David Frost got a grip, and now he’s got a shot.
In Saturday’s third round at the Senior PGA Championship, Frost
shot a 65, a course-record in a competitive round at the Colorado
Golf Club in Parker.
The South African is now 2-under-par for the tournament, four
strokes behind the leaders, Jay Don Blake and Tom Lehman.
After a disappointing 77 on Friday, Frost tweaked his grip after
watching Tom Watson hit balls on the practice tee.
“I picked up a little grip change that I thought I should do,
and that helped today,” Frost said. “So unbeknownst to him, I did
learn something from him.”
Frost sunk four birdie putts on the front nine and three on the
back nine.
“I struck the ball very well from the first tee onward,” he
said. “The putts I made weren’t very long putts.”
Fred Couples went into the round as the leader at 7-under-par,
and went into the back nine at 6-under. But he double bogeyed the
10th after four putting, then followed that up with consecutive
bogeys.
Couples rebounded with a pair of birdies and finished the day
4-under-par. He was tied with Mark O’Meara, who recorded a round of
67, for third.
A pair of Castle Rock residents survived Friday’s cut. Bill
Loeffler rebounded from Friday’s 82 to shoot a 69, making him
4-over-par for the championship. Gary Hallberg shot 76 and is
6-over-par.
