Gannon Buhr has a three-stroke lead heading into the finale of the Las Vegas Challenge. Photo: DGPT
His name on top of a leader board that was changing at a rapid pace, Gannon Buhr stepped up to hole 14, a reachable but tricky 433-foot basket, and chose to lay up his drive.
Paige Pierce, trailing by six strokes entering the third round on Saturday, caught fire down the stretch, finishing with a six-under back nine to close the gap to zero with Catrina Allen entering Sunday’s finale.
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Drew Gibson kept playing this offseason to keep the momentum rolling. Photo: DGPT
Can’t stop, won’t stop.
That was the mentality for Drew Gibson this offseason after a scorching finish to 2021 and with that, the momentum kept rolling.
“I played every day this offseason,” Gibson said Friday after a 13-under, 1091-rated round skyrocketed him 40 spots up the leader board at the DGPT – Las Vegas Challenge. “I wasn’t playing in the rain or anything, but if it was nice enough to go play, I would get in a round or two every single day.
