Who is leading the 2024 ZOZO Championship? Day 3 leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 ZOZO Championship was completed on Saturday, October 26 at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan. There were no major changes on the leaderboard, but there were some interesting records.

Nico Echavarría continues to lead the ZOZO Championship with a score of 12-under 193. 15-time PGA Tour winner and two-time major champion Justin Thomas is in second place, two shots off the lead.

2024 ZOZO Championship Day 3 Leaderboard

The following is the ZOZO Championship leaderboard after the third round. Only the top 50 are included:

1 Nico Echavarria -17
2 Justin Thomas -15
3 Max Greyserman -14
T4 Nate Lashley -11
T4 Kevin Yu -11
T4 Rickie Fowler -11
7 Kurt Kitayama -10
T8 Andrew Novak -9
T8 Jhonattan Vegas -9
T8 C.T. Pan -9
T8 Eric Cole -9
T12 Sungjae Im -8
T12 Sam Stevens -8
T12 Taisei Shimizu -8
T12 Taylor Moore -8
T16 Yuto Katsuragawa -7
T16 Si Woo Kim -7
T16 Doug Ghim -7
T16 Lee Hodges -7
T16 S.H. Kim -7
T16 Luke List -7
T16 J.J. Spaun -7
T16 Yuta Sugiura -7
T16 Séamus Power -7
T25 Ren Yonezawa -6
T25 Zac Blair -6
T25 Andrew Putnam -6
T25 Ryosuke Kinoshita -6
T29 Joel Dahmen -5
T29 Mac Meissner -5
T29 Gary Woodland -5
T29 Chan Kim -5
T29 Ben Silverman -5
T29 Carson Young -5
T29 Harry Hall -5
T29 Rico Hoey -5
T29 Ryo Ishikawa -5
T29 Beau Hossler -5
T39 Naoyuki Kataoka -4
T39 Victor Perez -4
T39 Mark Hubbard -4
T39 Max Homa -4
T39 Tom Hoge -4
T39 Xander Schauffele -4
T39 Matt Kuchar -4
T39 Collin Morikawa -4
T39 Kensei Hirata -4
T39 Nick Taylor -4
T39 Shugo Imahira -4
T39 Takumi Kanaya -4

Nico Echavarría's score is a 54-hole record in the ZOZO Championship. He surpassed the previous record held by Tiger Woods since the inaugural edition (2019) by one stroke.

It is also the second time in his PGA Tour career that Echavarría has led a tournament after three rounds. The previous occasion was the 2023 Puerto Rico Open, where he went on to win the title.

Echavarría and Justin Thomas reached the 18th hole tied, but the Colombian eagled it to take a two-shot lead. After his round, he told PGA Tour News Service:

"That’s the way you want to finish a round. I had a good tee shot, hit a really good second shot and finished with an eagle. I prefer that than a birdie obviously."

Defending ZOZO Championship champion Collin Morikawa dropped 17 spots on the leaderboard after carding a 70 in the third round. Morikawa enters the final day tied for 39th place at 4-under in a group that includes Xander Schauffele and Max Homa, among others.

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Edited by Pritha Ghosh