FORT WORTH, Texas — PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall intended to slip on his Vegas Golden Knights jersey while playing Colonial Country Club’s par-3 13th hole Saturday. That plan changed after falling out of the lead because of consecutive double bogeys.
It was only after finishing the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge back in a share of the lead, tied with Adam Schenk at 10-under 200 through 54 holes, that the 25-year-old Englishman who played golf at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and still lives in that city pulled on the hockey jersey. His favorite NHL team was facing the local Dallas Stars in the Western Conference title series of the Stanley Cup playoffs Saturday night.
“Being 3 over going into the (13th) hole, I didn’t think that would be the best thing to do,” said Hall, who was the solo leader after the first and second rounds. “Yeah, I’m T1 after the round, so I thought I’d wear it in the interviews.”
Hall’s final putt in a round of 2-over 72 was a 10-foot par at No. 18 after he chipped from the fringe out of an awkward stance that had his heels hanging over the lip of a bunker. That followed a 10-foot birdie at the 383-yard 17th.
Schenk, also looking for his first win but in his 171st PGA Tour event, closed out a 67 with a 16-foot birdie putt.