North Oaks’ Frankie Capan III in hunt at PGA Tour event in Bermuda

Frankie Capan III continues to play well this fall The North Oaks native Minnesota s lone PGA Tour member birdied the final three holes of his third round Saturday in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship to get to -under for the tournament That has the recently-turned years old in a tie for eighth just three shots back of leaders Adam Schenk and Braden Thornberry heading into the final round Capan will tee off at a m Sunday Television coverage on the Golf Channel begins at a m This is the second-to-last event of the fall season that determines who keeps their PGA Tour cards for the campaign The top in the season-long standings at the end of next week s RSM Classic will have full-time status on the golf s top tour while the golfers in spots - will have conditional status Capan entered the week in the nd spot His current eighth-place standing in the event would move him up to th The better he plays Sunday the higher he ll climb up the ladder Capan has made a major move this fall via his strong play He finished in a tie for sixth at the Sanderson Farms Championship in early October and this weekend marks his third made cut over his past four events