It's safe to say that's it been quite the 2024 for American, Matt McCarty. Not only did he top the Korn Ferry Tour standings, claiming three wins and securing a PGA Tour card in the process, but he now leads the Black Desert Championship going into the final round.
Being played at the stunning Black Desert Resort, the 26-year-old sits at 19-under and two shots clear of a four-way tie for second. In that quartet is Joe Highsmith, Kevin Streelman, Harris English and Stephan Jaeger.
Searching for his first PGA Tour victory in what would be just his third PGA Tour start, McCarty has fired a nine-under-par 62 on Thursday, a 68 on Friday and a seven-under-par 64 on Saturday.
On Sunday, he tees off at 1.35pm local time in Utah, with McCarty paired alongside Highsmith as both left-handers go in search of maiden PGA Tour victories.
Other players in contention include Englishman, Harry Hall, who is 15-under-par, whilst Kurt Kitayama, Chad Ramey and last week's Sanderson Farms Championship runner-up, Beau Hossler, are all at 14-under-par.
Black Desert Championship Final Round Tee Times
All times EST/GMT
- 9.45am (2.45pm): Alexander Bjork
- 9.50am (2.50pm): Dylan Wu, Chesson Hadley
- 10.00am (3.00pm): Vince Whaley, Norman Xiong
- 10.10am (3.10pm): Lanto Griffin, Wilson Furr
- 10.20am (3.20pm): Zac Blair, S.H Kim
- 10.30am (3.30pm): K.H Lee, Nate Lashley
- 10.40am (3.40pm): Scott Piercy, Tyson Alexander
- 10.50am (3.50pm): Justin Suh, Erik Barnes
- 11.00am (4.00pm): Ryan Fox, Raul Pereda
- 11.10am (4.10pm): Roger Sloan, Tyler Duncan
- 11.20am (4.20pm): Sam Ryder, Mac Meissner
- 11.35am (4.35pm): Patrick Rodgers, Wesley Bryan
- 11.45am (4.45pm): Ryo Hisatsune, Chez Reavie
- 11.55am (4.55pm): Will Gordon, Phillip Knowles
- 12.05pm (5.05pm): Chris Kirk, Matti Schmid
- 12.15pm (5.15pm): Seamus Power, Cameron Champ
- 12.25pm (5.25pm): Trace Crowe, Tom Whitney
- 12.35pm (5.35pm): Nick Hardy, Trey Mullinax
- 12.45pm (5.45pm): Joel Dahmen, Patton Kizzire
- 1.00pm (6.00pm): Alejandro Tosti, Greyson Sigg
- 1.10pm (6.10pm): Rico Hoey, Lucas Glover
- 1.20pm (6.20pm): Daniel Berger, Jacob Bridgeman
- 1.30pm (6.30pm): J.J Spaun, Ben Griffin
- 1.40pm (6.40pm): Kevin Tway, Erik Van Rooyen
- 1.50pm (6.50pm): Alex Smalley, Nick Taylor
- 2.00pm (7.00pm): Carson Young, Nico Echavarria
- 2.10pm (7.10pm): Joseph Bramlett, Lee Hodges
- 2.25pm (7.25pm): Doug Ghim, Chan Kim
- 2.35pm (7.35pm): Adam Svensson, Ben Kohles
- 2.45pm (7.45pm): Carl Yuan, Henrik Norlander
- 2.55pm (7.55pm): Beau Hossler, Max McGreevy
- 3.05pm (8.05pm): Kurt Kitayama, Chad Ramey
- 3.15pm (8.15pm): Stephan Jaeger, Harry Hall
- 3.25pm (8.25pm): Kevin Streelman, Harris English
- 3.35pm (8.35pm): Matt McCarty, Joe Highsmith
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