Indian-American Akshay Bhatia moves up to tied-4th in Charles Schwab Challenge

Akshay Bhatia shot a third round of 69, which included a rough finish with three bogeys in four holes towards the end on the third day of the Charles Schwab Challenge here in Texas, the USA. Yet, he moved up one place to be tied for fourth and is five shots behind co-leaders Ben Griffin and Matt Schmid, who, for the third straight day, shot identical scores. After 66-63 on the first two days, they added a 68 each to be 13-under.

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Bhatia was tied for fourth alongside Robert MacIntyre (64) and Nick Hardy (67). All three players have a total score of eight under par. In between in sole third place was Rickie Fowler (67) at 9-under.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler made a big jump as he shot 6-under 64 and rose to Tied-seventh and is now seven shots behind the leading duo. Scheffler is looking to win for the third time in as many starts after the CJ Cup and the PGA Championship.