{"id":465385,"date":"2026-02-08T00:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465385\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T00:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:36:08","slug":"waste-management-phoenix-open-third-round-leaderboard-min-woo-lee-crowd-behaviour-scores-latest-news-video-highlights-jack-doherty-streamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465385\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Management Phoenix Open third round leaderboard, Min Woo Lee, crowd behaviour, scores, latest news, video, highlights, Jack Doherty streamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A back nine surge has kept Min Woo Lee\u2019s hopes of winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open alive with one round left to play at TPC Scottsdale.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian went four-under par in only three holes with a scintillating birdie-birdie-eagle run from holes 13 to 15 before ending the penultimate round at -9, four shots behind leader Hideki Matsuyama.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 PGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=golf&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lee shot a three-under par 68 in the third round as the long bomber produced a masterclass with the driver.<\/p>\n<p>No one gained more strokes off the tee than the West Australian, but despite clawing his way back into the tournament with his stunning burst, he no doubt would feel as if he left a few shots out there.<\/p>\n<p>Lee drained a near 25-foot eagle putt at the 15th, but his putter went cold down the closing stretch.<\/p>\n<p>He was booed by the boisterous crowd at the par 3 16th stadium hole when he missed a birdie putt from a similar range to the monster effort he dropped a hole prior.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old then three-putted for par after driving the green at the 308 metre par 4 17th.<\/p>\n<p>He also made three bogeys for the day to reduce the impact of his four birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeffLEADERBOARD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/match?matchid=PHX2026001001B4CB4\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">All the scores from the WM Phoenix Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA &#8211; FEBRUARY 07: Min Woo Lee of Australia plays his shot from the 15th tee during the third round of the WM Phoenix Open 2026 at TPC Scottsdale on February 07, 2026 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alex Goodlett\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Alex Goodlett \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Lee is joined in the chasing pack by world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, who is a shot further back at -8 after producing one of the highlights of the day with a hole-out from a greenside bunker on the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>There are a whopping 18 players within five shots of the lead and in the final round someone will need to replicate the efforts of many of the contenders on Sunday morning AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolai Hojgaard (-12), Maverick McNealy (-12), Michael Thorbjornsen (-11) and Viktor Hovland (-9) shared low round of the day honours with 65s.<\/p>\n<p>Post-round, Hovland discussed the changing nature of the rowdy crowd in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>After the chaos of recent years where there have been growing numbers of arrests and evictions, Hovland says things have \u201ca lot more tame this year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A streamer was handed a lifetime ban from PGA Tour events for paying a spectator $100 to yell out \u201cjacka**\u201d in a Mackenzie Hughes\u2019 backswing during the second round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happens at this tournament sometimes&#8230; Yeah, I saw the video. Honestly, I didn\u2019t lose much sleep over it. My caddie and the security staff were all pretty prompt to kick whoever it was out,\u201d the Canadian told The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I wasn\u2019t really much of the story. I just happened to be the guy that was there&#8230;I\u2019m not really much of a social media guy, so I had no idea who it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fan was filmed asking Dan Brown, who missed the cut, for a cigarette earlier in the tournament and the Englishman handed him one.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffGet all the latest golf news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=GolfArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But otherwise the carnage has been kept to a minimum, according to Hovland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, compared to a couple years I feel like it\u2019s a lot more tame this year,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really think it\u2019s too crazy at all. 16 is just fun. I think to get booed every now and again or cheered for if you make a putt is completely fine. It\u2019s fun. It\u2019s reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is not beer all over the green. No one has made a hole-in-one yet, so not going to jinx that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cam Davis is the only other Australian to make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>After almost making a hole-in-one on a par 4 in the second round, Davis shot an even par 71 to remain -2 overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A back nine surge has kept Min Woo Lee\u2019s hopes of winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open alive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[2620,2095,5888,64,238219,238216,63,689,238214,43486,10905,98170,10914,9232,2105,755,237729,140459,196692,167769,42351,6925,238217,2041,2067,677,29169,64423,238218,85,233912,238215,2614],"class_list":["post-465385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-au","tag-aussie-cam-davis","tag-aussie-cult-hero","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-behaviour-crackdown","tag-birdie-putt","tag-chasing-pack","tag-dan-brown","tag-day-honours","tag-eagle-putt","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-golf","tag-golfing-history","tag-hideki-matsuyama","tag-jack-doherty","tag-lifetime-ban","tag-mackenzie-hughes","tag-maverick-mcnealy","tag-monster-effort","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-phoenix","tag-scottsdale","tag-social-media-guy","tag-sports","tag-stadium-hole","tag-stunning-blitz","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}