Jerry Kelly, Cameron Percy share third-round lead at ISPS HANDA Senior Open

Jerry Kelly carded a 2-under 68 to catch 36-hole chief Cameron Percy, who posted a 1-over 71, and the 2 are tied at 8-under 202 coming into the ultimate spherical of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open at Gleneagles’ Kings Course.

Jerry Kelly, 66-68-68 – 202 (-8, T1)

• The 59-year-old posted his second consecutive 68 and seeks his 14th win on PGA TOUR Champions (207th begin).
  
  • Last win: 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Classic
  • Best end of 2026: 14th/T14 (two occasions)
• 14th (Mitsubishi Electric Classic) – Modified Stableford scoring
• T14 (Kaulig Companies Championship)
• Seeks his third senior main title (forty fourth begin).
  • Previous wins: 2020 Kaulig Companies Championship, 2022 Kaulig Companies Championship
• Seeks his first win at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open (ninth begin)

Cameron Percy, 63-68-71 – 202 (-8, T1)

• The 52-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (52nd begin).
  • Best end: second/T2 (thrice) – 2025 Stifel Charity Classic (misplaced in a playoff), 2025 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, 2025 Principal Charity Classic (misplaced in a playoff)
• Seeks his first win because the 2014 Price Cutter Charity Championship (Korn Ferry Tour)
  • A victory on Sunday would snap a winless streak of 4,368 days (or 11 years, 11 months, 16 days).
• Making his twelfth begin of the 2026 season, he has three top-10 finishes and entered the week ranked No. 21 within the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings.
• Seeks his first senior main title (thirteenth begin)
  • Best end: T5 (two occasions) – 2025 ISPS HANDA Senior Open (Sunningdale), 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship
• Looks to change into the primary wire-to-wire winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous occasion:
    

    Steven Alker (2025 Simmons Bank Championship)

  • Previous occasion in a senior main: Steve Stricker (2022 Regions Tradition)
  • Previous occasion at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open: Bernhard Langer (2014)
• Looks to change into the fifth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions.

• Englishman Peter Baker (third) carded to 3-under 67, the low spherical among the many leaders, to maneuver into solo third at 5-under.
  • Represented Team Europe within the 1993 Ryder Cup; owns three profession wins on the DP World Tour and eight on the Staysure Legends Tour
• Darren Fichardt (fourth) adopted a second-round 68 with one other 68 to succeed in 4 beneath, alone in fourth; Making his sixth begin of the 12 months on PGA TOUR Champions, the place he owns a pair of top-10 finishes, together with a T6 at the Principal Charity Classic
• Pat Perez (T5), who turned 50 on March 1, carded a 3-under 67 to climb to 3-under. In two earlier begins in PGA TOUR Champions occasions, he completed T5 (Senior PGA Championship) and T8 (US Senior Open).
  • Perez is presently eligible to return to PGA TOUR-sanctioned competitors as a PGA TOUR Champions member on Jan. 1, 2027.
• World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time Open Champion (2002, 2012) Ernie Els (T5) shot 71 and sits 3-under.
  • Looks to change into the sixth participant to win each The Open and The Senior Open
• Markus Brier, 58, (T5) shot 71 to fall right into a tie for fifth at 3-under.
• Tim Petrovic (T16) carded a 4-under 66, the low spherical of the day, to succeed in even par.
• Charles Schwab No. 2 and 2015 Open Champion Zach Johnson (T8) shot 68 and is 2 beneath, in search of his second main title in his rookie season after capturing the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship title.