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Dunlap got up and down for par at the 72nd hole
at the PGA West Pete Dye Stadium Course to shoot 2-under 70 for
the round and 29-under 259 for the week, one ahead of South
Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
The reigning U.S. Amateur champion and sophomore at Alabama
opened 64-65-60, having racked up 10 birdies and an eagle to
shoot 12 under at La Quinta Country Club in Saturday's third
round.
He began Sunday with a three-shot lead over Sam Burns but found
the water on the par-4 seventh hole and made double bogey.
Dunlap responded with birdies at Nos. 8 and 14, and after
chipping to 10 1/2 feet at the par-5 16th, he sank a birdie putt
to tie Burns at 29 under.
Dunlap then landed his tee shot at the par-3 17th on the island
green and Burns proceeded to find the water.
Dunlap made par but hit his tee shot at No. 18 landed on a mound
far right of the fairway. After Burns found the water for the
second straight hole, Dunlap's second shot traveled 194 yards
and rolled down a mound into a far corner of the fairway,
setting up another remarkable chip to 6 feet.
Bezuidenhout eagled the par-4 15th and birdied the 18th to
polish off a bogey-free 65 and make Dunlap's final par necessary
to avoid a playoff.
--Field Level Media
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