"Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin made his first bogey of the tournament on the final hole as his lead narrowed Saturday in the Procore Championship. He had a 2-under 70 and leads by one shot over a pair of players who are No. 1 in the world. One shot behind was Jackson Koivun, the Auburn junior and No. 1 in the world amateur ranking."
"Griffin, who started out with a three-shot lead, was doing well to keep his distance until he came up short of the green on the par-5 18th, bladed a chip through the green and took bogey on the second-easiest hole at Silverado. He was at 16-under 200 and will be in the final group with Koivun, who last week led the Americans to a Walker Cup victory at Cypress Point."
"He missed only two greens, one of them at the 14th when he drove into the rough, came up just short and tried to clip a wedge to a tight pin. It came out soft and didn't clear a bunker, and he failed to get that up-and-down, taking double bogey. Scheffler answered with three birdies on his last four holes, two of them par 5s, the other a 7-iron he hit to 6 feet on the par-3 17th."
Ben Griffin held a one-shot lead after a 2-under 70, despite making his first bogey of the tournament on the par-5 18th. He stood at 16-under 200 and will be in the final group with Jackson Koivun. Koivun, the Auburn junior and top-ranked amateur, is one shot behind and has already secured a PGA Tour card through the PGA Tour University system when he turns pro. Scottie Scheffler closed strongly with a 64, including a double bogey at the 14th but finishing with three birdies on his last four holes. Griffin began the round with a three-shot advantage.
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