FORT WORTH, Texas>> Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid matched each other again Saturday, and will go into the final round at Colonial tied four strokes ahead of the field and with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler lurking not much further back.

Griffin and Schmid each shot 2-under 68 after fast starts they didn’t maintain. They were at 13-under 197 after posting the same score for the third straight day at the Charles Schwab Challenge. They followed opening 66s and then 63s that put them in the lead together.

Rickie Fowler shot 67 and at 201 will be paired with the co-leaders in the final group Sunday when Schmid seeks his first PGA Tour victory and Griffin his first individual title after pairing with Andrew Novak to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last month. The 36-year-old Fowler, who has dropped to 127th in the world after being in the top 25 as recently as early 2024, hasn’t won since the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit that was his sixth victory and ended a four-year winless streak.

Coming off his third major victory at the PGA Championship a week ago, Scheffler began the day 10 strokes back before a 6-under 64 that got him to 7 under and within six strokes. He would have been closer if not for three bogeys his last seven holes. But, with another big round on Sunday, he still has a chance to become the first player since Dustin Johnson in 2017 to win in three starts in a row.Robert MacIntyre and Lucas Glover also shot 64. MacIntyre was in a tie for fourth with Nick Hardy and Akshay Bhatia at 8 under.

Scheffler was on the wrong end of one of the biggest comebacks at Colonial, three years ago when Sam Burns overcame a seven-shot deficit in the final round and beat his good friend on playoff hole. That matched Nick Price’s record seven-shot comeback in 1994, when he caught Scott Simpson and won on the first extra hole.

Griffin and Schmid both had birdies on the first three holes Saturday to get to 14 under and quickly create some separation from the rest of the field. All three birdie putts by Griffin were 7 feet or less, while Schmid had a 40-footer at the 461-yard third hole.

They remained tied until Griffin’s approach at No. 5 was out of bounds and resulted in a double-bogey 6. He then missed the green with his approach at the sixth hole before two-putting from 14 feet for bogey.

Bae settles for 1-shot lead in LPGA event in Mexico>> Jenny Bae is leading the Mexico Riviera Maya Open by one shot as she goes for her first LPGA title. But she left Mayakoba feeling as though she let good chances get away.

The last two holes at El Camaleon were set up for birdies. Bae made a par and bogey for a 70 that narrowed her lead down to one shot over Yahui Zhang and Chisato Iwai. They shot finished birdie-birdie and each shot a 68.

Two shots behind was Gabriela Ruffels. She birdied four of her last five holes to get back in the same with a 71.

Goosen, Cabrera headline a star-studded Senior PGA leaderboard>> Retief Goosen and Angel Cabrera were among those tied for the lead through three rounds of the Senior PGA Championship.

The star-studded leaderboard at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., also includes Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington. Golfers within two strokes going into the final round have combined to win 13 major championships.

But some of the best play at the PGA Tour Champions major this week has come from some more unheralded competitors, including Phillip Archer and Jason Caron. Archer and Caron matched Goosen and Cabrera at 5 under.