The Bank of Utah Championship heads to the weekend at the Black Desert Resort. The 36-hole cut did not come Friday evening as slow play has bogged things down a tad.
This is Year 2 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Fall series event. It’s the fourth of seven Fall tournaments and while there’s no Masters invite for the winner anymore, there is still big money and lots of FedEx Cup points to be had.
Read below for round recaps, highlights, quotes and more from the third round of the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship.
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Michael Brennan is playing the third PGA Tour event of his entire career and he’s the leader by two entering the final round.
Brennan got off to a rough start with a double-bogey at the second hole but bounced back with an incredible stretch where he made an eagle and five birdies on holes 7-14. He made birdie on the 18th for good measure.
“I’m obviously very happy with how I finished this round. I played very solid coming in,” Brennan said. “I felt like I maybe was a little frustrated on the third hole still and it’s something I hope to improve upon, trying not to carry it with me. I made a nice birdie on No. 4 and kept things going.”
Now, with a two-shot cushion, Brennan is hoping to become just the seventh player since 1970 to secure a win on the PGA Tour in three starts or less. The last guy to do it? Matt McCarty, at this very tournament a year ago. To add to the juicy storyline, McCarty is right on Brennan’s heels at 15 under, in solo second place entering the final round. Those two will be last off the tee Sunday.
Being in position to win is nothing new for Brennan. In 16 starts on the PGA Tour Americas this season, he made all but one cut, won three times and racked up 12 top-10 finishes. Read more about Brennan’s journey here.
“[A win] would mean a lot. It’s been my goal growing up to play on the PGA Tour. I know my parents showed me things I wrote in kindergarten what my dream job is. It was always to play professional golf and to do so on the highest level. I have a great opportunity tomorrow, so try to take advantage of it, stay focused.”
Matt McCarty made one par, one bogey and seven birdies on the back nine at Black Desert Resort during Saturday’s third round of the Bank of Utah Championship. Now that’s how you finish.
McCarty earned his first PGA Tour victory at this very place a year ago and will enter Sunday with a great chance to do it again. The 27-year-old from Scottsdale is in solo second place at 15 under.
“I’ve played the golf course strategy-wise the same every day as I played it last year. I don’t think anything will change [Sunday]. But I think chasing sometimes it’s easy to kind of press and try to get it all in one swing or whatever. So just stay patient, which I think I did good today.”
Max Homa’s scorecard Saturday is indicative of his rollercoaster week that has seen him limp around the Black Desert Resort after splitting with his swing coach.
Homa made three bogeys, an eagle and six birdies en route to signing for a 5-under 66 in the third round, finishing the day at 11 under for the tournament and in a six-way tie for 9th as of 7:50 p.m. ET Saturday. Homa is obviously in pain, appearing as if it’s a struggle for him to even walk around the golf course. But still, he grinded it out and posted a really good score to keep himself in the mix entering Sunday.
Gritty stuff from the 34-year-old from Southern California, who’s taken his fair share of licks on the PGA Tour in recent years.
Tough scene here for the Dane, who needed three shots to get up-and-down at the par-3 17th. Despite the double bogey,, he still managed to bounce back with a birdie on the 18th to sign for a 6-under 65, which included an eagle at the ninth. He remains in contention heading into Sunday’s final round.
“Obviously a little bit sour feeling with that happening on 17. I thought I hit a decent shot; pulled it maybe a couple yards left. Got punished for it. You know, all in all it was a great round of golf, I thought. I was in good control out there. Holed some good putts to finish off the front nine.”
Dueling rounds of 8-under 63 have Kevin Yu and Rico Hoey right in the mix as they enter Sunday’s final round.
Yu played Saturday’s third round bogey free: “Didn’t make any mistakes out there,” he said. “Just really solid off the tee, through the tee, from the tee to the putting. Some good chances for me today on the greens and I made some, which is great. Bogey-free. I’ll take it every day out here.”
Hoey… not so much. He made a double bogey and a bogey but salvaged his round thanks to an eagle and a whopping nine birdies. In the end, both men signed for the same score and will enter the final round firmly in contention. They were tied for second at 14 under as of 7:30 p.m. ET, two shots behind solo leader Michael Brennan.
He stumbled at first, at one point early Saturday finding himself as many as three back, but 36-hole leader Michael Brennan took the solo lead again just before 7 p.m. ET Saturday with his fourth consecutive birdie at No. 12. The 2025 PGA Tour Americas champion also made an eagle on the par-5 seventh, which offset his double bogey on No. 2.
Have a day, Mr. Springer. He started 1 over through 4 and finished the day 9 under, signing for a blistering 62 that included a bogey and an eagle, back-to-back. The 28-year-old from Nashville made six birdies on the back nine to surge up the leaderboard and grab a share of the lead at 13 under. As of 5:40 p.m. ET, he’s tied with Thorbjorn Olesen, who’s having quite the day of his own at 6 under through 11 holes.
Springer is No. 131 in the FedEx Cup Standings. A win would go a long way in helping him keep his PGA Tour card.
“I mean, last year was tough. Like I definitely wanted to keep my card and do that, but I’ve been fortunate to have enough opportunities this year,” Springer said. “I think the biggest thing is every shot counts. Whether I win or don’t win tomorrow, whatever happens, every shot, every point matters at the end of the year.
“So I think that’s the biggest thing, is I definitely want to win and be there and do all that, but it still comes down to every shot and just trying to take it shot by shot and do the best I can on each and every one of those.”
Hayden Springer started his round 1 over through four holes. As of 4:30 p.m. ET, he’s 6 under through 13.
Springer bounced back from a bogey on No. 4 with an eagle at the par-4 fifth. He then made five birdies in his next eight holes to get to 10 under for the tournament, just one shot off the lead held by Justin Lower and David Ford.
Michael Brennan, who was tied for the 36-hole lead, started 2 over through 3 holes to drop back into a tie for seventh at 8 under. That allowed David Ford and Justin Lower to distance themselves a bit from the pack. Each of them is 11 under for the tournament having played three holes in the third round as of 3:45 p.m. ET Saturday.
A pair of Haydens — Hayden Buckley and Hayden Springer — have the best round going on the day so far. Both of them are 4 under through 10 holes and both are part of a massive 13-way tied for seventh.
The final group of Michael Brennan, David Ford and Jackson Suber has teed off in the third round of Bank of Utah Championship. Brennan and Ford still share the lead at 10 under as of 2:55 p.m. ET, but Justin Lower joined them there with a birdie on the first hole.
Suber and Pierceson Coody make up a tie for fourth at 9 under, one shot ahead of a seven-way tie for sixth.
How to watch, follow 2025 Bank of Utah ChampionshipThird round, Saturday, Oct. 26Golf Channel: 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ETNBC Sports app: 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ETPGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 3 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ETWhat happened in the second round of the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship?
For the second day in a row, several players were unable to finish before it got dark. A total of 51 players (nearly a third of the field) will have to complete their second round on Saturday morning. Thirty-eight were forced to go out early Friday morning to finish the first round.
But many players were able to complete 36 holes before nightfall, including the solo leader, Michael Brennan, who is 10 under for the tournament after rounds of 67 and 65. He leads by one ahead of a three-way tie for second between Jackson Suber, Justin Lower and Pierceson Coody, who were all able to finish on Friday as well.
How much money is on the line at the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship?
The total purse in 2025 is $6 million (down from $7.5 from a year ago) and this year’s champ will bank a cool $1.08 million.
Where is the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship played?
Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah, is the host venue for a second year. The golf course was the final design of Tom Weiskopf’s career. The course has only been open for two years but has already rocketed to the top of Golfweek’s Best public-access courses in Utah. The layout has quickly climbed the rankings and is No. 1 in Utah on Golfweek’s Best list of public-access courses, No. 26 among all resort courses in the U.S. and No. 81 among all modern courses in the country.
