Trace Crowe is 18 holes from his first PGA Tour win. A birdie-birdie finish, highlighted by a 44-foot hole-out from a bunker at No. 17, gave Crowe a third-round 71 and a one-shot lead at 14 under in the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions, with Chad Ramey, Sami Valimaki and Erik van Rooyen all sitting at 13 under heading into Sunday at Omni Barton Creek.

Weather: Mostly cloudy. High of 70. Wind SE 8-12 mph with gusts up to 22 mph. Preferred lies are in effect.

Third-Round Leaderboard

1. Trace Crowe: 62-69-71, 202 (-14)
T2. Chad Ramey: 68-68-67, 203 (-13)
T2. Sami Valimaki: 68-66-69, 203 (-13)
T2. Erik van Rooyen: 64-70-69, 203 (-13)
T5. Max Greyserman: 64-71-69, 204 (-12)
T5. Ben Kohles: 66-69-69, 204 (-12)

Trace Crowe (1st/-14)

Finished the round birdie-birdie, highlighted by a 44-foot hole out from the bunker on No. 17 and an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 18
With 20, shares the most birdies this week with Jeffrey Kang
Seeks first win in his 50th PGA Tour start; owns one top-three finish on Tour (T3/2026 Bank of Utah Championship)
Seeks to become the fourth wire-to-wire winner this season and first since Wyndham Clark at the U.S. Open
Looks to become the 11th First-Time winner on Tour this season
Holds his first 54-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (previous best 54-hole position: T3/2026 Bank of Utah Championship/finished T3)
Owns two top-10s in 16 starts this season (T4/Zurich Classic of New Orleans/with Ben Martin as partner, T3/Bank of Utah Championship)
Entered the week No. 117 in the FedExCup Fall standings; projected No. 63
Finished in the top 20 of Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn a PGA Tour card for 2026 season; has two wins on the Korn Ferry Tour in 57 starts (2025 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH, 2023 NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank)
Broke his wrist last September and was in a cast for four months; first start in 2026 was the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April

Additional Notes

Chad Ramey (T2/-13) leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (7.741); seeks second victory on the PGA Tour in his 151st career start (other: 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship)
One week before his first title defense on Tour, Sami Valimaki (T2/-13) seeks second PGA Tour title in his 69th career start (2025 RSM Classic); making his second start on Tour since July due to injury (right wrist and left hand)
South African Erik van Rooyen (T2/-13) seeks third PGA Tour title in his 166th career start (2023 World Wide Technology Championship, 2021 Barracuda Championship); looks to move to T7 in the All-Time PGA Tour List of winners from South Africa, joining Fulton Allem
Max Greyserman (T5/-12) sits two shots back heading into the final round in search of his maiden Tour title in his 85th career start; best finish on Tour is runner-up five times (most recent: 2nd/2025 Baycurrent Classic)
Ben Kohles (T5/-12) is one of nine players sitting T7 or better in search of their first win on the PGA Tour; has five wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, most recently in June (2026 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX)
Miles Russell (T15/-10), the only amateur in the field looks to become the fourth amateur to win on Tour since the start of the 1983 season (Scott Verplank/1985 BMW Championship, Phil Mickelson/1991 Northern Telecom Open, Nick Dunlap/2024 American Express); best finish on Tour in eight career starts: T39/2026 U.S. Open
Coming off a victory at last week’s World Wide Technology Championship, Blades Brown (T15/-10) looks to become the first player since Matt Fitzpatrick to win back-to-back tournaments on Tour (2026 RBC Heritage, 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans)
Scores thru 54-holes of the four former University of Texas Longhorns in the field: Tommy Morrison (T7/-11), Christiaan Maas (T23/-8), Pierceson Coody (T23/-8), Doug Ghim (T34/-6)

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