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Greyserman is after his first PGA Tour title — he was second in
this event a year ago.
It's a different story from Schauffele, who could add to his
long resume on Sunday. This includes two major championships, a
gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and numerous other PGA
Tour titles.
Schauffele's mother was born in Taiwan but grew up in Japan.
Winning, of course, would be a dream.
“It would be special obviously, my grandparents here, my mom
growing up here with her brother as well,” he said. “That’s far
away from now, but yeah, to think into the future, it would be
an incredible feeling.”
Greyserman, who has shared or held the lead outright since the
first round, described just holding on.
“Obviously I think me and Xander are tied — so I would have
liked to push my lead further, play better today and all that
stuff, but you’re not going to play great for 72 straight
holes,” he said. “The conditions were tough and I didn’t really
adapt to the elements that well, but it’s a new day tomorrow.”
Five players were three strokes back going into the final round
including defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael
Thorbjornsen (66), Byeong Hun An (66), Garrick Higgo (68), and
Si Woo Kim (69).
“With these conditions, I’m very proud of the way I fought today
to give myself a chance," Echavarria said, referring to the
all-day rain.
It is the only PGA Tour tournament in Japan. The event was moved
this year to Yokohama after being played east of Tokyo. It
premiered in 2019 and was won by Tiger Woods.
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