2024 Texas Open: Akshay Bhatia on the verge of earning Masters invite with four-shot lead after Round 3

The lefty has his eyes on a trip to Augusta National after staying ahead of the pack on Saturday

Akshay Bhatia has just one golfer to beat if he hopes to play at Augusta National next week. 

Bhatia leads the Texas Open by four shots over Denny McCarthy going into Sunday's final round. He's seven up on the next closest contender, Brendon Todd, who's at 8 under and seven away from Bhatia's 15 under following rounds of 63-70-68 from the now -350 favorite.

Though he won the Barracuda Championship in a playoff over Patrick Rodgers last year, this is a different caliber of field Bhatia is beating and doing so as the best iron player in the field. This formula is as impressive as it is sustainable.