Round 3 of the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession takes place Saturday from Bradenton, Florida. Brooks Koepka leads by one with Cameron Smith, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed and Abraham Ancer among those in pursuit. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 12 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). Sunday, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC) PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Featured Groups), 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED GROUPS 8:45 a.m. ET: Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood 8:55 a.m. ET: Dustin Johnson, David Lipsky 12:25 p.m. ET: Jason Day, Sergio Garcia 12:55 p.m. ET: Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler MUST READS Koepka leads after 36 holes Ancer in contention with familiar caddie Tiger Woods recovering from single-car accident Sports world sends best wishes to Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan discusses Tiger Woods’ accident Five things about The Concession TOUR Insider: Predictions for the Florida Swing CALL OF THE DAY

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The third round of the Puerto Rico Open takes place today. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Golf Channel). Sunday, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. MUST READS Wu leads by one after second round in Puerto Rico Campos at home at Puerto Rico Open Monday qualifiers

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2021 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Brooks Koepka (1, -11, 19.7%) 2. Collin Morikawa (T2, -10, 12.2%) 3. Tony Finau (T5, -9, 12.1%) 4. Cameron Smith (T2, -10, 10.8%) 5. Webb Simpson (T5, -9, 9.8%) 6. Billy Horschel (T2, -10, 9.7%) 7. Matthew Fitzpatrick (T5, -9, 7.5%) 8. Patrick Reed (T8, -8, 5.1%) 9. Kevin Kisner (T8, -8, 2.6%) 10. Louis Oosthuizen (T10, -7, 1.9%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Jason Scrivener +3.9 Around the Green: Webb Simpson +3.1 Approach the Green: Dustin Johnson +3.8 Off-the-tee: Laurie Canter +2.5 Total: Bryson DeChambeau +6.9 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut�, “Top 20�, “Top 5�, and “Win� probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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BRADENTON, Fla. – One by one they came in to talk about their second rounds at the World Golf Championships – Workday Championship at The Concession, where Brooks Koepka (66, 11 under) leads by one over Billy Horschel (67), Collin Morikawa (64) and Cameron Smith (66). RELATED: Full leaderboard They spoke of working harder in the last few months than they have in years (Smith) or going low (Morikawa) or the smart course set-up (Horschel). Then there was the guy who shot 66 to get to 7 under, four back, who came in and said of his caddie: “He beats me all the time.� Wait. What? Mexico’s Abraham Ancer, the breakout star of the 2019 Presidents Cup, is cruising at The Concession with countryman and Korn Ferry Tour pro Roberto Díaz as his caddie. “He’s doing great,� Ancer said with a laugh after making birdie on his last hole despite a long wait as Viktor Hovland made an 8 up ahead. “I mean obviously he’s not used to caddying, so there’s been a couple of greens that he’s like waiting for the putter instead of giving me the putter. But it’s been fun. We’re great friends and we’re having a good time.� Díaz, who played the PGA TOUR in 2018 and finished T14 at the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic last week, came into the week admitting that he’d never caddied before. Still, he was happy to help out in a pinch. Dale Vallely, Ancer’s regular bag man, couldn’t make it, and since Díaz was going to be just down the road at the LECOM, he stepped up. “We live pretty close to each other in San Antonio, so I know his game pretty well,� Díaz said. “This is my first time. It’s been good. It’s a different role this week, just trying to help. I’m just keeping up, staying quiet, doing the numbers. I’ve got the bag ready and that’s about it.� Ancer had a forgettable opening round 71, but all sorts of adventures, mostly the good kind, on Friday. His card featured seven birdies, an eagle (par-5 17th) and three bogeys. Of the top 11 players on the leaderboard at the WGC-Workday, only two, Ancer (T10) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (69, 9 under, T5) will be vying for their first TOUR win. “He’s four years older than me,� Ancer said of Díaz, “so I didn’t grow up playing with him or against him. I met him right when I turned pro at Q school and since then we’ve been great friends and play a lot back home. We belong to the same club.� Their matches at San Antonio’s Oak Hills Country Club have helped polish both of their games, and convinced Ancer that his caddie this week has a bright future. “He’ll get back out here on TOUR,� he said of Díaz. “He’s good enough. He’s just got to believe it a little bit more.� But not for the next two days. For now, all he’s got to do keep up, stay quiet and do the numbers. And it’s only a one-week deal. At the Korn Ferry Tour’s next stop, the Chitimacha Louisiana Open presented by MISTRAS, March 18-21, Díaz will be the one taking, not giving, the putter.

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RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Brandon Wu birdied the final two holes for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead Friday in the PGA TOUR’s Puerto Rico Open. Wu played the back nine in 4 under at windy Grand Reserve. He birdied the par-4 12th, par-5 15th, par-4 17th and par-5 18th to reach 11-under 133. “It was kind of a grind,” Wu said. “I missed a short putt kind of early on in the round, made a bogey I think on my fourth hole. I kind of just had to keep my head down and play well on the back.” The 24-year-old former Stanford player got into the field through the Korn Ferry Tour points list. He won the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in August, and tied for 14th last week in Florida in the first Korn Ferry event since early October. “I think my game is in a good place,” Wu said. “It was good to see kind of the things I worked on during the offseason paying off. I did well last week, so that definitely gave me some confidence coming into this week.” Greg Chalmers was a stroke back after a 68. The 47-year-old Australian also birdied his final two holes, the par-3 eighth and par-4 ninth. He had a hole-in-one on No. 8 in the opening round. “The wind was really blowing,” Chalmers said. “I didn’t have the greatest control, and my short game really held me in good stead. I made some nice saves from sort of 6, 8 feet for par. It’s a little tricky to putt when the wind is blowing like this. And then I hung in there and started to see some better swings and better shots going into the back nine.” Home star Rafael Campos and South Africa’s Branden Grace were 9 under. Campos rebounded from a bogey on 17 with a birdie on 18 for a 69. “I think I was just getting a little ahead of myself and I was missing a little bit to the right,” Campos said. “But I was missing in the correct spots. I really was. Which I’m happy with that today. I really never gave myself that many looks to score better, but I managed to deal with the situations as good as I could.” Grace shot 68. Jhonattan Vegas (68) and Cameron Percy (69) were 8 under. First-round leader Tommy Gainey followed his opening 65 with a 76 to enter the weekend at 3 under. Ian Poulter also was 3 under after a 70. The tournament is being played opposite the World Golf Championship event in Florida. The winner will get into the PGA Championship in May.

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