By Christopher Powers
Breezy conditions in The Bahamas yielded some of the higher scores we’ve seen this week at the Hero Wold Challenge, but the wind couldn’t stop 36-hole leaders Jon Rahm and Henrik Stenson from building on their lead at Albany. Playing with one another, the pair carded matching three-under 69s, each hanging on down the stretch to stay tied at the top of the leader board at 13-under 203 heading into Sunday.

But tomorrow they will have company, as Tony Finau carded one of the rounds of the day, a five-under 67 that featured just one bogey, which came at the par-3 second. From there Finau caught fire by making six birdies, but his most important hole of the day was his 18th, where Finau nearly holed out a birdie chip from an impossible spot right of the green, then made the lengthy comeback putt for par to finish strong.

Rahm, who also bogeyed the par-3 second, went on a similar run to Finau’s making three birdies on his next nine holes before dropping his second shot of the day at the par-3 12th. He would recover with birdies as 14 and 15 to post a 69, his second straight round in the 60s. It could take something similar to win this thing on Sunday.

“If you’re asking for a score, I don’t know,” said Rahm. “It really depends on the pin positions and how the wind comes up tomorrow. The wind intensity is the No.1 factor. If we get very little wind, you’re going to have to shoot in the 60s for sure to have a chance.

“With good conditions, if it’s anything worse than 69, I’d be shocked.”

If it’s Stenson that gets it done with a round below 70, that would give him four rounds in the 60s for the week, which would make him the only player in the field to do that this week. If he continues to play like he has been (first in the field in driving accuracy, greens in regulation and birdies), he has to like his chances.

There plenty of intriguing names chasing though, starting with Gary Woodland and Rickie Fowler, who won this event last year with a scintillating final-round 61. He posted a third-round 67 to get to 10-under 206, as did Woodland, who has a one-shot edge on Fowler at 11-under 205.

Xander Schauffele and Dustin Johnson are tied for sixth at nine-under 207, and Patrick Reed, who shot a 77 on Friday, bounced back with a 66 on Saturday to get to eight-under 208.