Wyndham Clark reveals what everyone in the field at the BMW Championship is doing better than him

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Wyndham Clark still has a very good chance of winning the first PGA Tour event in his home state for a decade, with the 2023 US Open champion five shots off the lead heading into the final round of the BMW Championship.

Just three players in the field went lower than Wyndham Clark during the third round at Castle Pines on Saturday, with the 30-year-old posting a three under par 69 to move into the top five.

Clark spoke about how unique Castle Pines is ahead of the event, so he will be hoping that there are a few more twists on Sunday as he looks to catch the likes of Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott.

But clearly, there is one part of the game Clark believes he needs to improve if he is going to secure his second victory of the year. Clark made an eagle on the par five 17th on Saturday, and he suggested that he has not got close to taking full advantage of the longest holes this week.

Wyndham Clark shares what the field is doing so much better than him at the BMW Championship

“Well, I have not played that hole well. It’s a pretty easy hole and everyone is torching the par-5s except for me,” he said.

“I finally hit the fairway and then we hit the green, so it was just more – my caddie and I, it was our goal to just kind of put it in a spot where we could make birdie. Obviously eagle is a bonus.”

The difference between Clark and Keegan Bradley ahead of final round

Clark bogeyed both of the par fives on the back nine on Thursday, before playing them in level par during the second round. And he had made par on the first three par fives during his third round, so it is hardly surprising that he felt a sense of relief when he made that eagle on his penultimate hole on Saturday.

Clark has now been three under par for the par fives this week, while leader Keegan Bradley is seven under par for the par fives with no bogeys so far. That obviously makes up the large majority of the difference between the pair.

Clark has been really happy with his season so far, so he will be optimistic that he can make up for that in the final round, and put some real pressure on the leaders.

It may perhaps be down the final stretch that his course knowledge really hands him a helping hand – particularly now he knows he can make an eagle on 17.