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Third-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                                    R1           R2           R3           Total

1              Aldrich Potgieter                65           61           67           193 (-20)

2              Brian Campbell                   65           65           64           194 (-19)

3              Stephan Jaeger                   66           64           66           196 (-17)

4              Alex Smalley                        69           65           64           198 (-15)

T5           Aaron Rai                              67           64           68           199 (-14)

T5           Ben Griffin                            67           65           67           199 (-14)

Leading Asian/Aussie Scores

T12         Ryo Hisatsune                    66           68           68           202 (-11)

T22         Aaron Baddeley                  67           69           68           204 (-9)

T45         Takumi Kanaya                   66           69           72           207 (-6)

T55         Kevin Yu                                67           71           70           208 (-5)

PGA TOUR rookie Aldrich Potgieter (1^st/-20)

• Seeks first PGA TOUR title in his 10th start; best finish in nine prior starts on TOUR: T15/2025 Farmers Insurance Open
• At 20-under 193, sets 54-hole scoring record at the tournament (194: Tony Finau/2023, Jake Knapp/2024)
• 193 marks his lowest 54-hole total on TOUR
• Holds 54-hole lead/co-lead for first time on TOUR; 36-hole co-lead was his first lead after any round on TOUR
• Making his tournament debut at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
• Ranks first in driving distance (all drives) both this season and this week (326.1)

• Leads the field in birdies (23), Strokes Gained: Putting (8.128)

• Enters the week at No. 111 in the FedExCup standings and is projected No. 10
• Earned 2025 PGA TOUR membership after finishing No. 29 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Won his maiden Korn Ferry Tour title at the 2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the Korn Ferry Tour at 19 years, 4 months and 11 days
• Won the 2022 British Amateur at Royal Lytham and St Annes, marking the second youngest winner in the events 127-year history at the age of 17

Potgieter – with a win on Sunday

• At 20 years, 5 months and 10 days, would become the third youngest winner on TOUR, since start of 1983 season:

• • Jordan Spieth/2013 John Deere Classic/19 years, 11 months, 17 days
  • Nick Dunlap/2024 The American Express/20 years, 29 days

• Would become the first rookie to win this season and first since Matt McCarty (2024 Black Desert Championship)
• Would become the second first-time winner on TOUR this season (Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open)
• Would join Jake Knapp (2024) as first-time winners of the event

International victory

• Would become the 100th win and 19^th different winner from South Africa on TOUR (most recent: Erik van Rooyen/2023 World Wide Technology Championship)
• Would become the youngest South African winner on TOUR (Garrick Higgo/2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree/22 years, 1 month, 1 day)
• Would become the second winner from outside the United States in tournament history (Jon Rahm/Spain/2022)
• Would become the eighth consecutive different country represented by a winner on TOUR this season

Brian Campbell (2^nd/-19)

• Matches round of the day with a 7-under 64 (other 64: Alex Smalley/4^th), one stroke shy of his career-low 63 (R1/2017 Wyndham Championship)
• Seeks first PGA TOUR win in 28^th start (best finish: T12/2017 John Deere Classic)
• Making his tournament debut and third start this season (best: T51/The American Express)
• Finished No. 7 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List earning 2025 PGA TOUR membership, graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour for the first time in 2016

Miscellaneous notes

• Stephan Jaeger (3^rd/-17) sits three-strokes back in search of his second PGA TOUR title since winning the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open; making his fourth start at the Mexico Open at Vidanta World (best finish: T3/2024)
• 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship winner Justin Hastings (T9/-12), a native of the Cayman Islands who is currently a senior at San Diego State, records a bogey-free 6-under 65 marks his lowest in five rounds on TOUR (MC/2024 Puerto Rico Open); best finish by an amateur on TOUR this season: Luke Clanton (T15/Farmers Insurance Open)
• Patrick Rodgers (T9/-12) seeks fourth consecutive top 10 at the event, as the only player to finish in the top 10 in each of the first three editions (10th/2022, T10/2023, T6/2024)
• Defending champion Jake Knapp sits T45 at 6-under 207