PGA Championship: Xander Schaufele and Colin Morikawa share lead as Shane Lowry breaks major record at Valhalla | Golf news

Xander Schaufele and Colin Morikawa maintain on to a share of the lead after an exciting third spherical on the PGA Championship, the place Shane Lowry made historical past and a bunch of gamers moved into competition.

Schaufele birdied his closing two holes to shut with a second straight 68 at Valhalla Golf Membership to maneuver to fifteen beneath with Morikawa posting a four-under 67 to bolster his hopes of a 3rd main title.

Sahit Teghala – finishing a closing three-ball after a prolonged fog delay noticed the gamers three balls out – produced a back-nine 31 to shut into the lead, whereas Lowry’s bogey-free spherical was the bottom ever within the males’s majors.

Lowry shares fourth place with Bryson DeChambeau and Victor Howland, whereas Scotland’s Robert McIntyre is tied for seventh along with his Ryder Cup enjoying accomplice Justin Rose.

Rory McIlroy is seven behind after a three-under 68 and Jordan Spieth additionally heads into the ultimate day at eight beneath, whereas world primary Scotty Scheffler slipped out of competition after his streak of 41 consecutive rounds ended at two beneath par – greater than 73.

Schaufele left Morikovo after a historic Saturday

Schaufele – beginning the subsequent day – chipped in from 10 ft to avoid wasting par on the first and briefly noticed his lead double when Morikawa missed 5 ft to avoid wasting par on the subsequent, just for his accomplice to chip away – in a birdie from the third inexperienced.

Each did not capitalize on the driveable fourth gap and noticed a number of chasers shut in on the lead, with McIlroy making 4 straight birdies across the flip and Lowry becoming a member of Rose in making 5 birdies in six holes on his entrance 9.

Morikawa made par with a 15-foot birdie on the fifth however was unable so as to add one other on the par-five seventh, the place Schaufele two-putted 60 ft to edge forward, with pars on the subsequent two holes to see the Olympic gold medalist keep one in entrance at flip round

Lowry – enjoying a number of teams forward – raced to a par of 29 and adopted up with lengthy birdies on the thirteenth and 14th, turning from six ft on the seventeenth to 9 beneath for the day, earlier than making the goal on the clubhouse after , as he nearly missed his likelihood for a “spherical of 61” on the final par-5.

The Irishman held a share of the lead till Schaufele began his again 9 with a birdie, with the American lacking possibilities on the eleventh and thirteenth to empty a 30ft birdie on the par-3 14th and briefly go two clear.

A dramatic three-shot swing on the par-four fifteenth noticed Morikawa bounce forward with a six-foot birdie, whereas Schaufele chipped in on his approach to double bogey and Teegala powered in from behind the inexperienced to seek out himself one again in a tied second.

Schaufele received shut to a few ft on the seventeenth and transformed the putt to attract degree with Morikawa, who needed to par on the final par-five however transformed from 10 ft to match his enjoying accomplice’s birdie to maneuver them each to fifteen beneath.

DeChambeau chipped in for eagle on the par-five closing, the place Howland two-putted, birdied his third in 4 holes to shut with a bogey-free 66 and get to 13 beneath with 15 gamers heading into the ultimate day inside 5 strokes from the lead.

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