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Third-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           R3           Total

1              Collin Morikawa   71            68            67            206 (-10)

2              Russell Henley      72            68            67            207 (-9)

3              Corey Conners      69            70            69            208 (-8)

4              Jason Day              76            64            69            209 (-7)

Leading Asian Scores

T17         Byeong Hun An    76            69            70            215 (-1)

T17         Si Woo Kim           70            72            73            215 (-1

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• There has not been a playoff at the Arnold Palmer Invitational since Tim Herron defeated Tom Lehman in 1999; in the 25 events since then, 13 have been decided by one stroke

Collin Morikawa (1^st/-10)

• Fifth career 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events on the PGA TOUR; 1-for-4 in converting to victory (2021 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession)
• Had played 40 holes without a bogey until the par-3 14^th en route to a third-round 5-under 67
• Has nine top-10s in 25 starts since his last win at the 2023 Baycurrent Classic, including a runner-up at the 2025 Sentry
• Has one top-10 in four starts at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (T9/2020)
• Has one top-10 in three starts this season and sits No. 13 in the FedExCup (The Sentry/2^nd); entered the week with matching T17s in his most recent starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational
• 28-year-old seeks seventh career TOUR victory; making his 26^th start since his last win at the 2023 Baycurrent Classic
• Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (12.108), Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (6.116), Proximity (29’11”) and Scrambling (16 of 18)

Russell Henley (2^nd/-9)

• Highlighted by four straight birdies on Nos. 10-13, third-round 67 is his first round in the 60s on the weekend in six made cuts at Bay Hill
• Has one top-10 in eight starts at the Arnold Palmer Invitational (T4/2024)
• 2024 36-hole co-leader along with Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark and Scottie Scheffler; closed 72-72 to finish eight strokes behind winner Scheffler
• Has three top-10 finishes in five starts this season and sits No. 17 in the FedExCup (best: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am/T5)
• 35-year-old seeks fifth career TOUR victory; making his 47^th start since his last win at the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship

Miscellaneous Notes

• Corey Conners (3^rd/-8) enters the week with four consecutive top-25 finishes at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, including a solo third in 2021; would become the first Canadian winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational; nine international players have won the event (10 wins); international players have won six of the first nine events this season, including fellow Canadian Nick Taylor at the Sony Open in Hawaii
• One day after posting his best score (64) in 41 rounds at Bay Hill, Jason Day (4^th/-7) is three back after a 69; 2016 champion would join Ernie Els (1998, 2010) as the only international players with multiple wins at the event
• Both with bogey-free rounds, 2018 John Deere Classic champion Michael Kim (T5/-5/67) and 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship runner-up Andrew Novak (T7/-4/65) moved into the top 10; Kim began the day T19, while Novak started T33; Kim (Nos. 12, 16) posts two eagles in a round for the first time in 234 TOUR starts
• Second-round leader Shane Lowry (T7/-4) is six strokes back after a 4-over 76; 2024 54-hole co-leader finished third behind winner Scottie Scheffler and runner-up Wyndham Clark, his best finish in six starts at Bay Hill
• 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Rory McIlroy (T10/-3), who won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in his season debut, is seven back after a 1-over 73; seeking to become the ninth multiple winner of the event
• After making the cut this week (worth one point), No. 2-ranked amateur Jackson Koivun (T33/+3) now has 19 points in PGA TOUR University Accelerated and can reach the 20-point threshold to become eligible for PGA TOUR membership with a top-10 finish (one point); he is currently six shots outside of the top 10.