Only a handful of players have completed their third rounds at the Deutsche Bank Championship today, but the scoring average is up roughly two shots from the first two days, when TPC Boston's conditions and the weather meant some serious attacks on par.

Sergio Garcia, one of the early finishers, offers this assessment: "It's definitely playing a little bit tougher with this wind and the firmness of the course and the greens. But it's the kind of course that if you play well, because of how firm it is, you'll have some short irons into the greens and you can score. The wind is quite tricky out there, it's swirling a little bit, gusting. The course is not playing as easy as the first couple days, but it wouldn't surprise me if one of those guys [near the lead] shoot 3 or 4 under. I don't think [the lead after the third round] will be much lower than it is at the moment."

Garcia birdied the last two holes and shot 68, which will likely improve his position on the leaderboard and the FedEx Cup points list. Garcia started the week 71st on the points list, and only the top 70 advance to next week's BMW Championship in Chicago.