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Zach Johnson makes birdie on No. 14 at Principal Charity Classic<\/p>\n
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Written by Staff Iowa native Zach Johnson<\/a> carded the low score of the day (63) and enters the final round of the Principal Charity Classic tied for the lead with Brett Quigley<\/a> and Charles Schwab No. 5 Scott Hend<\/a>.This is the highest number of players tied for the 36-hole lead on PGA TOUR Champions since the 2025 U.S. Senior Open (three), which was a 72-hole event. The last time three or more players were tied for the 36-hole lead of a 54-hole event was the 2024 DICK\u2019S Open (three).Weather Delay: Play was suspended due to inclement weather for one hour and 30 minutes from 10:48 a.m. CT to 12:18 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n Zach Johnson, 69-63 \u2013 132 (-12)<\/p>\n The 50-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (eighth start)Last win: 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame InvitationalThe Iowa native has finished in the top 10 in each of his seven starts since turning 50 years old on February 24Entered the week ranked No. 2 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standingsMatched his low 18-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (18th individual stroke play round)Previous instance: 63 (2026 Hoag Classic, Round 1)This is his low 36-hole on PGA TOUR Champions in an individual stroke play event (132)Previous low: 133 (twice; 2026 Cologuard Classic, 2026 Hoag Classic)Looks to become the second multi-time winner of the 2026 season, joining Stewart Cink<\/a> (four)Looks to become the fourth player to win the Principal Charity Classic in his first appearanceThis is his third time leading\/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (1-for-2)Led at the 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational (won)Led at the 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (finished third) \u2013 Modified Stableford scoringWill play in the last group of the final round for the third time this season (1-for-2)James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational (won)Mitsubishi Electric Classic (finished third) \u2013 Modified Stableford scoring<\/p>\n Brett Quigley, 67-65 \u2013 132 (-12)<\/p>\n The 56-year-old seeks his third win on PGA TOUR Champions (136th start)Last win: 2023 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDSMaking his eighth start of the 2026 season, he has one top-10 finishBest finish: T10 (American Family Insurance Championship) \u2013 team event with partner Jason Caron<\/a>Was third alternate when the field was released on FridayLast alternate to win: \u00c1ngel Cabrera (2025 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)Note: Cabrera was second alternate at that eventMaking his sixth appearance at the Principal Charity Classic, he has two top-10 finishesBest finish: fifth (2022)This is his seventh time leading\/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (1-for-6)Most recent: Led at the 2023 Dominion Energy Charity Classic (finished third)Successful conversion: Led at the 2023 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS (won)This is his second time leading\/co-leading entering the final round of the Principal Charity ClassicPrevious instance: co-led in 2022 (finished fifth)Will play in the last group of the final round for the first time this season<\/p>\n Scott Hend, 65-67 \u2013 132 (-12)<\/p>\n The 52-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (13th start)Last win: 2026 Trophy Hassan IIIn three starts on PGA TOUR Champions in 2026, he has finished (chronologically): T3 (Senior PGA Championship), second (Regions Tradition), won (Trophy Hassan II)Entered the week ranked No. 5 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standingsThis is his low 36-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (132)Previous low: 134 (2026 Senior PGA Championship) \u2013 finished T3Looks to become the second multi-time winner of the 2026 season, joining Stewart Cink (four)Looks to become the first player to win back-to-back starts on PGA TOUR Champions since Stewart Cink (2026 Hoag Classic, 2026 Senior PGA Championship)Looks to become the fourth player to win the Principal Charity Classic in his first appearancePrevious instances: Jim Thorpe (2001), Jay Haas (2007), Scott McCarron (2016)This is his first time leading\/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR ChampionsPrevious best position: T2 (2026 Trophy Hassan II) \u2013 wonWill play in the last group of the final round for the second time this season (1-for-1)Previous instance: Trophy Hassan II (won)World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen<\/a> (T4) carded 64 and enters the final round at 11-under par. The 57- year-old seeks his second win of the 2026 season (10th start) and sixth win overall on PGA TOUR Champions (154th start).Last win: 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Modified Stableford scoring)The 2025 co-runner-up S\u00f8ren Kjeldsen<\/a> (T4) posted a bogey-free 65 and enters the final round at 11 under. The 51- year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (28th start).Best finish: T2 (two times; 2025 Principal Charity Classic, 2025 American Family Insurance Championship \u2013 team event with partner Alex Cejka<\/a>)David Bransdon<\/a> (T4) eagled No. 18 en route to a bogey-free 66. The 52-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (48th start).Best finish: third (2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic)World Golf Hall of Fame member Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal (T7) is the lone player in the field without a bogey or worse after 36 holes.First-round co-leader George McNeill<\/a> (T10) carded 70 and sits at 9 under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1D AGO 1 Min Read Daily Wrap Up *:not(style){overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0px;right:0px;bottom:0px;left:0px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;height:100%;}.css-17ygvlf>img,.css-17ygvlf>video{object-fit:cover;}.css-17ygvlf::before{height:0px;content:””;display:block;padding-bottom:56.25%;}]]> Zach Johnson makes birdie on No. 14 at Principal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}