The 28-year-old Swede is doing his first season on the US tour since he played his way to playing rights after a fine 2024 on the European tour.
He struck with a shared tenth place in his debut on Hawaii in mid-January, but since then it has been two missed qualifying limits and two placements further down the results list.
Now Svensson may be on his way to mixing into the battle for victory at PGA National Resort (par 71) in Palm Beach Gardens. After an initial 64-round, it became 67 strokes on Friday (–4) and Svensson shares third place with three other players at eleven strokes under par total.
American Jake Knapp leads at 13 strokes under par. Knapp responded with a sensational 59-round (–12) on Thursday, but the day after it became a more modest one stroke under par. Frenchman Matthieu Pavon is alone in second place at –12.
