Jackson, who plays for Memphis, followed an opening 3-under 67 at Wigwam’s Gold Course with a 2-under 68 that included a double bogey on the first hole. Scott, who plays for Grand Valley State (an NCAA Division II school) had just the opposite – an opening 68 followed by a 67.
Jackson had back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18 to close out his round. He is playing in honor of his great grandfather U.S. Army Private First Class Willie B. McGill. Private First Class McGill was killed in combat action on Dec. 4, 1944.
“I’m just gonna do the same old, same old, come out and try to hit around the fairways, wedge it good hopefully and try to make a couple of putts,” Jackson said of his final-round game plan. “Stick my Trident gum in and we’re gonna go, so we’ll see how it goes.”
Scott began the day a shot off the lead, but caught up with five birdies – a total that included back-to-back birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. Scott is playing in honor of U.S. Army Corporal Jordan E. Goode of Kalamazoo, Mich. On Aug. 11, 2007, in Zormat, Afghanistan, Corporal Goode was killed when a roadside bomb detonated beneath the truck he was driving. He was 21 years old.
“I putted really well today. I had one three-putt on the front nine, but that would have been tough for anybody,” Scott said. “I made a bomb to save par on one and I made a bomb on number two to make birdie. I probably made more feet of putt in my first two holes today than I did all day yesterday. That kept me on my feet, kept me going.”
Quade Cummins, who plays for the University of Oklahoma, (70-66) and Jackson Suber of Ole Miss (69-67) both sit one-shot back at 4-under 136. Suber is looking to become the second Ole Miss Rebel to win the Patriot All-America, joining teammate Braden Thornberry who was the 2015 Patriot All-America champion.
Overstreet, meanwhile, shot a 3-over 73 and sits at even par, five shots back.
Information from the Patriot All-America used in this report