seven holes. His lone dropped shot came on his 14th hole of the day, but he didn’t miss a beat and birdied three of his final four holes. He needed to birdie his 18th hole of the day for the third straight 63 and did just that.

Charley Hoffman and Brendon Todd are each 20-under. Usually that would be good enough to lead, but this week it’s only good enough for a second-place tie, seven strokes behind Reed. Justin Leonard and Keegan Bradley both played well on Saturday, carding 7-under 65s. Leonard is tied for fifth place at 18-under while Bradley is tied for 12th at 16-under.

Here is a complete look at the leaderboard through 54 holes:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round
1	Patrick Reed	-27	63	63	63
T2	Charley Hoffman	-20	64	66	66
T2	Brendon Todd	-20	65	63	68
4	James Driscoll	-19	68	63	66
T5	Bill Haas	-18	65	66	67
T5	Justin Leonard	-18	66	67	65
T7	Ryan Palmer	-17	64	65	70
T7	Matt Jones	-17	66	67	66
T7	Brian Stuard	-17	67	66	66
T7	Will MacKenzie	-17	67	66	66
T7	Ben Crane	-17	70	64	65
T12	Keegan Bradley	-16	69	66	65
T12	Charlie Beljan	-16	68	64	68
T12	Seung-Yul Noh	-16	68	66	66
T15	Jason Bohn	-15	70	65	66
T15	Zach Johnson	-15	65	68	68
T15	Chad Collins	-15	68	68	65
T18	Jerry Kelly	-14	69	65	68
T18	Jonathan Byrd	-14	68	69	65
T18	Stuart Appleby	-14	66	69	67
T18	Matt Every	-14	65	68	69
T18	Rory Sabbatini	-14	68	67	67
T18	Scott Langley	-14	69	68	65
T18	Russell Knox	-14	65	70	67
T25	Spencer Levin	-13	69	68	66
T25	Luke Guthrie	-13	69	67	67
T25	Martin Laird	-13	69	66	68
T25	Kevin Chappell	-13	70	70	63
T25	Charlie Wi	-13	65	69	69
T25	Martin Flores	-13	69	65	69
T25	Jim Herman	-13	67	68	68
T25	Brendon de Jonge	-13	69	68	66
T25	Tyrone Van Aswegen	-13	69	67	67
T34	Ryo Ishikawa	-12	66	69	69
T34	Camilo Villegas	-12	70	66	68
T34	Harris English	-12	67	66	71
T34	Jeff Overton	-12	70	67	67
T34	Kevin Na	-12	68	68	68
T34	Brice Garnett	-12	67	69	68
T34	Andrew Svoboda	-12	69	69	66
T34	Cameron Tringale	-12	68	66	70
T34	Brad Fritsch	-12	67	70	67
T34	Bryce Molder	-12	69	72	63
T34	William McGirt	-12	70	70	64
T45	Justin Hicks	-11	64	71	70
T45	John Merrick	-11	66	70	69
T45	Gary Woodland	-11	69	71	65
T45	Kevin Kisner	-11	66	70	69
T45	Scott Brown	-11	67	68	70
T45	Harrison Frazar	-11	69	68	68
T45	Bo Van Pelt	-11	70	68	67
T45	Pat Perez	-11	69	70	66
T45	Brandt Snedeker	-11	72	64	69
T54	Webb Simpson	-10	69	70	67
T54	Davis Love III	-10	69	68	69
T54	Erik Compton	-10	70	66	70
T54	David Lingmerth	-10	69	68	69
T54	Blake Adams	-10	70	70	66
T54	Steven Bowditch	-10	71	67	68
T54	Daniel Summerhays	-10	64	69	73
T54	Brian Davis	-10	69	71	66
T54	Johnson Wagner	-10	72	66	68
T54	Charles Howell III	-10	73	68	65
T54	Josh Teater	-10	68	68	70
T54	Ken Duke	-10	71	70	65
T54	Scott Stallings	-10	68	69	69
T54	Rickie Fowler	-10	68	71	67
T54	J.J. Henry	-10	71	70	65
T54	Hudson Swafford	-10	65	71	70
T70	Brett Quigley	-9	66	73	68
T70	Kevin Stadler	-9	69	66	72
T70	Nicholas Thompson	-9	71	69	67
T70	Chad Campbell	-9	71	68	68
T70	Brian Harman	-9	69	66	72
T70	Stewart Cink	-9	73	63	71
T70	Billy Horschel	-9	72	65	70
T70	Jhonattan Vegas	-9	69	71	67
T70	Scott McCarron	-9	72	69	66
T70	James Hahn	-9	70	68	69
T70	Lee Williams	-9	70	68	69
T70	John Senden	-9	71	70	66
T70	Michael Putnam	-9	68	69	70
T70	Roberto Castro	-9	68	73	66
T70	Freddie Jacobson	-9	71	68	68
*The following players missed the cut*
CUT	David Toms	-8	69	71	68
CUT	Scott Piercy	-8	71	66	71
CUT	Daniel Chopra	-8	70	68	70
CUT	Joe Durant	-8	68	71	69
CUT	Justin Thomas	-8	74	64	70
CUT	Sean O'Hair	-8	70	69	69
CUT	Sang-Moon Bae	-8	72	67	69
CUT	John Peterson	-8	68	69	71
CUT	Jeff Maggert	-8	69	69	70
CUT	Brian Gay	-7	69	71	69
CUT	Bronson La'Cassie	-7	69	70	70
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	-7	67	73	69
CUT	Jason Kokrak	-7	67	69	73
CUT	Lucas Glover	-7	72	67	70
CUT	Ricky Barnes	-7	74	69	66
CUT	Robert Garrigus	-7	70	70	69
CUT	Will Claxton	-7	71	70	68
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	-7	72	67	70
CUT	Brendan Steele	-7	70	70	69
CUT	Chris Stroud	-7	73	69	67
CUT	John Daly	-6	72	68	70
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	-6	69	69	72
CUT	Morgan Hoffmann	-6	72	71	67
CUT	Danny Lee	-6	73	66	71
CUT	Peter Malnati	-6	69	75	66
CUT	Jamie Lovemark	-6	69	70	71
CUT	Jesper Parnevik	-5	73	64	74
CUT	John Rollins	-5	72	71	68
CUT	Scott Verplank	-5	73	70	68
CUT	Ben Martin	-5	75	71	65
CUT	Stephen Ames	-5	73	73	65
CUT	Troy Merritt	-5	75	70	66
CUT	Carl Pettersson	-4	71	73	68
CUT	John Mallinger	-4	75	67	70
CUT	Lee Janzen	-4	75	67	70
CUT	Chris DiMarco	-4	71	71	70
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	-4	74	70	68
CUT	Billy Hurley III	-4	72	71	69
CUT	Mike Weir	-4	73	69	70
CUT	Andrew Loupe	-4	67	73	72
CUT	Wes Roach	-4	72	70	70
CUT	Briny Baird	-3	72	71	70
CUT	Jonas Blixt	-3	70	69	74
CUT	David Hearn	-3	68	70	75
CUT	Y.E. Yang	-3	72	70	71
CUT	Tim Wilkinson	-3	69	74	70
CUT	Scott Gardiner	-3	71	68	74
CUT	Troy Matteson	-3	75	67	71
CUT	Heath Slocum	-3	67	72	74
CUT	Mark Wilson	-3	74	66	73
CUT	Edward Loar	-3	71	73	69
CUT	Richard H. Lee	-2	73	72	69
CUT	Retief Goosen	-2	73	69	72
CUT	Bud Cauley	-2	71	74	69
CUT	Kevin Tway	-2	69	75	70
CUT	Greg Chalmers	-1	68	72	75
CUT	Robert Allenby	-1	70	73	72
CUT	Alex Aragon	-1	70	74	71
CUT	Dudley Hart	E	72	69	75
CUT	Paul Goydos	E	72	70	74
CUT	Ben Curtis	1	69	73	75
CUT	Mark Brooks	1	73	73	71
CUT	Peter Jacobsen	2	73	74	71
CUT	Will Wilcox	3	75	73	71
CUT	Chesson Hadley	4	71	75	74
CUT	Tommy Gainey	6	74	74	74
CUT	Derek Ernst	6	69	77	76
CUT	Bobby Gates	6	73	73	76
CUT	Alan Scheer	6	79	73	70
CUT	D.J. Trahan	7	75	68	80
CUT	Trevor Immelman	7	79	69	75