Barracuda Championship 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Saturday

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Published: August 9, 2015

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Saturday was moving day at the 2015 Barracuda Championship, and moving is exactly what J.J. Henry, David Toms and Jonas Blixt did in the third round at the Montreux Golf and Country Club.

Henry sits atop the leaderboard, with one round remaining, but Toms, Blixt and a handful of other golfers are well within striking distance, with the title on the line.

Here is the look at the top 10 after three rounds of play. The rest of the leaderboard can be found here, courtesy of PGATour.com.



There is a reason that doesn’t look like a normal PGA Tour leaderboard. The Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nevada. uses Modified Stableford scoring, which awards eight points for a double eagle, five points for an eagle, two points for a birdie and nothing for par. It also takes a point away for a bogey and takes three points away for a double bogey.

It is a high-reward system with eagles or a stretch of birdies dramatically altering the face of the entire tournament.



Henry capitalized on the scoring Saturday on the way to an impressive 17 points behind nine birdies and a single bogey. It brought his overall total to 41 after he took the lead over Toms and Blixt with a birdie on the par-five 18th.

Henry is more than comfortable playing at the Barracuda Championship, as he told the Associated Press: "I love coming here. For whatever reason the golf course kind of suits my eye and I just enjoy being out here kind of up through the trees and the mountains. Just a beautiful place to be this time of year." 

As for Toms, he traded leads with Henry down the stretch of the third round and ultimately settled for a second-place tie heading into the final round at 40 overall. He tallied an 18 on the day and actually had more holes with a birdie (10) than without Saturday, although he did bogey twice.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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