“I’m loving the way that I’m driving it,” Rodgers said after Saturday’s penultimate round lifted him from second place with an overall score of 34.
“I’m giving myself tons of opportunities to score. A lot of birdie and eagle looks.
“In this format I’m going to have to do the same tomorrow.”
Co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour, the Barracuda Championship uses a Modified Stableford scoring system.
Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey or worse.
Winless on the PGA Tour, the 31-year-old Rodgers rebounded from a double bogey on the par-4 10th with an eagle on the par-5 12th and birdies on the par-4 16th and 18th on the par-71 Old Greenwood layout.
“It was a day of resilience, for sure,” Rodgers said.
“I shot myself in the foot more than once today, especially in this…