May 17, 2025
Jerry Kelly takes lead into final round at Regions Tradition
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Jerry Kelly makes birdie on No. 18 at Regions Tradition
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Jerry Kelly shot a third-round 65 to take a one-stroke lead into Sunday at the Regions Tradition.
Things to know
- Jerry Kelly carded the low round of the day with bogey-free 65 and takes a one-stroke lead over Y.E. Yang into the final round of the Regions Tradition presented by Coca-Cola.
 - Weather Delay: The start of the third round was delayed by one hour due to rainfall and began at 10 a.m. CT.
 
Jerry Kelly (15-under)
- The 58-year-old seeks his 14th win on PGA TOUR Champions (180th start).
- Last win: 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (April 25-27)
 - Would be the 23rd player in PGA TOUR Champions history to reach 14 wins and would move into T19 on the all-time wins list
 
 - Seeks his second win of the 2025 season (seventh start)
- Would be his second win in his last three starts (finished T22 in his last start at the Insperity Invitational)
 - Entered the week No. 7 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
 
 - With a win on Sunday, he would become the second multiple winner of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (two wins).
 - Would be his fifth multi-win season on PGA TOUR Champions
- Previous instances: 2017 (2 wins); 2019 (3 wins); 2020-21 (2 wins); 2022 (3 wins)
 
 - Seeks his third major title on PGA TOUR Champions
- Previous major wins: 2020 Kaulig Companies Championship; 2022 Kaulig Companies Championship
 
 - This is his 12th time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (6-for-11).
- Is 2-for-3 in 72-hole events
 
 - Will play in the last group of the final round for the second time this season (1-for-1).
- Previous instance: Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Won)
 
 - Making his seventh appearance at the Regions Tradition, he has three top-10 finishes.
- Best finish at the Regions Tradition: fourth (2023); T4 (2021)
 
 
Other notes
- The 2009 PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang carded bogey-free 67 and sits in 2nd at 14-under. The 53-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (89th start).
- Last win: 2024 Stifel Charity Classic
 
 - The 2024 Regions Tradition runner-up Steven Alker, who entered the week No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, sits T3 at 13-under after posting 71.
- Alker, who won the Cologuard Classic earlier this year, looks to become the second multiple winner of the 2025 season, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (two wins).
 - The 53-year-old seeks his 10th win overall on PGA TOUR Champions (83rd start).
 - Alker seeks his second major victory on PGA TOUR Champions (previous major win: 2022 Senior PGA Championship).
 
 - Seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (56th start), Charlie Wi (T3) shot 67.
- Best finish on PGA TOUR Champions: 2nd (2023 Invited Celebrity Classic) – lost in a playoff; T2 (2023 TimberTech Championship)
 
 - Ángel Cabrera, Boo Weekley and Chris DiMarco are T5 at 12-under.
 - The 18- and 36-hole leader Richard Green (T10) went bogey-double bogey on Nos. 9 and 10 on his way to 3-over 75. He is 10-under entering the final round.
 - On his first hole of the day, John Huston (T60) made a hole-in-one on No. 10 with an 8-iron from 157 yards.
- Since 2002, this is the third time a player has made an ace on his opening hole of a round on PGA TOUR Champions (previous instances: Walter Hall, 2006 U.S. Senior Open, Round 2, Hole No. 10; Shaun Micheel, 2021 Sanford International, Round 2, Hole No. 10)
 
 - Brian Gay (injury) withdrew before the start of his third round.
 





