Power and Smotherman share the Bermuda lead as the wind arrives

“Today was proper wind, at least for me,” Seamus Power said after a 67 on Saturday that left him level with Austin Smotherman at the top of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on −16. The stronger wind that had been forecast all week reached Port Royal for the third round and kept building after the turn. Smotherman said the tee shot at the 11th was the first where his group thought: “Wow, it’s on another level now.”

Power, the 2022 champion, made up a two-shot deficit over the closing holes. At the par-five 17th he hit 5-wood from the tee and 5-wood again into the green, both with a hard draw into a wind off the left, and two-putted from 40 feet for birdie. He parred the 18th. He started the week 103rd in the FedExCup Fall standings, three places outside the top 100 who keep full status for 2027, and is now projected 53rd.

Smotherman holed a nine-foot eagle putt at the par-five 7th to go five under for the day, and a seven-footer for birdie at the 15th. At the par-three 16th, playing to a front pin, his ball ran through the green into a back bunker, and he got up and down from there for bogey. He made par at the 17th and saved another from 10 feet at the last for a 66. He won his first PGA TOUR title at the Bank of Utah Championship and is projected to rise to 51st.

Pos	Player	To par	R1	R2	R3
T1	Austin Smotherman	−16	65	66	66
T1	Seamus Power	−16	66	64	67
T3	Taylor Moore	−14	65	68	66
T3	Corey Conners	−14	63	67	69
T3	Ben Silverman	−14	63	67	69
T6	Tom Hoge	−13	68	67	65
T6	Chris Kirk	−13	66	67	67
T6	Chan Kim	−13	64	72	64
T6	Danny Walker	−13	63	67	70
T6	Chandler Blanchet	−13	62	67	71

Neither halfway leader broke par. Kensei Hirata shot 76 and dropped from a share of first to a tie for 34th on −8. Chandler Blanchet’s 71 leaves him three behind. Chan Kim, who shot 72 in the second round, had the day’s best score, a 64, and is tied sixth.

Twelve players are within four shots of the lead, and seven of the top 10 came to Bermuda ranked below 100th in the standings. Conners, 61st in the world and the best-ranked player at Port Royal, is two back on his first visit to Bermuda. This is the third year running that two players have shared the lead going into the final round.

More wind is forecast for Sunday. Power said that should suit the leaders, since it makes birdies harder for the players chasing them.

Sunday tee times in GMT

Golf Channel’s coverage starts at 15:00 GMT. Play begins at 10:45 GMT from the 1st and 10th tees. From the 1st, Kirk, Kim and Walker go at 12:24, Conners, Silverman and Hoge at 12:35, and Smotherman, Power and Moore at 12:46.

Sources

• PGA TOUR: Official leaderboard, Butterfield Bermuda Championship
• PGA TOUR: Seamus Power, Austin Smotherman share 54-hole lead in Bermuda
• Yahoo Sports: Austin Smotherman and Seamus Power share lead after Round 3 in windy Bermuda
• Golf Today: Butterfield Bermuda Championship 2026 R3 leaderboard
• Golf.com: Sunday tee times, round 4 groupings
• Yahoo Sports: Tee times and how to watch the final round