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RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ricky Castillo was hoping to be in Florida this week for his first $20 million signature event. Instead, he's at the Puerto Rico Open and making it pay off, posting a bogey-free round of 4-under 68 in strong wind Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round.

On a day of big movements — John Daly II tied for the lead at one point and 18-year-old Blades Brown challenging again — Castillo chipped in for birdie on the 12th hole and kept a steady hand on the closing holes at Grand Reserve Golf Club.

Castillo was at 12-under 204 and will be in the final group with John Parry of England, who earned his PGA Tour card off the European tour standings last year.

“This is the position that all of us have dreamed of and want to be in a chance to win a golf tournament,” Castillo said. “I've been fortunate to have that opportunity a few times and haven’t gotten it done, so hopefully we’ll do it tomorrow.”

Brown holed a 50-foot eagle putt on the par-5 14th, the highlight of his 3-under 69 that gives the teenager a second chance this year to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years. He was in the final group with Scottie Scheffler at The American Express until fading Sunday.

“All this is just experience,” said Brown, who graduated high school in January.

He didn't do a lot wrong that week. A pair of late bogeys long after Scheffler had pulled away led to a 74 and dropped him into a tie for 18th. But the kid didn't look overwhelmed playing next to the No. 1 player in the world and looks forward to Sunday.

“Just having that moment and that experience with Scottie and Si Woo (Kim) and being in the final group is going to help me tomorrow being in the hunt again,” Brown said. “I’m really looking forward to it. I love to compete and it’s going to be a fun day tomorrow.”

Matti Schmid shot 68 and was in the group one shot behind along with Chandler Blanchet, who took a four-shot lead into the third round and lost too many shots on the green, particularly a couple of short putts. Blanchet shot 74.

Daly, the 22-year-old son of two-time major champion John Daly, also looks poised in his PGA Tour debut. He had a share of the lead when he hit 5-iron onto the green at the par-5 12 for eagle that put him at 10 under. And on the next par 5, he took driver off the deck to the front of the green, only to three-putt for par from about 75 feet.

But he missed the green left on the 18th, chipped too strongly and ended a streak of 46 consecutive holes without a bogey when he lipped out the 15-foot par putt.

“It was solid,” he said of his round. “For sure it was the windiest day of the week so far. It was really hard to get the numbers right. But stayed in it well, hit some good shots. Sucks to make my first bogey in a while on 18. Hit a good second shot, just the wind let it rise in the air. Oh, well, it was a good day.”

Castillo was 11 points away from getting into the Arnold Palmer Invitational with its $20 million purse. The winner of the Puerto Rico Open — the $4 million purse is equal to what the winner gets at Bay Hill — gets a spot in The Players Championship and the PGA Championship.

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Castillo was at 12-under 204 and will be in the final group with John Parry of England, who earned his PGA Tour card off the European tour standings last year.

“All this is just experience,” said Brown, who graduated high school in January.

But he missed the green left on the 18th, chipped too strongly and ended a streak of 46 consecutive holes without a bogey when he lipped out the 15-foot par putt.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Keith Mitchell thrived in a tough wind on a tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook on Thursday until he dropped two shots late in his round and had to settle for a 4-under 67 and a five-way share of the lead in the Valspar Championship.

The gusts were in the 30 mph range at times. Rain pelted the players in the afternoon during a brief shower. And the course already has a reputation as one of the best tests on the PGA Tour.

For Mitchell, it was all about timing. He was expecting his share of bogeys on a day like this. It just stung a little more to be at 6 under, in the fairway on the par-5 fifth just 90 yards from the hole, and have to settle for a 67.

That dropped him into a share of the lead with Stephan Jaeger, Jacob Bridgeman, Ricky Castillo and Sami Valimaki. Only 21 players broke 70 with the potential of another, Kevin Velo, who was 2 under through 17 holes when play was suspended by darkness.

Velo can appreciate what Mitchell felt. He was bogey-free, tied for the lead, until his day ended with back-to-back bogeys.

Mitchell had a birdie chance from just inside 50 feet on the par-3 eighth, his 17th of the day, when he left it 10 feet short and three-putted for bogey. He then rode a strong wind into the right rough on the uphill ninth, went just over the back and finished with a bogey.

“It’s crazy to say you left some out there when it’s windy,” Mitchell said. "I don’t want to say that because you’re going to make mistakes, you’re going to hit shots that you wish you could have over or putts that you had over.

“But you take those two (bogeys) out of the round and sprinkle them somewhere else (and) I'm feeling good.”

Xander Schauffele showed some improvement in his third straight tournament since being away two months with a rib injury. He dropped a few shots like everyone else — three of his four bogeys on the par 3s — and opened with a 70.

Justin Thomas went out in 40 in the afternoon and played hard to the end, bogey-free on the back nine to salvage a 73. That was one shot better than Jordan Spieth, who won at Innisbrook 10 years ago during his road to a Masters green jacket. Spieth hit only two fairways through 13 holes until hitting his last five in regulation.

He three-putted from 18 feet for bogey on the 17th and made a 5-foot birdie on the 18th for 74.

Mitchell has mixed feelings about Innisbrook, a course he loves but one that gives him bad memories. He had a two-shot lead going into the final round a year ago before a wild final round when he didn't make birdie until the 14th hole and shot 77.

“I still think about it,” Mitchell said. “It’s still definitely in the back of my mind and I want it to stay there for hopefully for the rest of my career to just motivate me to remember what it feels like when you let those kind of nerves get in your way. A round like today feels like the opposite of that.”

The others at 67 rallied late. Jaeger, who next week defends his title in the Houston Open, birdied his last two holes. Bridgeman started bogey-bogey and rallied with a 32 on the front nine, starting with an eagle on the par-5 opening hole.

Trouble was always lurking, though. Sahith Theegala was at 4 under after running off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine. He finished with a pair of three-putt bogeys, one from 18 feet at No. 17, the other from about 60 feet down the ridge on the 18th, and shot 69.

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The gusts were in the 30 mph range at times. Rain pelted the players in the afternoon during a brief shower. And the course already has a reputation as one of the best tests on the PGA Tour.

Velo can appreciate what Mitchell felt. He was bogey-free, tied for the lead, until his day ended with back-to-back bogeys.

“But you take those two (bogeys) out of the round and sprinkle them somewhere else (and) I'm feeling good.”

He three-putted from 18 feet for bogey on the 17th and made a 5-foot birdie on the 18th for 74.

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Ricky Castillo

Ricky Castillo

Castillo wins Puerto Rico Open as 18-year-old Brown falls back

Castillo has 1-shot lead in Puerto Rico; Brown and Daly II in the mix

Mitchell among those in 5-way tie for lead at Valspar Championship