Cameron Smith is just two shots behind leader Abraham Ancer in the Dell Technologies Championship, the second event of the FedExCup Playoffs.

Smith is in a great position entering the final day. For the second consecutive round, he hit 14 of his 18 greens in regulation and 11 of his 14 fairways. When asked what’s changed for him this week, Smith was matter-of-fact.

“Yeah, just a few things. I had my coach come in last week, we worked on a few things. Really got back to my roots and what I do best. Spent a lot of time around the chipping green and putting green last week. Everything is looking in shape,” he said.

“I think just kind of go out there [Monday] (and) stay aggressive. I’m in a good spot. I struck it really good today; just need the putts to go in tomorrow.”

Smith wasn’t disappointed in his putting, but the results baffled him a bit.

“Just one of those days,” he added. “The pace was really good all day with the putter. My stroke was really good. I was hitting good putts, they just weren’t going in. Nothing really changes for me. Just go out [Monday] and try to win a golf tournament.”

Although he shot his third consecutive under-par round, Marc Leishman dropped into a tie for 12th after beginning the day tied for seventh.

He shot a 69 and is five strokes behind. Adam Scott stumbled to a 2-over 73 and is tied for 67th, a shot behind New Zealand’s Danny Lee. He had his second consecutive 1-over 72 and is 1-over for the tournament, in 66th place.

When tournament week began, Abraham Ancer was concerned about advancing to the next round of the FedExCup playoffs. Now he’s on the verge of booking his travel for the TOUR Championship.

The native of Mexico shot a 6-under 65 Sunday and holds a one-shot lead at 13-under 200 after three rounds of the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston, the second FedExCup playoff event.

Ancer began the week No. 92 in the FedExCup points standings and needed to get inside the top 70 to advance to the BMW Championship. If he holds on to win Monday, Ancer will move all the way to No. 5 in the standings and nail down his spot in the TOUR Championship.

“I knew I had to play good this week,” Ancer said. “If not, I was going to go home and relax. Obviously, I want to keep on playing next week and obviously in Atlanta.”

Ancer holds a one-shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau (63) and Tyrrell Hatton of England (69) and a two-shot edge over Cameron Smith of Australia (67) and Justin Rose of England (70).

Ancer, 27, regained his PGA TOUR card this season after spending 2016-17 on the Web.com Tour. He has four top-10s and tied for fourth at the Quicken Loans National. The University of Oklahoma graduate is pleased to be in contention.

“My goal that I’ve always dreamed about is winning a PGA TOUR event,” Ancer said. “It would obviously mean the world to me and obviously for Mexico, too, because Mexico hasn’t had a player win since … I don’t know, 40 years or something like that. So, it would be very special.”

Ancer would be the third Mexican to win on the PGA TOUR.

DeChambeau began the week No. 1 on the FedExCup points list. He played the final five holes in 5-under and made a 23-footer for an eagle at the 18th. He is trying to become the second player to win the first two playoff events, joining Vijay Singh, who did it in 2008.

“Just being really conscious making sure we make the right decisions at the right time,” DeChambeau said.

Hatton had a poor day with the driver, which led to a double-bogey on the 12^th hole but was able to keep his composure and complete a good round.

“In the past, maybe my head would have properly come off, which is always a battle with me,” Hatton said. “But I was pretty chilled out. Just forget about what happened and feel like I played the last six holes really well, to be honest.”

Smith, who was third at the first Playoffs tournament, THE NORTHERN TRUST, was frustrated with his putting but pleased with his position.

“Just kind of go out there, stay aggressive,” he said. “I’m in a good spot. I struck it really good today; just need the putts to go in tomorrow.”

Second-round leader Webb Simpson, who shot 63 Saturday, signed for a 76 Sunday and dropped into a tie for 25^th. Simpson hit only 10 greens in regulation, which resulted in four bogeys and a double bogey

Tiger Woods, who was playing alongside DeChambeau, shot a 68 and is tied for 16th. A strong finish would go ahead and assure Woods of his spot at the TOUR Championship. He has played 33 straight holes without a bogey.

“I have to play well in order to make it to East Lake,” he said. “The points are very volatile. You get on one of those runs and move up the board.”

C.T. Pan is on the verge of playing his way into the third round of the playoffs. The native of Chinese Taipei began the week 72^nd on the points list. He is currently tied for 16^th and safely inside the top 70. Pan shot 69 on Sunday and is at 7-under.