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Hovland stayed cool, calm and collected throughout Saturday’s round at the Tour Championship as he built a massive lead.
ATLANTA — Viktor Hovland continued to play confident golf in the third round of the Tour Championship. He fired off a 4-under 66 to push him to 20-under for the tournament.
The closest guy to him is Xander Schauffele at 14-under who carded a 68 on Saturday. The rest of the field seemingly fell apart in the heat. Not Hovland though.
“I don’t think I’ve ever played this well before,” Hovland said.

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Xander Schauffele walks to the opening tee ahead of the third round at the 2023 Tour Championship. | Photo by Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images
Xander Schauffele played well again Saturday at the Tour Championship, but he knows he has a lot of work to do in the final round.
ATLANTA — Xander Schauffele may have carded a 2-under 68 Saturday at East Lake, but he faces a six-shot deficit to Viktor Hovland heading into the final round of the Tour Championship.
“Not good enough,” Schauffele said of his round afterward.
“Shoot.

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The dynamic of the Cowboys’ quarterback room has turned on a dime.
Entering Friday, Dallas looked set at the position for 2023 with Dak Prescott as the starter and Cooper Rush as a capable backup. A surprising trade for former 49ers quarterback Trey Lance later and the Cowboys are grappling with a new world.
Dallas already has a burgeoning quarterback conundrum on its hands, with the future of Prescott uncertain beyond 2024. Could Lance’s acquisition add fuel to the fire?
According to Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, the answer to that question is no.

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College football is back, along with all the good, bad and ugly that comes along with it.
In the ugly category, look no further than Saturday evening’s tilt between San Diego State and Ohio, where Aztecs quarterback Jalen Mayden was flushed out the pocket and in deep trouble as a swarm of Bobcats closed in on him.
In a last ditch effort to avoid a sack, Mayden tried to throw the ball away, and in the process, plunked an official who was no more than three yards away from him at the time. The errant throw hit the official square in the side of the face.

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It didn’t take long for one referee to get involved in the San Diego State versus Ohio game tonight in the season opener.
Early in the first quarter of the Aztecs game, the referee was the victim of a flame-throwing pass from quarterback Jalen Mayden. As Ohio was getting pressure on Mayden, he had to get rid of the football, which ended up hitting the official dead-on in the face.
Mayden obviously avoided the intentional grounding penalty, at the expense of the referee.

Ouch
The ref just got hit directly in the face by the ball pic.twitter.

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As the 49ers rapidly approach final roster cuts in search of a 53-man roster to feel comfortable with heading into the regular season, an interesting underlying storyline is emerging surrounding their kickers.
Three days remain until NFL teams have to cut their rosters down to the final 53, and in a span of the last three days, San Francisco’s two primary options at kicker have gone down with injuries.

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