Frankie Capan III is inching toward his PGA Tour card, and he could secure it on Sunday.

The North Oaks native is currently in third place through three rounds of the Magnit Championship at Metedeconk National Golf Club in New Jersey. Capan carded a 4-under round of 68 on Saturday, moving him to 13-under for the tournament, just two shots back of leaders Will Chandler and Max McGreevy.

A win on Sunday would certainly, officially lock up Capan’s PGA Tour card for next season, but a top-two finish would also likely do it. The top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour season-long standings at season’s end earn the promotion to the top pro tour. There are just four events remaining after this week. The PGA Tour has already began designating players as “Tour Bound” who — via their point totals — are statistical certainties to finish in the top 30.

Capan entered the week at No. 19 in the standings. His current third-place position would bump him up to No. 13 for the season.

But Capan’s goals have long been higher than to finish in the top 30. He wants to finish the season atop the season-long standings. That would require at least two wins down the stretch. Capan has yet to accrue one of those — he’s logged a pair of top fives –but Sunday marks his third time this season playing in a final group. He’ll tee off at 9:18 a.m. CDT on Sunday.

After playing most of his starters last weekend, Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell was much more cautious on Saturday afternoon when the Vikings played the Browns in a preseason game in Cleveland.

On offense, the only presumed starters who played were receiver Jalen Nailor and right guard Ed Ingram. On defense, the only presumed starters who played were edge rusher Dallas Turner and cornerback Akayleb Evans. Not surprising considering the Vikings and the Browns already got some good work in this week during two joint practices.

There were a number of standouts as the Vikings earned a 27-12 win.

Here are five takeaways from the preseason game:

Mullens does his job

There was no way O’Connell was going to let veteran quarterback Sam Darnold play against the Browns. Not after rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy suffered a torn meniscus in last Saturday’s preseason game against the Las Vegas Raiders. As a result, veteran quarterback Nick Mullens got the nod and played the whole first half, then handed the ball over to second-year quarterback Jaren Hall. Mullens completed 11 for 21 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown. He spent most of the time running for his life as the offensive line struggled in pass protection. Though it wasn’t an inspiring performance, Mullens did his job, which is a good sign now that he’s the unquestioned backup.

Jackson shines once again

You’d be hard pressed to find somebody who’s had a better training camp than receiver Trishton Jackson. He had a long touchdown reception against the Raiders and followed it up with a solid effort during joint practices against the Browns. It was only right that Jackson continued to shine against the Browns, recording three receptions for 39 yards and a touchdown. After presumably being on the roster bubble heading into training camp, Jackson seems to have done enough to make the team.

Reichard was perfect

Everything that rookie kicker Will Reichard does looks effortless. He’s been the personification of consistency throughout training camp, nailing field-goal attempt after field-goal attempt regardless of the situation. That continued against the Browns as he nailed a 41-yard field goal and a 38-yard field goal while also making all of his extra-point attempts. The only kick of any sort that Reichard has missed in the exhibition slate came against the Raiders, and it had nothing to do with his operation. That attempt was blocked after the entire left side of the offensive line crumbled into the turf in unison.

Nwangwu has some juice

Though he’s still behind veteran running back Aaron Jones and young running back Ty Chandler on the depth chart, speedy Kene Nwangwu is trying to carve out a niche for himself. He had an explosive 48-yard touchdown run against the Raiders, and while he didn’t find the end zone against the Browns, he had some impressive runs and finished with seven carries for 45 yards. Never mind that most of Nwangwu’s impact is likely to come on kickoff returns. He’s shown he has some juice, and he might earn more playing time because of it.

McGlothern records an interception

There have been glimpses from rookie cornerback Dwight McGlothern throughout training camp. That said, McGlothern made his biggest splash yet against the Browns. After sitting in coverage near the goal line, McGlothern located an errant pass and hauled in an interception. He wasn’t done. As soon as he secured the ball, McGlothern popped to his feet, then raced down the sideline with open field in sight. He ran out of gas short of the end zone after running more than 90 yards. That play could go a long way toward McGlothern making the team in a couple of weeks.

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With one of the league’s best players on the roster, it can sometimes be easy for the Minnesota Lynx to be unaware what Napheesa Collier does during a game.

“She just makes the right play, the simple play, and it looks easy for her. It’s just the talent she has, playing at a high level. She’s capable of doing this every night against anybody,” said Bridget Carleton.

On Saturday, “this” meant Collier finishing with a team-high 30 points, one shy of her season apex. She made 13 of 16 shots and was lethal with turnaround jumpers in the lane.

Minnesota made its first 10 shots of the third quarter — five by Collier — to blow open a close game en route to a 99-83 win at Washington.

The Lynx (19-8) shot a season-best 57.8%, making 37 of 64 attempts, including 11 of 21 from 3-point range.

Collier missed the final five games before the Olympic break with plantar fasciitis before winning a gold medal with Team USA. Coach Cheryl Reeve said “it was top of mind to get Napheesa Collier going again.”

How Collier finds success sounds simple enough.

“Just being aggressive and knowing that the coaches have confidence in me and my teammates have confidence in me so just really trying to read the defense and get to my shot,” she said.

Keyed by Collier and locking in defensively to get out in transition, Minnesota outscored the Mystics (6-21) 33-17 in the third quarter, including a game-breaking 27-9 run, to lead by 22 entering the final 10 minutes.

Collier made all six of her shots in the quarter, including a 3-pointer, while also grabbing four rebounds and getting a steal.

“Phee’s the type of player that it can happen whenever, and I feel like every game she plays she makes it so much easier for everybody on the court,” said Carleton, who finished with 16 points, including makes on three of her five attempts from deep.

Added Reeve: “We never worry about Phee taking bad shots, she’s always going to make the right basketball play. But playing to her and causing rotations helps our team overall. I thought we were pretty intentional in our transition. We were getting to our drag screens pretty quickly. I thought we overall moved the ball decently and found people in good spots.”

The league’s top assist team at 23 per game, the Lynx finished with 26, 10 more than they had Thursday.

Courtney Williams finished with 14 points and seven rebounds, including 10 of the team’s 17 points before the half.

“Court was terrific managing pick and roll in the second quarter, she was making some shots. … She was making the right reads and kind of gave us momentum going into the half to understand what needed to happen in the third quarter,” Reeve said.

Sitting atop the Western Conference, next up for the Lynx is a home-and-home matchup with the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces, starting Wednesday in Sin City.

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