Graeme McDowell is just three strokes adrift of leaders Rafael Campo and Joe Dahmen heading into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic.

The 2019 champion carded a two-under 70 to share seventh place on seven-under-par as Dahmen shot 68 and Campos a 69 to lead by one stroke on 10-under from Danny Willett and Michael Gligic.

Seamus Power is tied 51st on one-over after a 73 with Pádraig Harrington joint 57th after a 74.

Scores

2021 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship

(The 26th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic March 25-28, 2021 Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Course) Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,670

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, March 27, 2021 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 85. Wind ENE 16-26 mph.

Purse: $3,000,000

Third-Round Leaderboard

• T1 Joel Dahmen 67-71-68—206 (-10)

• T1 Rafael Campos 68-69-69—206 (-10)

• T3 Danny Willett 70-70-67—207 (-9)

• T3 Michael Gligic 73-66-68—207 (-9)

Other Irish

• T7 Graeme McDowell 70-69-70—209 (-7)

• T51 Seamus Power 72-72-73—217 (+1)

• T57 Padraig Harrington 69-75-74—218 (+2)

  
  

Things to Know

• Joel Dahmen plays the back nine in 9-under this week in search of first TOUR title in his 111th start

• Rafael Campos holds second 54-hole lead/co-lead in last 28 days

• 2016 Masters Tournament champion Danny Willett seeks second TOUR title

• Michael Gligic notches second consecutive bogey-free round while seeking first TOUR title in his 36th start

• Emiliano Grillo’s 65 marks low round of the tournament

• Past champions Hudson Swafford and Graeme McDowell sit T7 at 7-under, three off the lead

• All three tournament champions have posted 18-under (270) en route to victory

• Top six players on the leaderboard hail from different countries

  Third-Round Lead Notes

• Two 54-hole leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win this event (Brice Garnett/2018, Graeme McDowell/2019)

• In 2020, Adam Long set the 54-hole tournament scoring record with 199 (-17), eventually finishing fifth after a final-round 75,

  four strokes behind winner Hudson Swafford

• Nine 54-hole leaders/co-leaders to win on TOUR in 2020-21 (most recent: Matt Jones/The Honda Classic)

Joel Dahmen (T1/-10)

• American bogeys the first hole, hits 10 of 14 fairways, 11 of 18 greens and takes 25 putts en route to 4-under 68

• Marks second 54-hole lead/co-lead of his PGA TOUR career (2019 Wells Fargo Championship/2nd)

• Flawless on the back nine this week with nine birdies and no dropped shots

• Seeks first title in his 111th TOUR start (2nd/2019 Wells Fargo Championship, T2/2018 John Deere Classic)

• Comes into this event off six missed cuts in last seven starts (T60/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)

• Makes third start at this event; held first-round lead/co-lead with 66 en route to a T12 finish in 2019; also shot 66 (R2) when he finished T13 in 2018

• Currently No. 126 in FedExCup standings; since joining the PGA TOUR in 2017, improved FedExCup finish each season (176/2017, 80/2018, 55/2019, 38/2020)

Rafael Campos (T1/-10)

• Puerto Rico native holes 50-foot birdie putt from the apron on his final hole to shoot third consecutive round in the 60s and reach 10-under

• Only player with three rounds in the 60s this week; Hudson Swafford is the only player in tournament history to post four rounds in the 60s (2020)

• Birdies No. 18, the hardest hole on the course, for the second consecutive round; Ryan Brehm is the only player to birdie No. 18 all three rounds this week

• Holds 54-hole lead/co-lead for second time on TOUR (2021 Puerto Rico Open/T3)

• Comes off a T3 finish (-16) at the 2021 Puerto Rico Open, his best PGA TOUR result in 36 starts

• Carded just two bogeys this week (No. 8/R1, No. 5/R3)

• Missed the cut in three prior starts at this event; finished T3 (67-64-69-70) in 2017 when it was a Korn Ferry Tour event

Danny Willett (T3/-9)

• Englishman makes seven birdies en route to 5-under 67, including four in a row on the front-nine (Nos. 6-9); marks his third score of 67 or better in 20 rounds this season

• 2016 Masters Tournament champion makes first appearance at Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship seeking his second TOUR title

• Makes seventh start of season and first since the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard; T25 at the 2020 Masters Tournament marks best result

• Owns seven European Tour wins (most recent: 2019 BMW PGA Championship)

• At No. 75 in the OWGR, second-highest ranked player in the field this week (Lucas Herbert/No. 72/MC)

Michael Gligic (T3/-9)

• 31-year-old Canadian notches second consecutive bogey-free round following Friday’s 6-under 66

• Only blemishes this week came in round one: bogey at his ninth hole of the tournament (No. 18) and a triple-bogey at his

  17th hole (No. 8)

• Owns a win on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada (2102) and the Korn Ferry Tour (2019)

• Missed the cut (74-71) at this event in 2020

• Two best career results have come this season (T11/Bermuda Championship, T14/Safeway Open)

• Currently sits No. 128 in the FedExCup, looking to advance to the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time

• No. 518 in the Official World Golf Ranking

Miscellaneous Notes

• Puntacana Resort ambassador Emiliano Grillo (T5/-8) records nine birdies in first 15 holes, tying his career-most in a round, before closing bogey-par-bogey en route to 7-under 65; marks his sixth round of 65 or better this season

• Thomas Pieters (T5/-8) held a share of the lead at 9-under following four consecutive birdies (Nos. 3-6) before playing the back nine in 1-over; 29-year-old former University of Illinois standout owns four European Tour wins; makes third start this season (T23/U.S. Open, T15/Puerto Rico Open)

• After making his first cut in his last six starts, defending champion Hudson Swafford (T7/-7) makes six birdies, including one at his final hole, for a 4-under 68 to sit three back

• 2019 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship winner Graeme McDowell (T7/-7) seeks his first top-10 this season

• 36-hole co-leaders Fabrizio Zanotti (T7/-7) and Justin Suh (T33/-2) post rounds of 72 and 77, respectively

• Monday qualifier Eric Cole (T15/-5), who advanced at the sixth extra hole of a 10-for-1 sudden-death playoff, shoots 72-70- 69 in his PGA TOUR debut

• Monday qualifier Andrew Yun (T33/-2) makes one birdie en route to a 3-over 75

• Ryan Brehm (T51/+1) birdies No. 18, the most difficult hole on the course, each of the first three rounds

Bogey-free rounds

R1 (5): Joel Dahmen (67), Andrew Yun (67), Peter Uihlein (70), Brice Garnett (70), Charles Howell III (70) 

R2 (5): Michael Gligic (66), Sepp Strake (68), Rafael Campos (69), Tyler Duncan (69), Charles Howell III (71) 

R3 (3): Charley Hoffman (68), Michael Gligic (68), Greyson Sigg (70)