<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Oklahoma State’s Bo Chin shot a steady 1-under 69 on Sunday to take a two-shot lead into the final day of individual stroke play in the NCAA men’s championship.</p>
<p>The freshman led by three after a 65 on Saturday and followed with another day of crisp iron play to reach 9 under at Grayhawk Golf Club’s difficult Raptor Course. </p>
<p>Clemson senior Turk Pettit was 7 under after a 68 on another hot day in the desert. Wake Forest’s Parker Gilliam had the low round of the day with a bogey-free 64 on the par-70 course and was tied with Oklahoma’s Quade Cummins at 5 under.</p>
<p>Jin and teammate Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra’s 68 helped Oklahoma State reach 12 under, 13 shots ahead of rival Oklahoma in the team competition. Arizona State was third, 14 shots behind the Cowboys.</p>
<p>The final round of individual stroke play will be Monday. The team competition was cut to 15 after Sunday’s round and will be trimmed for a final eight for match play on Tuesday and Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Cowboys are vying for their 12th national title — second since 2018 — and second straight individual national champion. Matthew Wolff won in 2019 before last year’s tournament was scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>Chin got off to a strong start in the third round, reeling off three birdies in four holes starting on the 475-yard par-4 third. The Beijing-born player — he moved to San Diego at 14 — spent most of the back nine hitting solid shots, but watched multiple putts burn the edges of the holes.</p>
<p>Jin hit his tee shot on the 521-yard par-4 18th into the right rough and opted to lay up instead of trying to hit a difficult shot over water from a thick lie. His third shot caught a ridge on the green and rolled to about 30 feet, where he two-putted for bogey.</p>
<p>Pettit had been steady while opening the tournament 67-68 and had another solid round on Sunday. From Auburn, Alabama, had three birdies and two bogeys on the front, then followed with six straight pars before a birdie on the 173-yard par 3 16th.</p>
<p>Gilliam, a senior from Cary, North Carolina, has gotten better with each round after opening with a two-over 72. He shot a second-round 69 and put up six birdies on Sunday for the day’s lowest round by three shots.</p>
<p>Cummins had a third straight steady round. The senior from Weatherford, Oklahoma, followed opening rounds of 69-69 with a 68 on Sunday, spoiling a bogey-free round by missing a 4-foot par putt on the long par-4 15th.</p>
<p>Illinois’ Michael Feagles had five birdies in his first seven holes after opening on No. 10 to reach 5 under overall, but stalled out. He had two bogeys on his back nine is 4 under, tied with Oklahoma’s Jonathan Brightwell.</p>
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