20-yo Luke Clanton is ‘still pinching’ himself after a strong start to his PGA Tour career at John Deere Classic

Florida State's Luke Clanton is having an amazing week at the 2024 John Deere Classic. Clanton, who is playing as an amateur, carded 16-under at the TPC Deere Run golf course after three rounds to be placed in T6 ahead of the final round on Sunday.

After the conlcusion of Round 3 at the 2024 John Deere Classic, Clanton spoke in an interview about his spectacular performance at the 2024 John Deere Classic. Clanton said he was pinching himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. The amateur golfer said:

"This is unbelievable. I am not going to lie to you. I'm still a little kid basically, watching these guys play golf. I kindalook upto these dudes. And to be able to play with them, and actually watch them in person hit golf shots is pretty nuts. Still trying to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. It's awesome man. I mean, being out here, everything is pretty sweet for sure. Look at what I am doing, I'm playing golf right now on the PGA Tour. It's pretty nuts."

You can check out what Luke Clanton said in the video below:

While Clanton is tied with J.J. Spaun and Michael Thorbjornsen, the current leader of the 2024 John Deere Classic is Davis Thompson, who scored 21-under to secure first place. Thompson is being trailed by Eric Cole and Aaron Rai who are in T2 with a score of 19-under.

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What time will Luke Clanton tee off in Round 4 of the 2024 John Deere Classic?

In Round 4 of the 2024 John Deere Classic, Luke Clanton will tee off at 12:15 PM from Hole No. 1. He will be paired with Michael Thorbjornsen and Carson Young. Here is the complete list of the tee-off times for Round 4 of the event (All times ET):

Tee No. 1

• 10:25 am - Sam Stevens, Robby Shelton, Zach Johnson
• 10:36 am - Chandler Phillips, Joshua Creel, James Hahn
• 10:47 am - Jason Day, J.T. Poston, Chesson Hadley
• 10:58 am - Trace Crowe, Ben Silverman, Scott Gutschewski
• 11:09 am - Kevin Yu, Sungjae Im, Mac Meissner
• 11:20 am - Max Greyserman, Beau Hossler, Brendon Todd
• 11:31 am - Denny McCarthy, Harry Hall, Seamus Power
• 11:42 am - Lucas Glover, Andrew Novak, Chan Kim
• 11:53 am - Ben Griffin, Keith Mitchell, Jhonattan Vegas
• 12:04 pm - Sami Valimaki, Rico Hoey, Jordan Spieth
• 12:15 pm - Michael Thorbjornsen, Luke Clanton (a), Carson Young
• 12:26 pm - Hayden Springer, C.T. Pan, J.J. Spaun
• 12:37 pm - Davis Thompson, Eric Cole, Aaron Rai

Tee No. 10

• 10:25 am - Adam Svensson, Hayden Buckley, David Lipsky
• 10:36 am - S.H. Kim, Austin Smotherman, Patrick Rodgers
• 10:47 am - Wilson Furr, Jake Knapp, Bud Cauley
• 10:58 am - Mark Hubbard, Sam Ryder, Ben Taylor
• 11:09 am - Ryo Hisatsune, Stewart Cink, Kevin Streelman
• 11:20 am - Pierceson Coody, Sepp Straka, Roger Sloan
• 11:31 am - Doug Ghim, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Justin Lower
• 11:42 am - Lee Hodges, Nico Echavarria, Blaine Hale, Jr.
• 11:53 am - Henrik Norlander, Brice Garnett, Joel Dahmen
• 12:04 pm - Bill Haas, Zac Blair, Thorbjørn Olesen
• 12:15 pm - Justin Suh, Matt NeSmith, Kyle Westmoreland
• 12:26 pm - Kevin Dougherty, Ben Kohles, Dylan Frittelli
• 12:37 pm - Kevin Chappell, Ryan Palmer