Weather: Cloudy. High of 85. Wind S 10-16 mph. Preferred lies were in effect for round three. With the potential for fog Sunday morning, final-round tee times will feature threesomes off split tees from 10 a.m. – 12:01 p.m. CT.

Third-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           R3           Total

1              Min Woo Lee        66            64            63            193 (-17) – Transcript attached

2              Alejandro Tosti     65            67            65            197 (-13)

T3            Ryan Fox                68            65            65            198 (-12)

T3            Ryan Gerard         65            65            68            198 (-12)

T3            Scottie Scheffler  67            62            69            198 (-12)

Leading Asian Scores

T14         Kevin Yu 71            63            67            201 (-9)

T35         Rico Hoey              70            66            68            204 (-6)

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Min Woo Lee (1^st/-17)

• After entering the third round trailing Scottie Scheffler (T3) by one stroke, holds a four-stroke lead over 2024 runner-up Alejandro Tosti following a career-low 7-under 63; previous-low round of 64 came this week in round two
• Marks first 54-hole lead/co-lead in his 56^th PGA TOUR start; previous-best 54-hole position was second at the 2023 PLAYERS Championship when he trailed eventual winner Scheffler by two; finished T6 after a 76 (Scheffler shot 69)
• Sets a personal-best 54-hole score of 193 (previous: 196 – 2023 Travelers Championship/T9)
• Marks the best opening 54-hole score at the Texas Children’s Houston Open (195: Curtis Strange/1980, Tony Finau/2022); one shy of the best 54-hole score on TOUR this season (192/Hideki Matsuyama/The Sentry)
• Seven Australians account for nine wins at the event; would be the first to win since Matt Jones in 2014
• 2024 Presidents Cup International Team member is making debut appearance at the Texas Children’s Houston Open; Paul Casey (2009) is the last player to win in his first start at the event
• Would become the third first-time winner since the event moved to Memorial Park Golf Course in 2020 (Carlos Ortiz/2020, Stephan Jaeger/2024)
• Would become the fifth first-time winner of the season (Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open, Brian Campbell/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Joe Highsmith/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Karl Vilips/Puerto Rico Open)
• Two runner-up finishes on TOUR: 2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, 2024 Rocket Classic (his last top-10)

Miscellaneous notes

• Making second start at Texas Children’s Houston Open after holding 54-hole co-lead in 2024 before a final-round 68 led to a career-best T2 finish, Alejandro Tosti (2^nd/-13) trails by four; would become the first player to finish runner-up and win the same tournament the next year since Robert MacIntyre (2023, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open)

• After entering the third round with a one-stroke lead over Taylor Pendrith, Min Woo Lee and Ryan Gerard following a tournament record-tying 62, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T3/-12) posts a 1-under 69 and is five back
• Ryan Fox (T3/-12) cards a third-round 65 and trails by five; has three top-10 finishes in 62 TOUR starts, led by T4s at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with teammate Garrick Higgo) and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic; would become the event’s second winner from New Zealand (Bob Charles/1963)
• Ryan Gerard (T3/-12) seeks his third top-10 finish in 33 PGA TOUR starts (2023 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches/4^th, 2023 Barracuda Championship/5^th)
• In bid to become the first Swedish winner of the Texas Children’s Houston Open, Jesper Svensson (T6/-11) turns in the round of the day (along with Min Woo Lee) with a personal-best 63, highlighted by a front-nine 28; marks the lowest front-nine score since the event moved to Memorial Park in 2020 and the lowest on TOUR this season
• Making first start at the event since 2014 and his debut at Memorial Park Golf Course, FedExCup leader and World No. 2 Rory McIlroy (T14/-9) trails by eight following a 5-under 65.