Saturday at the PGA Championship started with Xander Schauffele leading the field by a single stroke. He’s led the entire way so far, which is something only five other golfers in the last 40 years has pulled off.
Right behind him, though, is a stampede of golfers ready to pounce in Louisville. Collin Morikawa was a shot back to start the day, but he quickly matched Schauffele at 12-under. Sahith Theegala played his way into the final group, too. Scottie Scheffler, despite his arrest, shot a 66 on Friday and was in T4 to start the third round. Bryson DeChambeau was right with him, too. We could go on.
Tiger Woods, however, is not in that stampede. He fell to 7-over after a rough start on Friday, and was among those who missed the cut. The good news, is the weather looks good after a long day of rain on Friday.
No matter how it shakes out, Moving Day is sure to be very eventful.
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Lowry … again
We’ve got a three-way tie atop the leaderboard. Shane Lowry with another birdie at 14. He’s got it to 12-under along with Xander and Morikawa.
Scottie Scheffler is bouncing back
Phew!
After going 4-over on his first four holes, Scheffler has birdied two of his last three. But that last one didn’t come without some drama. It wasn’t a long putt — about 6 feet. Pretty routine. He didn’t hit a good putt, but managed to catch the left lip and down it went.
He’s got it back to 7-under.
Shane Lowry continues his heater
A lengthy roll in for birdie at 13 for Shane Lowry has him to 11-under, just one back of the lead. After firing a 6-under 29 on the front, he’d cooled off a bit. That bird at 13 was his first on the back. Still, at 6-under on his round, 62 isn’t out of the question.
Hey, Wrigley!
The no-ticket fan is the best.
Funny scene out by the ninth tee. Two kayakers have paddled up a creek to talk to players as they cross the footbridge after the tee. One is wearing a Tiger mugshot t-shirt.
Tournament officials tried to shoo them away, but weren’t willing to jump in the water to grab ‘em. pic.twitter.com/L7I2hBJUs2
Collin Morikawa finally got one to fall, and Xander Schauffele’s birdie putt to match went just right of the cup. That means that Morikawa has joined Schauffele at 12-under, which is two shots clear of the rest of the field.
Schauffele is even so far today, and 1-over thru his last 13 holes.
That rough double-bogey-bogey stretch for Scottie Scheffler was his first in a very, very long time.
This sequence marked the first time Scottie Scheffler had three straight holes over par since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August 2022. pic.twitter.com/e3daFpvcaR
Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa are still locked in at 1 and 2 on the leaderboard, but there’s a big group tied for third at 10-under.
The Group at 10-under
Sahith Theegala
Thomas Detry
Bryson DeChambeau
Dean Burmester
Shane Lowry
Rory back in it?
Rory McIlroy is trying to work his way back into this. He just made three straight birdies to close his front nine, and four of his last six. He’s at 8-under now as he makes the turn.
Scottie Scheffler slips again
Things aren’t going well for Scottie Scheffler today. He just hit it behind the fence on the 4th, and then chunked his approach up to the green. He still saved bogey, but he’s at 5-under now for the week.
Thomas Detry had 0 eagles this season entering the week. He now has 2, and he’s back to 10-under.
Shane Lowry goes low
Shane Lowry is taking full advantage of Moving Day. He just shot a 29 on the front nine to get to 10-under on the week. Suddenly, he’s just two off the lead.
Shane Lowry makes the turn in 29, the first sub-30 nine hole score at a PGA Championship in six years.
Just the 7th time it has happened at a PGA in the last 40 years.
Well, that’s one way to offset an early bogey. Collin Morikawa is just a stroke off the lead again.
Scottie Scheffler double, bogey
Well, that’s not a great start for Scottie Scheffler. He just doubled the second, which dropped him to T14. He then barely missed a par save at the third.
Scheffler is now 3 over thru 3 holes today, which has him 6 shots back of Xander Schauffele.
Scottie Scheffler seems to do better coming to the course straight out of the slammer. He’s plus-3 through three today.
Variations of these are all over the course again today at Valhalla.
Everyone is attacking Valhalla today, but the final group just made three pars at the first hole. Xander Schauffele’s lead remains at 1
The penultimate group is off and running, and Scottie Scheffler sent his ball right down the middle.
Jordan Spieth’s first eagle
For the first time at the PGA Championship, Jordan Spieth has a double circle on his scorecard. He’s made an eagle at the par-5 7th, which brings him under par for the day at Valhalla.
Scottie Scheffler’s new caddie
Scottie Scheffler’s normal caddie, Ted Scott, won’t be on the bag today. Scott flew home to attend his daughter’s high school graduation. This was planned well ahead of time. Scheffler’s friend and PGA Tour chaplain Brad Payne will take his place today.
