2021 John Deere Classic: Scott Brown Goes Low on Saturday

Scott Brown has had his worst season on the PGA Tour in 2020-21. But he’s looking to change all of that, for the better, at this week’s 2021 John Deere Classic.

Brown, who has made the FedEx Cup playoffs the past eight seasons, finds himself outside of the playoffs at this moment. And it’s largely due to what even he might describe as a subpar season on tour.

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Let’s look at the numbers. Brown has made 25 starts on tour this season. He has made the cut just 10 times. He has just one Top 25 showing so far this season. That came when he tied for 24th at the Houston Open in November.

Since then, Brown has missed 12 cuts and has not finished higher than T30. That came at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February.

However, Brown may be trending in the right direction. Last week, at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, he made the cut, then rallied on the weekend to finish T52. It didn’t seem like much at the time, but a 66 on Sunday may have given him momentum for this week.

Brown was not spectacular over the first two days of the John Deere.

He shot 69 on Thursday and followed that with a 67 on Friday. That left him tied for 34th place heading to the weekend.

But on Saturday, Brown had the round of the day. And, as a result, he’s now in contention to get his first win on tour since his only win, which came at the 2013 Puerto Rico Open.

Brown’s day started with a birdie at the first hole. He would bogey the par-5 second to slip back to even. That would be his only bogey of the day.

He birdied the third and fourth holes to get to 2-under par. He would stay there until the ninth, where he birdied again, giving him a 3-under par 32 on the front nine.

He caught fire early on the back nine. The birdie at nine was followed by birdies at 10 and 11. That got him to 5-under par.

After a par at the 12th hole, Brown was at it again. He birdied 13, 14 and 15 to get to 8-under par.

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Having birdied six out of seven holes, Brown was thinking of going extremely low. But he would par the final three holes to finish off his round of 8-under par 63.

He jumped into a tie for third place, just two shots behind leader Sebastian Munoz. If Brown can continue to carry his momentum into Sunday’s final round, he could find himself in the winner’s circle for the first time in eight years.

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