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<\/p>\nHe has missed 10 cuts, including last week\u2019s 3M Open, and is No. 146 in the FedEx Cup standings.<\/p>\n
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The Rocket Classic and next week\u2019s Wyndham Championship are the last two tournaments left before the top 70 advance to playoffs.<\/p>\n
Riley had an opportunity to win the season-opening Sony Open as the third-round leader<\/a> before closing with a 71 and falling into a tie for sixth. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of ups and downs,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just excited that I\u2019ve started to put the things together and have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n Brennan<\/a> (64) had a strong round with seven birdies, but missed a 9-foot putt to bogey 18 and lost a share of the lead.<\/p>\n Rasmus Hojgaard<\/a> (61), Chris Kirk<\/a> (66), Rickie Fowler (67) and Cameron Young<\/a> (68) were three shots back.<\/p>\n Xander Schauffele<\/a> (67) is in a group another stroke back, going into the final round on Sunday.<\/p>\n Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., was the top Canadian at seven-under after posting a 69. Winnipeg\u2019s Nick Taylor was four over and Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., was one over.<\/p>\n Hojgaard became the third player in as many days to match the course record with a 61, giving him the lead before Brennan\u2019s birdies put him ahead.<\/p>\n First-round leader Peter Malnati<\/a> opened with a 61 before plummeting to 4 under with a 71 and 74.<\/p>\n Young matched the mark on the second day, putting the third-ranked player in the world in a three-way tie for the second-round lead with Patrick Cantlay and Patrick Fishburn.<\/p>\n Young, playing for the first time since a second-place finish at the British Open, was in the final group on Saturday and had a rough round.<\/p>\n He missed 11-foot putts at Nos. 1 and 3, settling for par. His drive at No. 2 went wide right, landing on a berm with the ball above his feet, leading to another par.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old Brennan, a former Wake Forest star, is shooting for his second win and first since last year\u2019s Bank of Utah Championship in his first start as a professional.<\/p>\n Brennan also has a chance to improve his shot at being in the postseason after entering the tournament No. 106 in the FedEx Cup standings. He made eight straight birdies, one shy of the PGA Tour record<\/a>, on Thursday to open with a 65 and shot a 67 on Friday.<\/p>\n Hojgaard of Denmark is vying for his first win on the PGA Tour after missing the cut in his last three starts \u2014 and just making it to the weekend at 3 under in Detroit.<\/p>\n Kirk, who was in a three-way playoff at last year\u2019s Rocket Classic before Aldrich Potgieter won it, earned his sixth career victory at the The Sentry early in 2024. Fowler\u2019s sixth and last win was the 2023 Rocket Classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n