Kyle Westmoreland takes third-round lead at Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard

Kyle Westmoreland set the course record on the Lagos Course at Country Club de Bogotá on Saturday, carding a 10-under 61 to take the third-round lead at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard.

Charting the leader

Kyle Westmoreland (first/-17)

• Records a career-best round with third-round 61 (previous record: 62/twice)
• Second 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 61st start (2024 Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T2)
• Seven previous 54-hole leaders/co-leaders of the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard have gone on to win (last: 2019/Mark Anderson)
• Seeking first career Korn Ferry Tour victory
• Finished No. 38 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn fully exempt status for the 2025 season; powered by 15 made cuts in 21 starts with seven top-25 finishes
• Became the first United States Air Force Academy graduate to earn a PGA TOUR card; he has since been joined by Tom Whitney (Korn Ferry Tour Class of 2023)
• Played four seasons at the United States Air Force Academy (2010-14), posting four individual victories and earning a fourth-place finish at the 2014 Mountain West Conference Championship, which was the highest finish by an Air Force golfer in a conference championship since 1985
• Following graduation from the Air Force Academy, served a five-year active service term and attained the rank of captain in the United States Air Force

Johnny Keefer (second/-15)

• Carded a bogey-free 10-under 61, tying his career low round – which he set in the second round on the Pacos Course – and matching Westmoreland for the Lagos Course record
• Finished runner-up at last week’s Panama Championship after holding the 54-hole lead
• A Korn Ferry Tour rookie, earned fully exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2025 season by finishing No. 1 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Americas; made the cut in all 10 starts last season with nine top 10s, including four runner-up finishes and a victory at the 2024 Manitoba Open
• Claimed the final spot in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking and finished No. 25 to earn exempt membership into the North America Swing of PGA TOUR Americas
• Played five seasons (2019-24) at Baylor University where he recorded seven top-three finishes, highlighted by two victories (2021 Rice Intercollegiate, 2023 Valero Texas Collegiate); topped PGA TOUR member Jimmy Walker’s school record for career stroke average (71.45)

Additional player notes

• First-year member Seungtaek Lee (T3/-14), winner of the 2024 Lexus Masters on the KPGA Tour, stands T3 and holds the best 54-hole position of his career on the Korn Ferry Tour in what is his fourth start.
• South African Christo Lamprecht (T3/-14) records the lowest 54-hole score of his professional career with a 14-under 198 (previous: 16-under 200/2025 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Tyson Alexander (T3/-14) posts a 5-under 66 and stands inside the top five for the first time in any PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since the 2023 Texas Children’s Houston Open (T3/finished second).
• Pierceson Coody (T6/-12) and Mitchell Meissner (T6/-12) both stand T6 after rounds of 4-under 67.
  • Coody, a 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate, is seeking his third top-10 finish in as many starts this season.
  • Meissner, a third-year member on Tour, has made the cut in all four events to begin the 2025 season with two top 25s.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Austin Smotherman (T8/-11) cards a bogey-free 7-under 64 and eyes his third top-10 finish of the season; he recorded two top-10 results all of last season in 11 starts on Tour.
• Thirty-six-hole leader Ross Steelman (T8/-11) posts a 2-over 73 and stands T8.
• Final-round tee times will run from 7-9:10 a.m. local time with groupings going off Nos. 1 and 10.