Wells Fargo Championship 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

The third round of the Wells Fargo Championship from Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, is in the books without much change atop the leaderboard.   

Rickie Fowler had a wild day but managed to make it a good one. He finished with a four-under to go nine under for the tournament, putting him in first place heading into Sunday. 

It all started well enough for Fowler with a pair of birdies on the front nine and another into the turn on No. 10 to go three under. 

But bogeys on Nos. 11 and 13 dropped him back down in the field before he composed himself and birdied three consecutive holes on Nos. 14, 15 and 16. 

After two bogeys in quick succession, some golfers might have wanted to play a bit more timid. Not Fowler, though, who was able to drive the green on No. 14 to set up his first birdie of that stretch, as the PGA Tour showed:

Gutsy play from Rickie on the short par 4. #QuickHits https://t.co/7m75XMz6EH

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 7, 2016

He had a chance for eagle on No. 15, which came tantalizingly close to dropping from over 70 feet, via the PGA Tour:

Look who’s tied for the lead ???? #QuickHits https://t.co/WrjpDbPO76

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 7, 2016

Fowler had to settle for a birdie instead and followed it up with a …

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