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Former Alabama golfer Trey Mullinax takes lead at Orange County National Championship

Trey Mullinax shot a third-round 62 to take the lead at Orange County National Championship.

Trey Mullinax is looking for his second win on the Korn Ferry Tour at the Orange County National Championship. Given the 62 he wrote on his scorecard on Saturday, he has a pretty good shot.

The 28-year-old went 9-under 62 Saturday at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida, to take a three-shot lead with 18 holes left to play.

Mullinax recorded his first birdie of the day on No. 3 and picked up steam on Nos. 7-11. He went birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie during the five-hole stretch and added another birdie at 14. His carded his only bogey of the day on 16 before finishing his round with back-to-back birdies.

The former University of Alabama golfer has played in 10 Korn Ferry Tour events this season, earning two top 10s and making six cuts. His best finish was a T-7 at the Evans Scholars Invitational last month. Mullinax also played in two PGA Tour events last season, the Farmers Insurance Open in which he finished 78th and the Waste Management Phoenix Open where he missed the cut.

MORE: Orange County National Championship leaderboard

Mullinax’s first win on the Korn Ferry Tour was at the 2016 Rex Hospital Open.

George Cunningham, Stephan Jaeger and second-round leader Stephen Franken sit T-2 at 18 under entering the final round.

Former Stanford Cardinal Brandon Wu is T-7 with four other golfers at 16 under. Wu, who won his first Korn Ferry Tour event at the KFT Championship in August, went 5-under 66 in the third round for his second bogey-free round of the week.

After play was suspended due to darkness in the tournament’s first two rounds, the third round concluded on time Saturday afternoon. The final round begins Sunday at 7:40 p.m. ET. Mullinax, Cunningham and Jaeger tee off their final rounds at 9:41 a.m.

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Stephen Franken leads Orange County National Championship after back-to-back 64s

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2020 Orange County National Championship through 36 holes.

Stephen Franken shot 7-under 64 two days in a row to take a one-shot lead at the Orange County National Championship through 36 holes.

Franken, 23, began his round with an eagle on 2 and followed with five birdies for back-to-back bogey-free rounds at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida. The former NC State golfer has competed in 20 Korn Ferry Tour events this season, making the cut in one out of the last seven before this week’s event. His best finish this season was a T-11 in August at the Pinnacle Bank Championship.

First-round co-leader Shad Tuten sits one shot behind Franken in second after carding a second-round 66. Tuten, who was coming off a 63, made four birdies in his first five holes Friday before recording his first bogey of the tournament on the par-4 sixth.

Eight golfers sit T-3 at 12 under while former Stanford Cardinal Brandon Wu is in a three-way tie for 11th at 11 under.

For the second-straight day, the round was suspended due to darkness. Five golfers had yet to complete their rounds when play was suspended at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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Orange County National Championship suspended due to darkness with Harry Hall, Shad Tuten co-leading

The Orange County National Championship is underway on the Korn Ferry Tour. Here is what happened in the first round.

The first round of the Orange County National Championship was suspended due to darkness Thursday evening with 27 golfers still on the course, but Harry Hall and Shad Tuten were each in the clear to claim co-leader after the first round.

Hall and Tuten hold a one-shot lead at 8 under after each carded bogey-free 63s Thursday at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida. Hall, 23, began his day on the 10th tee and went five under on his first nine including a string of four birdies on Nos. 13-16. Tuten, 28, finished his round with five-straight birdies to tie Hall for the lead.

Tommy Gainey, who carded five birdies and an eagle on No. 10 en route to a 7-under 64, is one of nine golfers tied for third. Callum Tarren, one of eight tied with Gainey, was 7 under through 16 holes when the round was suspended.

Brandon Wu is one of eight golfers T-12 at 6 under. The former Stanford Cardinal, who shot a bogey-free 65 Thursday, won his first Korn Ferry Tour event at the at the KFT Championship in August.