Steven Alker Takes Five-Shot Lead Into Simmons Bank Final Round

A win positions the two-time Schwab Cup winner to enter the Phoenix finale as the points leader.

Overview

Alker is 17 under after a bogey-free 61-66 start, totaling 17 birdies through 36 holes at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock.
Tag Ridings sits second at 12 under after a second straight 66 and is projected to vault from the playoff bubble into a safer position.
Justin Leonard is third at 10 under, with Stewart Cink, Cameron Percy and Greg Chalmers tied for fourth at 8 under.
Alker began the week fourth in the Charles Schwab Cup standings and would move to No. 1 with a victory in Arkansas.
Current points leader Miguel Ángel Jiménez has struggled and is tied for 30th at 1 under, with only the top 36 advancing to next month’s championship in Phoenix.