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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jordan Spieth shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to move into a tie for the lead heading into the final round of the Valero Texas Open. Spieth and Englishman Matt Wallace are at 12 under after each player birdied their final two holes of the day. Wallace also posted a 67, and Charley Hoffman is alone in third at 10 under after shooting a 65. RELATED: Full leaderboard Hoffman was seven shots back after a bogey at No. 4, but he finished up with six birdies and sank a five-foot eagle putt at the 14th. He won here five years ago. Three consecutive bogeys early on the back nine sent second-round leader Cameron Tringale to a 1-over 73 that put him at 8 under for the tournament. India's Anirban Lahiri is at 7 under after a 69. Tom Hoge finished with five birdies and moved up 26 spots on the leaderboard with a third-round 66. He is in a group of four players at 6 under that includes Lucas Glover (70), Gary Woodland (67) and Matt Kuchar (70). The start of play was delayed for more than two hours by rain. Time has just about run out on Rickie Fowler's chances to make his 11th straight Masters appearance next week. He has to win to get in, but his 69 Saturday has him in 21st place and nine shots out of the lead. With four birdies in an eight-hole stretch, Spieth was tied with Wallace and Hoffman for the lead heading to the 308-yard 17th. Spieth sailed his tee shot about 50 yards off line, right of the green, still just about pin high. His ball had rolled several yards down a concrete cart path and settled onto a gravel maintenance path. Wallace nailed his tee shot to the fringe of the green. Spieth got free relief with a drop off the gravel. From about 52 yards, Spieth opened the face of his wedge and sailed it upward, a nifty recovery shot that trickled the ball to about three feet from the cup. With his chip and short putt, Wallace also birdied 17. Wallace and Spieth reached the 18th in two and each birdied again. Spieth, winless since his 2017 Open Championship title, has been knocking on the door the past two months. He led heading into the final round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He shared the lead with 18 to go at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and he led at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard with 11 holes to go. Wallace was a stroke back of Tringale entering the day and took the lead after opening with two birdies. He bogeyed No. 11 but came in with four birdies after that. The 2016 Valero Texas Open is one of four wins on the PGA TOUR for Hoffman. He also was runner-up here in 2019 and 2011, and finished third in 2013. Hoffman bogeyed his fourth hole Saturday and was seven back. But he birdied 6 and 8 with putts inside eight feet, and put away a 17-footer for birdie at the 12th. His putter stayed hot at 16 and 17 - both of those birdies came from past 13 feet. He finished it off with a 340-yard drive on 18, reached the par-5 in two from 260 yards out and left his 40-foot uphill eagle putt just a couple of feet short for an easy birdie.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Bubba Watson received an interesting message from his longtime caddie, Ted Scott, before he got on the grounds at Innisbrook Resort for the Valspar Championship this week. As the two readied for only their second start at the Copperhead since 2011 (Watson missed the cut in 2017, his only other trip since then), Scott offered some words of wisdom to Watson:  Let’s play really, really smart.  “It might have been Sunday night, or Monday, but he texted me and he said, ‘To play good around here you’re going to have to play boring golf,’â€� Watson said. “So I joked with him and said, that’s my whole game – boring. You have to pick and choose your battles around here.â€� Watson chose them well over 72 holes, shooting 3-under 68 on Sunday to tie for fourth, his second top-5 at this event. As always, he played aggressively off the tee – hey, this is Bubba we’re talking about – but with his irons, he decided to play a little more conservatively into the greens.  “We looked at the top 10. What does it take to get in the top 10?â€� Watson said. “It’s about greens in regulation here we figured out and so you had to just kind of plot along and that’s kind of what I did. I hit a driver a lot because I love it, I dinked it here and there, but I hit a lot of irons off tees just to get the ball in play. Even if I laid back a lot further, I trusted my iron game to hit some of the greens and that’s really what I did.  “I putted really good today, the other days were just decent. For me it was good though.â€� The performance was Watson’s best since a tie for fourth at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in early February, which represented Watson’s only top 10 in seven starts this season. He started Sunday six shots behind Paul Casey and knows that at the Copperhead, lots of crazy things can happen. Watson birdied his first hole but would add only one more in his next 12 holes. “When you start out slow and don’t make any birdies … you’re like, well, second place ain’t bad, let’s try for that, and then third place and fourth place,â€� Watson said. “So it’s one of those things where, yeah, you have that vision (of catching the leader) and then after nine holes you realize that vision is gone so now just get a good finish, a good top 10 or top 5 if you have a chance.â€� Watson said his goal once he reached 10 victories was to get to 15 (he has 12). Now 40, he says he’s been inspired by watching fellow left-hander Phil Mickelson win at 48 (“I’ve got eight years,” he joked). Watson’s next stop is Austin for the Wolrd Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, a tournament he won a year ago, dispatching fellow Georgia Bulldog Kevin Kisner in the finals, 7 and 6.  “I vote every year not to have Match Play, because I feel like I have a better chance in 72 holes (stroke play),â€� Watson said with a smile. “But nobody ever asks me.â€� 

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Round 1 of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard takes place from Bay Hill on Thursday. A field full of the game’s biggest names include two-time FedExCup champion and past Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Rory McIlroy and world No. 1 Jon Rahm. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from the event due to injury. Tyrrell Hatton, Marc Leishman, and FedExCup leader Hideki Matsuyama return to action, as does Scottie Scheffler. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12–6 p.m. ET. Saturday, 1–6 p.m. Sunday, 1-6:30 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED GROUPS Thursday Marquee Group Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Sepp Straka Featured Groups Hideki Matsuyama, Luke List, Max Homa Scottie Scheffler, Sungjae Im, Will Zalatoris Friday Marquee Group Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Sam Burns Featured Groups Viktor Hovland, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge Jason Day, Marc Leishman, Tyrrell Hatton MUST READS The First Look Power Rankings Expert Picks Five Things to Know: Bay Hill Byrson, Arnie linked by love of the long ball

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