Eric Dugas, a pro at Makena Golf Club on Maui, shot his second consecutive 71 after an opening-round 3-under 67 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He was among 10 players who fell victim to the supplementary third-round cut — the same result for him as in the 2014 Sony Open.

And a result that gave him mixed feelings.

“You know what you have to do, you control your fate. … It’s hard to be disappointed,” said Dugas, who got a birdie when he needed an eagle on the par-5 No. 9 hole, his final one of the day, to advance. “It’s nice to play on Saturday, but obviously the goal is Sunday.”

A look at his scorecard of eight pars and a bogey on his first nine holes suggests a grind, but Dugas — with a boisterous gallery of supporters — said it was enjoyable.

“It’s always fun to play in a tournament, a tour event,” he said. “The course is hard. I hit it good, I just didn’t get it in the hole.”

Good things come for IIIs

Davis Love III and Charles Howell III climbed the leaderboard, and were both 11 under and T5 at the end of the third round. Both shot 6-under-par 64 on Saturday.

It was 25 years ago when Love was a runner-up here the first time. He tied for second the next year, 1995, the third of six top-10 finishes for him here.

Howell also has two second-place finishes, in 2007 and 2012 (both ties). He has placed in the top 10 nine times at Waialae, most recently when he was eighth in 2017.

Climbing the ladder

Keith Mitchell soared from the pack with a bogey-free 7-under 63 to a tie for third with Chez Reavie, four shots behind leader Matt Kuchar.

Mitchell is a second-year PGA Tour pro with four top-10s last year, including second at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship in the Dominican Republic. He was T25 with a 10-under showing in his Sony Open debut last year, and now has six consecutive rounds under 70 at Waialae.

“I’m very pleased with how I played,” Mitchell said after Saturday’s round. “I know I got a lot to do to catch Matt, but I felt like I put myself in a good position.”

Other notables

Patrick Reed, last year’s winner at the Masters, did a bit of climbing on moving day, but not enough to put himself into contention.

He shot 2-under 68 and tied for 21st at 8 under for the tournament headed into today’s final round. Reed has been steady this week, with all three rounds in the 60s.

In his only other appearance here, Reed missed the cut with 72-70 in 2013.

Justin Thomas, the Sony winner in 2017, was among those tied with Reed after Saturday’s play. He finally did not go under par on one of the course’s two par-5 holes, but is now 7 under on them for the event. He had a par on No. 9 and birdie on No. 18.

Six-time PGA Tour winner Stewart Cink shot even-par 70 after a 62 on Friday and dropped 11 spots to T14.

Steve Stricker, who has won 12 times on the Tour, shot 72 and was a third-round cut. Gary Woodland, who was second at last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua on Maui, shot 76 and was also a third-round cut.