Photo By: Stuart Mullenberg

Up and down rounds on the lead card where each member had at least a momentary share of the lead was the story during Friday’s Round 3 of the 2014 United States Disc Golf Championship, after which Paul McBeth’s once comfortable lead of five was cut to only one over 2X USDGC Champ Will Schusterick.

McBeth #27523 now stands at (-19) followed by Schusterick #29064 (-18), JohnE McCray #9852 (-17), Patrick Brown #25713 (-16), and Nate Sexton #18824 at (-15). Several others are also within striking distance.

A chair that was in the wrong place at the wrong time took center stage for a while on Hole 11 when McBeth’s drive landed inbounds and right beside it. McBeth was informed he couldn't move the chair and subsequently threw his next shot with awkward footing. That shot landed out of bounds and so did his next throw. He ended up with a triple bogey on the hole.

Starting the round in second place, McCray scored par on Hole 11 and tied McBeth. McCray then took the lead on hole 12 by two strokes with a double bogey due to an uncharacteristic quadruple bogey by McBeth on the same hole.

Brown’s moment with the lead came after hole 15, but he lost it shortly after with a bogey on hole 16. Brown later got bitten by hole 17, throwing OB twice off the tee to finish with a six.

After the round, Brown was back on the course working to nail down hole 17. He said on Saturday he wants to do a better job taking his time and sticking to his game plan no matter what happens.

Schusterick also had a share of the lead after hole 14 and then again on hole 16, but he also had trouble with hole 17, scoring a double bogey. However, Schusterick rallied on hole 18 with a birdie to finish the day one back of McBeth.

Earlier in the day, talk of heavy storms on the way filled the air, but the 2014 United States Disc Golf Championship was spared anything major. Most of the rain disappeared after a few hours. McBeth said he’s going to focus hard on his game plan for the final round tomorrow.

“I’m going to live or die by my shots and not worry about what the others are doing unless it’s [hole] 17 or 18. That’s the only time.” said McBeth.