Mt. Lebanon's Shipley shoots under par again but loses ground at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Mt. Lebanon’s Neal Shipley turned in his seventh consecutive subpar round as a professional Saturday at the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, but he fell back on the leaderboard.
Shipley, playing in his first PGA Tour event as a pro on a sponsor’s exemption after making his pro debut a week earlier on the PGA Tour Americas, began the third round tied for sixth. After two birdies and an eagle through seven holes to get to 4-under-par for his round, Shipley leveled out. He finished his round with two bogeys (Nos. 9 and 15) for a 2-under 70, making him 11-under for tournament.
He is six strokes behind leaders Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai. Shipley shot a 67 on Thursday and a 68 on Friday.
Shipley became only the sixth golfer to finish as low amateur at the Masters and the U.S. Open in the same year.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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