Provo • Patrick Fishburn apparently was not kidding when he said he wanted to follow his opening-round 63 with a 62 in the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open.
The BYU senior from Ogden will take a seven-stroke lead over defending champion Zahkai Brown of Colorado and two California pros into Sunday’s final round, trying to become the second amateur golfer to win the Utah Open in more than 40 years.
Fishburn stands at 17-under-par 127. He led by two shots after 36 holes last August, before fading to a tie for fifth place. His closing 73 that day was not shocking, considering he had followed his first-round 62 with a 71.