{"id":1624,"date":"2026-05-31T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:04:13","slug":"eric-cole-gets-another-shot-at-first-pga-tour-win-after-63-in-third-round-at-colonial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Eric Cole gets another shot at first PGA Tour win after 63 in third round at Colonial"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Eric Cole has put himself in position for another shot at his first PGA Tour victory after a season-best 7-under 63 on Saturday for the lead after three rounds at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1622\">Paris Saint-Germain wins penalty kick shootout over Arsenal to claim second straight Champions League title<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Cole matched the best round of the tournament to get to 12-under 198, a stroke ahead of Ryan Gerard after he finished a round of 68 with back-to-back birdies. Mac Meissner (67) and reigning US Open champion J.J. Spaun (68) were two strokes back. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A 63 on moving day for Eric Cole \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<p>The mini-tour legend is hunting for his first PGA TOUR win @CSChallengeFW. pic.twitter.com\/VDAAd0Qt8r<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>After four birdies in his first eight holes, Cole added two more through 11 holes on a 90-degree day at Hogan\u2019s Alley, which firmed up in that heat after rain earlier in the week. His only bogey was sandwiched by birdies on the back nine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Spaun birdied with a blast out of a greenside bunker at the 428-yard 15th hole, which came after bogeys on two of his previous three holes. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Short game \ud83e\udd0c<\/p>\n<p>JJ Spaun makes birdie from the sand @CSChallengeFW. <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udcfa CBS pic.twitter.com\/enOtMANuVy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>PGA Tour rookie Jordan Smith, who entered the day leading at 10 under with a one-stroke lead, had four bogeys without a birdie in a round of 4-over 74 to drop to a tie for 19th place. He had three consecutive bogeys at Nos. 5 through 7 after only one bogey in his first 40 holes before that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is the 120th PGA start for the 37-year-old Cole, whose parents were both former professional players. His mother, Laura Baugh, was the LPGA\u2019s rookie of the year in 1973 and had 70 top-10 finishes over a 25-year LPGA career. Bobby Cole was a native of South Africa whose only PGA Tour victory came in 1977 at Flint Elks Club in Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1620\">Finland upsets Canada, sets up final against Switzerland at hockey worlds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Cole, who will be going for a win on his mother\u2019s 71st birthday Sunday, has the 54-hole lead for the sixth time since his PGA Tour debut in 2021. The last time was the 2025 Sony Open when he finished fifth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His chip-in from 27 feet off edge of the green at the 196-yard par-3 16th came after the bogey at the par-4 15th. He birdied the 439-yard 14th hole after an approach shot inside 5 feet. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Chip-in to take the lead!<\/p>\n<p>Eric Cole is now 12-under @CSChallengeFW.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa CBS pic.twitter.com\/MnvbHD4hB3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Cole went into Saturday\u2019s round at Colonial tied for 25th and five strokes off the lead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meissner, 27, who lives in Dallas and played at SMU, had five birdies through 11 holes. He missed an opportunity to go lower with two bogeys on the back nine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wellesley\u2019s Michael Thorbjornsen was also playing in the final group Saturday, and tumbled backward onto his rear end after hitting a shot out of a greenside bunker at par-5 first hole. He still parred that hole, but had only one birdie in a round of 71 to go to 8 under. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1618\">Ayer Shirley girls pick up where they left off, Abington boys twinning at Division 6 track championships<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>hand down man down \ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/abQgwLrSi9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole matched the best round of the tournament to get to 12-under, a stroke ahead of Ryan Gerard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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