THE AMERICAN EXPRESS

January 24, 2026

Eric Cole

PGA WEST Pete Dye Stadium Course

Quick Quotes

Q. Clubhouse leader right now, great round. Talk a little bit about how today was for you.

ERIC COLE: Yeah, it was a good day. First two days played well too. It was kind of nice to keep that going. Then wind kind of picked up in the middle of the day, so the holes weren't quite as scorable as I was hoping for. But still scrambled well when I got out of position and, yeah, overall very good day.

Q. You've never gone bogey-free through 54 holes in your career on the PGA TOUR. Are you surprised by that? You did that today.

ERIC COLE: Yeah, it's a good stat to have, for sure. These courses definitely lend themselves to birdies, and when you have a lot of easy holes like that you hopefully don't make too many bogeys. So that's a good stat, I'm happy with it.

Q. Still some golf to be played today, but obviously in contention for tomorrow playing Stadium. What's the game plan heading into the final round?

ERIC COLE: Just kind of keep doing the same thing. Stadium's the hardest of the three courses. I played it yesterday. So it's a little more demanding, a lot more penalizing if you miss. So just hopefully wake up tomorrow feeling the same way and keep the good ball striking going.