American Express: Three-way tie heading into Sunday’s final round

A new day and new names atop the leaderboard at the American Express.

World No. 22 Tony Finau, California-native Max Homa and Si Woo Kim are tied for first at -15 heading into Sunday's final round.

"Be patient tomorrow and then try to relax and not be too aggressive. Those are my goals tomorrow," Kim said.

Finau is one of the best in the world, but he only has one PGA Tour win on his resume despite 41 Top 10 finishes.

"You know, I challenge myself every time I play to prove that I can do it again. I know I can. I've got the, I feel like, the skillset to do it at a high level. I'm going to have a lot of opportunities to win golf tournaments. That, to me, is what the exciting thing is. Every time I don't close a tournament, I'm never thinking, 'Wow! I let another one slip. I'm never going to have this opportunity again.' You know for me, it's like, what did I learn? You know, how can I take what I learned into the next opportunity. I've got another opportunity tomorrow," he said.

Homa leads the field in birdies, which are important to win in La Quinta with how low the scores go.

"Golf is my life, but I don't want it to consume me. I want to win, I want to be the best player in the world at some point someday. I want to be the best me I can be and all that kind of comes with being a happy dude. So I'm just trying to be a happy dude, I guess," Homa said.

Thursday and Friday's leaders - Brandon Hagy and Sungjae Im - are tied for 20th after the third round.

Richy Werenski is right behind the pack at -14 after shooting a -7 (65) in the third round. The 29-year-old got his first win on Tour just over five months ago at the Barracuda Championship.

Rain started to pick up toward the end of the round, but it's expected to clear by tomorrow's final round!