Erik van Rooyen quietly climbed three places on the leaderboard on Saturday as he carded a three-under-par 68 in the third round of the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
Van Rooyen made five birdies and two bogeys in his round to move to six-under-par for the tournament in a share of 26th place. He was 13 shots behind the pace which was set through 54 holes by Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, who signed for a three-under 68 to move to 19-under for the tournament. Niemann was three shots clear of Cameron Young of the United States, with Norway’s Viktor Hovland a further three shots back in third.
Van Rooyen turned in level-par 35 after making birdie on one and bogey on six. He picked up three birdies in a row from the 10th after the turn, bogeyed 15, and then round things off with a birdie on the par-five 17th.
Behind him, Dylan Frittelli also carded a three-under-par 68 to move to four-under for the tournament in a share of 41st.
