Scottie Scheffler moved his way atop the leaderboard on Day 3 at Colonial

Saturday is known as moving day on the PGA Tour. And Scottie Scheffler moved himself in position to win for the fifth time on the PGA Tour this season.

There wasn’t much separation during Round 3 until Scheffler made the turn. He parred every hole on the front nine and then made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 10 and 11 to take the outright lead at 11-under.

Scheffler later gave a stroke back with his first bogey of the tournament on No. 17, dropping to 10-under, before closing with a birdie on No. 18 to move back to 11-under.

Scheffler will take the outright lead going into Sunday’s final round at the Charles Schwab Challenge. However, there’s plenty of players in position to give Scheffler a run for his money.

The most strokes overcome going into the final round is 7 strokes when Nick Price won it in 1994. Ben Hogan and Phil Mickelson both rallied from 6-stroke deficits in 1952 and 2000, respectively.

There are 23 players within 7 strokes of Scheffler’s lead.

Brendon Todd is the closest at 9-under after he posted the low round of the day at 5-under 65 Saturday. Harold Varner III and Scott Stallings are both at 8-under.

Todd opened red-hot on the front nine. He eagled the par-5 first and then had birdies on Nos. 2, 6 and 8. Todd is looking to complete the DFW sweep as he won the AT&T Byron Nelson in 2014.

Jordan Spieth isn’t out of it yet, either. The 2016 Colonial champion is in a group at 5-under following an even-par 70 on Saturday.

The group of players at 4-under could become threats to win it, too. Among the notable players at 4-under include 2019 Colonial champion Kevin Na and Sam Burns, who is No. 10 in the world golf rankings. Na is among the threats to post a low number early in the day as he’s posted a 9-under 61 and two 8-under 62s in his Colonial career.

Tony Finau, who finished runner-up in 2019, is another name to watch in the group at 4-under.

At the end of the day, it’s anybody’s guess as to who may push Scheffler for the plaid jacket. Round 4’s television coverage begins at noon to 1 p.m. on Golf Channel and then 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on CBS.

Birdie free

The par-3 fourth, which played 247 yards on Saturday, is the only hole that didn’t surrender a birdie in Round 3. The average score on the hole was 3.217.

There were eight birdies on No. 4 during the second round on Friday, and 10 birdies during the first round on Thursday.

No repeat

Ben Hogan will remain the only golfer in Colonial’s history to successfully defend his championship.

Jason Kokrak, who won the 2021 tournament, sits in last place at 6-over following a 6-over 76 on Saturday. Kokrak ran into trouble on No. 5 with a double bogey and then unraveled on the back nine with six bogeys (Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16).

The 76 is Kokrak’s worst score in the tournament since a 10-over 80 in the second round of the 2017 event.

Sunday’s flyover

Sunday’s final round will have a flyover at 2 p.m.

There will be one Huey helicopter at low altitude that comes in over No. 13 green, circles around the No. 14 and No. 17 green area, and then flies across the entire course.

Prior to the flyover, there will be a 40-second moment of silence to honor America’s fallen military and for the children and adjust that died in the Uvalde school shooting.