Russell Henley proudly represented his hometown of Columbus, Georgia, as he walked to the first tee at East Lake Golf Club. Henley was well within arm’s reach of the two men at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday, Patrick Cantlay and Tommy Fleetwood.
Henley and his pairing for the day, Keegan Bradley, a native of Woodstock, Vermont, were 14 and 13 under, respectively, when things got started. Fleetwood and Cantlay were 16 under.
Russell, with the crowd at the first tee firmly behind him, got off to a strong start on Sunday. He would birdie the second hole, while Bradley was having issues with his ball rolling down the hill on the second hole.
Fellow Georgians Brian Harman and Andrew Novak were paired up and teed off earlier in the day. Harman nailed a putt on the third hole that brough