“Yeah, a lot of the courses we played were a little shorter or there was kind of a run-out at 310 to where a lot of holes weren’t driver anyways, so I just decided to take it out,” Capan said Saturday after his third-round 67. “At the time I wasn’t hitting it that great.”

But at a beefy Scarlet course layout, Capan has decided to add back the big stick back to the bag and it’s led to results. Capan is averaging a ridiculous 334 yards off the tee this week — which is still somehow only 13th in the field. He’s only hitting 54 percent of his fairways, but when he’s hitting the green 83 percent of the time anyway, it’s hard to argue his tee shots aren’t putting him in a good position.

“I’m not sure if you guys caught a few of [my drives today], it wasn’t all perfect today but it’s been feeling better and better and this is a course where you definitely need it,” Capan said. He hit 7-of-14 fairways Saturday but averaged more than 350 yards off the tee. “During the couple weeks we had after Idaho before Nashville I put a lot of work in testing a couple things, but mainly just putting a little work in trying to tighten it up a little bit because I knew I would need it last week, this week and in French Lick.”

Clearly the strategy as Capan has already secured a PGA Tour card, but a win Sunday could launch him up the priority ranking for next season, helping him more chances on the “Big Tour.”

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his high school golf team and recently returned to the program to serve as head coach. Jack also still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.