How Keith Mitchell took lead into final round of Sanderson Farms Championship

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More than 4 1/2 years have passed since Keith Mitchell‘s one and only PGA Tour victory at the Honda Classic in March 2019.

The Chattanooga, Tennessee, native and University of Georgia product has a chance for No. 2 on Sunday during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson.

Mitchell shot a third-round-best 7-under par Saturday, putting him atop the leaderboard at 20-under, one shot ahead of Beau Hossler, who led after two rounds and bounced back from a double-bogey on the par-4 12th hole to stay near the top.

Mitchell’s bogey-free round included seven birdies. He made nine birdies Friday.

But Mitchell knows winning won’t be easy.

“Tomorrow is a completely new day,” he said. “It’s Sunday. Last group. Been there before and failed a bunch on Sundays in the last group.

“I’m hoping I can learn from those mistakes, learn from when I get those feels that it’s − like what I did wrong then and not to let them happen again.”

Kevin Yu is third at 18-under, while Bud Cauley, Jacob Bridgeman and Lucas Glover sit tied for fourth at 16-under.

David Skinns, who shot a course-record 60 during the first round Thursday, enters Sunday tied for 44th at 10-under.

The highest score through three rounds is 6-under.

Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter for the USA Today Network. Reach him at pskrbina@gannett.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina. Follow his work here.

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This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Keith Mitchell takes lead into final round of Sanderson Farms

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