Jerry Kelly takes lead into final round at Regions Tradition

Jerry Kelly shot a third-round 65 to take a one-stroke lead into Sunday at the Regions Tradition.

Things to know

• Jerry Kelly carded the low round of the day with bogey-free 65 and takes a one-stroke lead over Y.E. Yang into the final round of the Regions Tradition presented by Coca-Cola.
• Weather Delay: The start of the third round was delayed by one hour due to rainfall and began at 10 a.m. CT.

Jerry Kelly (15-under)

• The 58-year-old seeks his 14th win on PGA TOUR Champions (180th start).
  • Last win: 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (April 25-27)
  • Would be the 23rd player in PGA TOUR Champions history to reach 14 wins and would move into T19 on the all-time wins list
• Seeks his second win of the 2025 season (seventh start)
  • Would be his second win in his last three starts (finished T22 in his last start at the Insperity Invitational)
  • Entered the week No. 7 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
• With a win on Sunday, he would become the second multiple winner of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (two wins).
• Would be his fifth multi-win season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instances: 2017 (2 wins); 2019 (3 wins); 2020-21 (2 wins); 2022 (3 wins)
• Seeks his third major title on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous major wins: 2020 Kaulig Companies Championship; 2022 Kaulig Companies Championship
• This is his 12th time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (6-for-11).
  • Is 2-for-3 in 72-hole events
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the second time this season (1-for-1).
  • Previous instance: Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Won)
• Making his seventh appearance at the Regions Tradition, he has three top-10 finishes.
  • Best finish at the Regions Tradition: fourth (2023); T4 (2021)

Other notes

• The 2009 PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang carded bogey-free 67 and sits in 2nd at 14-under. The 53-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (89th start).
  • Last win: 2024 Stifel Charity Classic
• The 2024 Regions Tradition runner-up Steven Alker, who entered the week No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, sits T3 at 13-under after posting 71.
  • Alker, who won the Cologuard Classic earlier this year, looks to become the second multiple winner of the 2025 season, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (two wins).
  • The 53-year-old seeks his 10th win overall on PGA TOUR Champions (83rd start).
  • Alker seeks his second major victory on PGA TOUR Champions (previous major win: 2022 Senior PGA Championship).
• Seeking his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (56th start), Charlie Wi (T3) shot 67.
  • Best finish on PGA TOUR Champions: 2nd (2023 Invited Celebrity Classic) – lost in a playoff; T2 (2023 TimberTech Championship)
• Ángel Cabrera, Boo Weekley and Chris DiMarco are T5 at 12-under.
• The 18- and 36-hole leader Richard Green (T10) went bogey-double bogey on Nos. 9 and 10 on his way to 3-over 75. He is 10-under entering the final round.
• On his first hole of the day, John Huston (T60) made a hole-in-one on No. 10 with an 8-iron from 157 yards.
  • Since 2002, this is the third time a player has made an ace on his opening hole of a round on PGA TOUR Champions (previous instances: Walter Hall, 2006 U.S. Senior Open, Round 2, Hole No. 10; Shaun Micheel, 2021 Sanford International, Round 2, Hole No. 10)
• Brian Gay (injury) withdrew before the start of his third round.