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An in-depth investigation of Qualcomm’s (QCOM.O) acquisition of Israeli auto-chip maker Autotalks is set to begin on Wednesday, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the case.
Vaccination against RSV during pregnancy has been given the go light by the FDA. The RSV vaccine made by Pfizer and intended to protect unborn children from the top cause of infant hospitalization in the United States was given the green light by the FDA for use during pregnancy.
Novavax’s stock price has been on the rise since the company announced the effectiveness of its new Covid vaccination against the most recent Eris form.
According to court documents filed on Monday, Donald Trump’s bond in the Georgia case accusing him of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss has been set at $200,000.
Adjusted earnings per share for Dick’s Sporting Goods came in at $2.82 on $3.22 billion in sales. While $3.81 and $3.24 billion were predicted, these numbers fell short. The company’s gross margin of 34% was also under the 36% predicted by market analysts.
The most popular tool in the financial sector will shortly be upgraded. Microsoft has launched a public preview of Python in Excel, enabling proficient spreadsheet users to work with both Python scripts and traditional Excel calculations in the same document.
The web version of Meta’s Threads app is now available. The company’s X rival is gradually rolling out a web version of the platform where users may post, interact with the posts of others, and view feeds. It’s part of the company’s effort to respond rapidly to user requests for new features.
According to Monday’s Wall Street Journal, sandwich business Subway is being eyed for a purchase by Roark Capital, which also owns Arby’s and Buffalo Wild Wings. The deal is rumoured to be worth around $9.6 billion. The article claims that this week could see the finalization of the contract.
X, formerly known as Twitter, is experimenting with a feature that removes story headlines before they are displayed to users. Fortune first reported the news, and then X owner Elon Musk confirmed it.
On Tuesday, Altria Group, the parent company of Marlboro, said that a wholly-owned subsidiary, NJOY, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Juul Labs, the e-cigarette firm in which Altria Group had previously held a substantial investment.
In a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Charles Schwab revealed that, in an effort to minimize expenses, the company would be downsizing its office space in San Francisco and implementing layoffs.
Macy’s (M) reported pre-market earnings that surpassed Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, although the retailer noted that its credit card business is struggling. There was a decrease in credit card revenues, the company said in its Q2 results report, “which were negatively impacted by an increased rate of delinquencies across all stages of aged balances within the portfolio.”
SNDL Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDL) (“SNDL”) and Nova Cannabis Inc. (TSX: NOVC) should announce any day regulatory approvals for their partnership.
On Wednesday, Nvidia, Peloton, Kohl’s, Foot Locker, WIlliams-Sonoma, Bath & Body Works, and Abercrombie & Fitch are all slated to release their quarterly financial results.
Thursday reporting Burlington, Dollar Tree, TD Bank, Petco, Weibo, Build-A-Bear, Ulta, Intuit, Gap, and Nordstrom are forecasted to report earnings.
California ranks second as the state with the cleanest tap water.
The states with the cleanest tap water
Kentucky has the cleanest tap water in the contiguous United States, reporting just 22.16 public water system violations per one million residents throughout 2022.
California and South Carolina come second and third respectively, with 27.65 and 30.29 violations per one million residents.
Montana was found to have the least clean tap water, with the equivalent of 724.04 violations per one million residents in 2022.
California has the second cleanest tap water in the contiguous United States, according to a new report analyzing public water system violations.
Health information website Great Green Wall Health analyzed data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to find each of the 48 contiguous states’ total number of public water system (PWS) violations throughout 2022.
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The number of PWS violations was then calculated as a proportion of one million residents, to give a fairer overview of which contiguous states offer the cleanest tap water.
In first place is Kentucky which saw just 100 total PWS violations during 2022, the equivalent of 22.16 violations per one million residents. A violation is defined as a breach of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements.
Kentucky officials recently however, had to ease concerns over water contamination due to the spill of hazardous materials from the East Palestine train derailment in neighboring state Ohio, on February 3, 2023.
California is in second place, with 1,079 PWS violations in 2022, which translates to 27.65 violations per one million residents given its larger population.
South Carolina is in third place, with 160 total PWS violations in 2022, equal to 30.29 per one million residents. Despite being one of the states with fewer violations, State Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit as recently as August 2023 against several companies, including DuPont and 3M, related to PFAS, also known as the forever chemical, being in public water systems.
In fourth and fifth place are Minnesota and Nebraska, which had 36.56 and 39.64 PWS violations per one million residents respectively.
In sixth place is Alabama, with 202 total PWS violations in 2022, (39.81 violations per one million residents) while Massachusetts, ranked seventh with 288 PWS violations (41.25 violations per one million residents.)
Tennessee and Nevada are in eighth and ninth place, with 42.69 and 49.09 PWS violations per one million residents respectively.
In tenth place is Maryland, with 319 total violations in 2022, and 51.75 PWS violations per one million residents.
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Montana was found to have the least clean tap water of all the contiguous states, with a total of 813 PWS violations in 2022, which when extrapolated is the equivalent of 724.04 violations per one million residents.
“In the last decade or so, Americans have had to contend with the water crisis of Flint, Michigan, which has brought the issue of clean tap water to the forefront of conversation. Therefore, it may come as no surprise that Michigan ranks relatively low given that these issues are still being addressed.
“What is more surprising, is that there are 10 states below Michigan that have not been in the media spotlight for the number of PWS violations they have received.”
Methodology:
Data was taken from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that looked at the total number of public water system (PWS) violations each state recorded in 2022. The number of violations per 1 million residents was then calculated (PWS violations / Population x 1,000,000) to give a fairer overview of which states the cleanest tap water. Population figures were taken from 2022 US Census population estimates.
South Carolina is in third place, with 160 total PWS violations in 2022, equal to 30.29 per one million residents. Despite being one of the states with fewer violations, State Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit as recently as August 2023 against several companies, including DuPont and 3M, related to PFAS, also known as the forever chemical, being in public water systems.
In fourth and fifth place are Minnesota and Nebraska, which had 36.56 and 39.64 PWS violations per one million residents respectively.
In sixth place is Alabama, with 202 total PWS violations in 2022, (39.81 violations per one million residents) while Massachusetts, ranked seventh with288 PWS violations (41.25 violations per one million residents.)
Tennessee and Nevada are in eighth and ninth place, with 42.69 and 49.09 PWS violations per one million residents respectively.
In tenth place is Maryland, with 319 total violations in 2022, and 51.75 PWS violations per one million residents.
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Montana was found to have the least clean tap water of all the contiguous states, with a total of 813 PWS violations in 2022, which when extrapolated is the equivalent of 724.04 violations per one million residents.
“In the last decade or so, Americans have had to contend with the water crisis of Flint, Michigan, which has brought the issue of clean tap water to the forefront of conversation. Therefore, it is may come as no surprise that Michigan ranks relatively low given that these issues are still being addressed.
“What is more surprising, is that there are 10 states below Michigan that have not been in the media spotlight for the number of PWS violations they have received.”
Contiguous states ranked from least to most public water system (PWS) violations (2022)
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No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia of France overcame a tough first set to defeat Peyton Stearns 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of Tennis in the Land on Tuesday in Cleveland.
Garcia won 25 of 30 first-service points (83.3 percent) and finished with a 10-4 edge in aces over the American up-and-comer, but she had to overcome a 5-3 deficit in the first set and save a set point before taking the lead. Stearns saved two set points in the 12th game to force the tiebreaker, where Garcia won the final three points before taking control of the second set.
Garcia’s next opponent will be China’s Lin Zhu, who took down Austria’s Julia Grabher 6-4, 6-1. Zhu converted five of seven break-point opportunities while saving break point six out of eight times.
Xinyu Wang of China upset 11th seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-4, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, while in the round of 32, Germany’s Tatjana Maria outlasted Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in an hour and 51 minutes.
The final second-round match Tuesday night will pit Canadian Leylah Fernandez against Denmark’s Clara Tauson, who on Monday upset Czech No. 2 seed Barbora Krejcikova in the first round.
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain saved a match point in the second set before putting together a dominant performance in the third to earn a 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz on Saturday in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio.
After coasting through the opening set, Hurkacz had Alcaraz on the ropes when he led 5-4 in the second set. But the 20-year-old stayed alive and eventually forced a tiebreaker, though he quickly found himself in a precarious position once again.
Hurkacz raced out to a 4-1 lead, but Alcaraz buckled down, taking the next six points to reach a third set. That’s where Alcaraz won 15 of 19 first-service points en route to the victory, allowing the World No. 1 to advance to the final at the Cincinnati-area event.
“It was a mental semifinal, I had to stay there,” Alcaraz said. “I had a lot of break points, it was really tough. Obviously, saving a match point is never easy but with my coach, we were talking about staying positive all the time and to stay there.
“We knew I was going to have my chances and I tried to take it. Every match against (Hurkacz) is really, really tough, but I’m really, really happy that I was able to win.”
Alcaraz is the youngest player to reach the final since Pete Sampras accomplished the feat in 1991.
Despite taking the loss, Hurkacz put together an impressive performance for the match, saving 10 of 11 break points, racking up 31 winners and recording 10 aces to Alcaraz’s two.
All four of Alcaraz’s matches have gone three sets in Cincinnati, forcing him to spend over 10 1/2 hours on the court. His match Saturday took two hours and 18 minutes.
Alcaraz will face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final, a rematch of the Wimbledon championship match.
Djokovic made quick work of German Alexander Zverev 7-6 (5), 7-5 in a little over two hours. Djokovic, who has not lost a set all week, is vying for his third title at the event. He improved to 8-4 lifetime versus Zverev.
“I’m pleased,” Djokovic said. “I think there’s a few things I could’ve done better, but overall it’s a straight-sets win against a great player in form, so I’m really happy.”
Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topics, from covid treatments and vaccines to reproductive health issues, a new poll from KFF shows.
The confusion about what’s true — and who’s telling the truth — is of critical importance to public health, experts in political science said. “Misinformation leads to lives being lost and health problems not being resolved,” Bob Blendon, a professor emeritus of public health at Harvard, said in an interview. Blendon was not associated with the survey.
Such misinformed beliefs are strongly held by only a sliver of the population, according to a KFF poll out today. Nearly a third of the 2,007 respondents said the dewormer ivermectin was definitely or probably an effective treatment for Covid-19. (It’s not: Numerous randomized controlled trials have found otherwise.) A mere 22% thought ivermectin was definitely ineffective.
A fifth thought it was definitely or probably true that the covid-19 vaccine had killed more people than the virus itself. (Multiple studies, examining different data sets, have found lower death rates among recipients of the vaccine than among those who didn’t get the shot.)
But nearly half, 47%, thought that claim was definitely false.
Nevertheless, said Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth College who has spent years studying the transmission of false information, the prevalence of vaccine misinformation is “alarming.” And, while not necessarily resulting entirely from misinformation, 30% of respondents thought parents should not be required to vaccinate their children against measles, mumps, and rubella.
More than a third of respondents also thought using birth control such as intrauterine devices made it harder for most women to get pregnant once they stopped.
For Lunna Lopes, a senior survey analyst at KFF and one of the poll’s authors, the results show wide exposure, but limited uptake, of false claims. “A lot of people have heard about these health misinformation claims. Just because they’re exposed to it doesn’t mean they’re buying into it,” she said. Still, the din of misinformation might leave the populace unsure what to believe. “You might be less trusting, and less likely to outright reject false information.”
The limited embrace of outright misinformation may be cold comfort for public health advocates. The study also found only grudging trust, at best, for media sources of all kinds and the federal government. The limited trust the survey recorded is colored by wide partisan gaps, noted Nyhan.
Respondents did not have “a lot” of trust in the information relayed by any news media institution. Just over a quarter had this high level of trust for local TV news stations. And that was the highest mark of the institutions tested, which ran the ideological and stylistic gamut from MSNBC to The New York Times to Fox News and Newsmax. More people had “a little” trust in each of these institutions.
For Blendon, however, the mild support is a problem. It suggests that “we are short” of trusted sources of news about health.
Journalists and editors, he said, should consider there’s “something about the way you’re presenting information that’s not seen as credible by viewers.” Seventy percent of respondents said the news media wasn’t doing enough to limit the spread of health misinformation.
The public conversation tends to focus on the often extreme declarations and wild claims featured on social media and on both corporate and government attempts to regulate the medium, Blendon noted. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said social media companies were not doing enough to limit the spread of false or inaccurate information.
But the poll shows that while the public tunes into social media quite frequently, they have very little faith in the health information they see there. No social media outlet enjoyed a double-digit percentage of respondents saying they had “a lot” of trust in it.
Even so, said Lopes, a significant slice of the public — about a quarter — turn to these platforms for health information and advice. “That stood out to us,” she said. Latinos and the young are especially likely to use the forums.
The picture is similarly bleak for official institutions. Around a quarter of respondents had “a great deal” of trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations. That response rate dropped to a fifth when it came to the Food and Drug Administration. The Biden administration, Donald Trump, and state and local public health officials lagged behind.
Those findings, combined with the partisan gaps in trust, were especially discouraging for Nyhan. “They will be essential sources of information in future pandemics despite their errors and misjudgments during the pandemic,” he said of public health institutions.
By far the most highly trusted source of health information? One’s own doctor. Forty-eight percent of respondents had a great deal of trust in their recommendations.
The survey, the KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll Pilot, was conducted May 23 through June 12, online and by telephone among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults in English and Spanish.
KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF.
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The OL Reign extended midfielder Olivia Van der Jagt’s contract through the 2026 NWSL season on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Washington native has one goal in 32 appearances (21 starts) since entering the league in 2022.
“Getting drafted by my hometown team and being able to start my professional career in Seattle was a dream come true,” Van der Jagt said in a news release. “I’m so honored and grateful to have the opportunity to continue playing where I grew up for another three years in front of my family and friends. I’m proud to represent this city and our fans and will give my very best to help us achieve our goals.”
Van der Jagt’s first career goal was a match-winner in the Reign’s April 15 home opener against San Diego.
“Olo has been such a great fit for our club and embodies all of the qualities we look for in a player, which is why we’re thrilled to have her with us for the next three seasons,” Reign head coach Laura Harvey said. “Since we drafted her, she’s made an immediate impact on our roster and has been a consistent threat with her presence in the midfield. We’re very happy to have her on our side and watch her grow through 2026.”
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel signed an eight-year, $52 million contract extension on Tuesday.
The extension will begin during the 2024-25 season for Hagel, who was set to become a restricted free agent next summer.
Hagel recorded career-high totals in goals (30), assists (34), points (64), penalty minutes (54), plus/minus rating (plus-23) and blocked shots (58) in 81 games last season with the Lightning.
Tampa Bay acquired Hagel on March 18, 2022 from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for two first-round picks and forwards Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh.
Hagel, who turns 25 next week, has totaled 132 points (64 goals, 68 assists) in 211 career games with the Blackhawks and Lightning.
Matt Fitzpatrick of England may not have come away with the BMW Championship trophy on Sunday, but his stellar week at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club did something perhaps more important: It assured him entry into next week’s Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup is on the line.
Fitzpatrick entered the week No. 40 in the FedEx Cup points standings and vaulted to No. 10 by tying for second at the BMW behind winner Viktor Hovland of Norway. Only the top 30 players after Sunday’s action advanced to the season-ending Tour Championship.
Hovland, who fired a 61 that included a 7-under 28 for his back nine, moved from seventh to second in the standings. Scottie Scheffler — the 54-hole co-leader with Fitzpatrick — moved past Spaniard Jon Rahm into the top spot.
That means Scheffler will begin Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at 10 under par, with a two-stroke advantage over Hovland in the staggered-start format.
The last man into the field of 30 was Austria’s Sepp Straka, and the first man out was Sahith Theegala. Both Straka and Theegala bogeyed their final holes on Sunday, but it came at a greater cost to Theegala, who began the week No. 31 in points and failed to surpass any of his peers. Straka tied for 37th place (2 over) at Sunday’s tournament to drop from 24th to 30th in the points standings. Theegala tied for 15th place on Sunday with a round of 67 and 6-under total.
Rahm tied for 31st at the BMW, his second straight below-average week to open the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs. That dropped him from first to fourth for East Lake.
The full Tour Championship field of 30 and each player’s starting scores are below:
1. Scottie Scheffler, 10 under
2. Viktor Hovland, 8 under
3. Rory McIlroy, 7 under
4. Jon Rahm, 6 under
5. Lucas Glover, 5 under
6. Max Homa, 4 under
7. Patrick Cantlay, 4 under
8. Brian Harman, 4 under
9. Wyndham Clark, 4 under
10. Matt Fitzpatrick, 4 under
11. Tommy Fleetwood, 3 under
12. Russell Henley, 3 under
13. Keegan Bradley, 3 under
14. Rickie Fowler, 3 under
15. Xander Schauffele, 3 under
16. Tom Kim, 2 under
17. Sungjae Im, 2 under
18. Tony Finau, 2 under
19. Corey Conners, 2 under
20. Si Woo Kim, 2 under
21. Taylor Moore, 1 under
22. Nick Taylor, 1 under
23. Adam Schenk, 1 under
24. Collin Morikawa, 1 under
25. Jason Day, 1 under
26. Sam Burns, even par
27. Emiliano Grillo, even par
28. Tyrrell Hatton, even par
29. Jordan Spieth, even par
30. Sepp Straka, even par
The FedEx Cup playoffs have featured some incredible moments since their inception in 2007, and Viktor Hovland added his name to that lore.
Hovland ripped through the back nine of Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club to post a final-round, 9-under-par 61 and win the BMW Championship on Sunday.
The Norwegian holed seven birdies on the back nine to come home in 7-under 28. His career-low round on the PGA Tour also broke the course record of 62 that Max Homa and Sam Burns shot earlier in the week.
Hovland started the day three strokes behind co-leaders Scottie Scheffler and Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick, then catapulted past them to finish at 17-under 263 for the week.
“Definitely has to be the best round I’ve ever played,” Hovland said. “Given the circumstances, playoff event at this golf course, and finish the way that I did the last nine holes was pretty special.”
Though the final round began as a duel between Scheffler and Fitzpatrick, the duo shot matching rounds of 66 to tie for second at 15 under.
The good news for Scheffler: He will begin next week’s Tour Championship with a two-shot advantage after finishing the week No. 1 in the FedEx Cup points standings. Hovland is projected to jump from No. 7 to No. 2. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy — who also shot 66 on Sunday and finished fourth at 12 under — will start No. 3 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Hovland, 25, had three birdies and a single bogey on the front nine and was still far behind Scheffler and Fitzpatrick before his remarkable finish. His irons and wedges were dialed in, leaving only one of his seven successful birdie putts on the back nine to be longer than 10 feet; he had a 3-footer at No. 10, less than 5 feet at No. 12 and a tap-in at No. 14.
Hovland hit a 9-iron into the 17th green and tied Scheffler at 16 under with the ensuing 9-footer for birdie. At the par-4 18th hole, Hovland nearly hit the flagstick with his pitching-wedge approach and sank a 6 1/2-foot putt to head to the clubhouse with sole possession of the lead.
Scheffler then three-putted for bogey at the par-4 17th to make it a two-shot margin with time running out.
“I was just kind of trying to stay in my own little world,” Scheffler said. “I know (Hovland) was getting going. I didn’t know what Viktor started at, but I knew he was playing really well.
“I was just trying to do my best to keep pushing forward. I didn’t birdie 15, and then missed a birdie putt on 16 and bogeyed 17, which kind of — 17 obviously kind of took me out of it.”
Hovland didn’t think about his chances to win until birdieing the 15th hole.
“I just kind of kept on focusing shot for shot and got closer to Fitzy and Scottie and just kept pouring it on, and now we’re here,” Hovland said.
It was Hovland’s second victory of the season, the other coming at the Memorial Tournament, a designated event. Both victories earned Hovland a $3.6 million winner’s check.
“My short game has gotten a lot better, and I think I’ve driven it the best I’ve ever driven it in any other season,” Hovland said. “Then my iron game has been, I would say, just OK for me compared to the other couple years I would say, but it’s just putting all of that together, and then being clutch at the right times at Memorial and obviously this week and having a chance to contend in those major championships, I think I’ve taken a big step this year compared to other years.”
Fitzpatrick polished off a consistent week (66-67-66-66) with six birdies and two bogeys in his final round. Though he came up shy of the win, his performance vaulted him from No. 40 to No. 10 in the FedEx Cup standings, clinching himself a tee time at the Tour Championship.
“Can’t do anything about 61. I did just see Viktor, I called him a little (expletive),” Fitzpatrick joked. “But for me, just really pleased again that I played really well final round in contention with World No. 1, and I didn’t lose it. Someone else came from behind and won it.”
Homa (68 on Sunday) and Open champion Brian Harman (69) tied for fifth at 11 under. Sungjae Im of South Korea (66) was seventh at 10 under.
Scottie Scheffler fired a 6-under-par 64 on Saturday at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club to tie Matt Fitzpatrick atop the leaderboard of the BMW Championship after 54 holes.
The pair sit at 11-under 199, one stroke ahead of Open champion Brian Harman, who shot 67. Second-round leader Max Homa (67 on Saturday) sits solo fourth at 9 under for the tournament.
Fitzpatrick carded a 66, suffering a bogey on No. 18 that cost him the outright lead heading into Sunday’s final round. He had a bogey-free round to that point.
Fitzpatrick, who was 40th in the FedExCup standings coming into the weekend, is looking forward to securing his ticket to East Lake. And barring a total collapse, that should be a slam dunk. After 54 holes, the Englishman is projected to be in the top 5 and he could go into Atlanta in the top 3 with a win.
Only the top 30 advance to the PGA Tour Championship.
“There’s no guarantee I’m in Atlanta yet,” Fitpatrick said. “I’ve got to tap in on Sunday and in a good position. Happy to give myself at least a chance going into tomorrow. Definitely felt comfortable again out there and just trying to build on it.”
Scheffler buried four birdies on the back nine — seven overall — including three in a row on Nos. 10-12. His round propelled him to his third 54-hole lead or co-lead this season, tied with Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler for tops on that chart.
Scheffler was happy with the way he “scrambled.”
“I hit some really good bunker shots,” Scheffler said. “I did a good job when I got into trouble today, I got myself out of it pretty quickly, and a lot of that was due to some really short game shots where it takes a lot of stress off of you when you just chip it to a foot instead of 8 feet, so that always helps keep the momentum of the round going.”
Scheffler would move to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings with a win; no player has entered the Tour Championship with the lead in the FedExCup two consecutive years. But he’s not looking past the next 18 holes.
“I don’t really pay attention to what’s going on with the leaderboards, especially when it comes to projections,” he said. “It was Saturday out here, so I’m not really too concerned about next week. I was just trying to have a good round of golf and just try and move my way up the leaderboard.”
McIlroy (67) of Northern Ireland and Viktor Hovland (65) of Norway are three shots off the lead in a tie for fifth.
Another four golfers are T7 at 7 under, including Sam Burns, who matched Homa’s 62 on Friday with a 62 of his own in the third round, tying his career-best round and vaulting 26 spots up the leaderboard.
“Unfortunately, yeah. I didn’t want to tie him, I wanted to beat him,” Burns said about tying Homa’s course record. “But I’ll take it.”
In addition to Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose (T7) of South Africa and Denny McCarthy (T7) are projected to make the top-30 cutline.
Meanwhile, three players are projected to move out of the top 30: Jordan Spieth (T30 after three rounds), Emiliano Grillo (T38) of Argentina and Sepp Straka (T43) of Austria. Spieth shot 2-over 72 and is projected at 31st in the rankings.
