Scottie Scheffler crushed the field to clinch his first PGA Championship and the third major title of his career.
Scheffler began the day three shots ahead of his nearest rival, Alex Noren, and the world No 1 got away with some wild tee shots as the chasing pack failed to capitalise.
Eventually Jon Rahm came to the fore, briefly sharing the lead with Scheffler, but his challenge fell apart over the final three holes as Scheffler stormed clear.
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- World No 1 Scottie Scheffler led field before final round of PGA Championship
- Scheffler's third-round 65 put him in pole position to win a third major title
- Jon Rahm's challenge fell apart on Green Mile as Scheffler's rivals faded
- Rory McIlroy closed on disappointing three over par
Rahm takes positives from PGA Championship battle
01:23 , Lawrence Ostlere"Am I embarrassed a little bit about how I finished today? Yeah. But I just need to get over it, get over myself. It's not the end of the world," said Rahm.
"It's not like I'm a doctor or a first responder, where somebody if they have a bad day, truly bad things happen. I'll get over it. I'll move on. Again, there's a lot more positive than negative to think about this week."
Rahm takes positives from PGA Championship battle
01:21 , Lawrence OstlereJon Rahm gave Scottie Scheffler a bit of a scare during the final round of the PGA Championship on Sunday and, while he walked away empty-handed after a stunning collapse, he said he is taking plenty of positives from his performance.
In his best showing at a major since joining LIV Golf in December 2023, Rahm held a share of the back-nine lead with world number one Scheffler but was unable to produce the shots he needed when the stakes got higher.
The Spaniard missed birdie putts at the 14th and 15th and then completely came apart as he played the treacherous water-lined three-hole closing stretch known as the Green Mile where he followed a bogey with two double-bogeys.
Final leaderboard
23:52 , Lawrence Ostlere-11 Scheffler
-6 English, DeChambeau, Riley, Poston
-5 Pendrith, Vegas
Scottie Scheffler wins the PGA Championship!
23:50 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler finishes with a bogey but he won’t mind that. He slams his hat on the floor and screams “f*****g hell!” as the emotions pour out.
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23:45 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler’s final iron shot is a beauty, coming to a halt eight feet beyond the hole with a hop and a stop. Caddie Ted Scott offers a hug and the tears begin to flow.
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23:42 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler’s tee shot sprays out to the right rough, and he chips back out onto the fairway.
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23:33 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler safely pars the par-three 17th, and he’s one hole from lifting the trophy.
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23:28 , Lawrence OstlereRahm finishes bogey, double bogey, double bogey to sign off on four under par.
Leaderboard
-12 Scheffler (15)
-6 Poston (17), DeChambeau (70), Riley (17), English (65)
Scheffler leads by five
23:17 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler birdies the par-five 15th and surely the trophy is his now.
Leaderboard
-12 Scheffler (15)
-7 Poston (16)
DeChambeau finishes on six under
23:08 , Lawrence OstlereDeChambeau bogeys 18 to finish on six under par. He gave it a go today but the putts never dropped and the momentum never came.
Rahm's challenge collapses on Green Mile
23:03 , Lawrence OstlereJon Rahm bogeys 16 and then finds the water on 17 in a bold attempt to attack the pin. A brave effort today but that is surely his race run now.
Scheffler retores two-shot lead
22:51 , Lawrence OstlereRahm drives into thick rough on the 16th, and then finds the greenside bunker with his approach.
And just as Rahm battles the Green Mile, Scheffler rolls in a lovely birdie putt on 14 to complete a crucial up and down from the bunker.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (14)
-9 Rahm (15)
-7 DeChambeau (16), Poston (14)
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22:40 , Lawrence OstlereRahm elects to putt rather than chip from off the 15th green, and it runs past the hole to leave him a tricky eight footer for birdie. He pushes it left, and that is a disappointing par.
DeChambeau pars 16.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (13)
-9 Rahm (15)
-7 DeChambeau (16), Poston (14)
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22:37 , Lawrence OstlereRahm surely must birdie the par-five 15th, and his drive is perfect to let him attack the green in two. He drills a four iron over the bunkers and onto the green, but it doesn’t hold, rolling off the back for a tricky chip to come.
Scheffler pars 13 after under-hitting his birdie putt – he is playing within himself a little now, it seems, trying to avoid costly errors.
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22:27 , Lawrence OstlereRahm recovers from the sand to par 14, but that is a good birdie hole gone with just one more before the Green Mile hoves into view.
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22:21 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler booms his tee shot down the fairway on 12 and he looks to have regained some control, after such a leaky front nine. Rahm meanwhile is in the greenside bunker on 14.
Up ahead, DeChambeau picks up another birdie on 15 and he’s joint third on seven under par.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (11)
-9 Rahm (13)
-7 Fitzpatrick (15), DeChambeau (15), Poston (12)
Scheffler regains solo lead
22:05Scheffler nervelessly drains his birdie putt at the 10th, as Rahm misses his tricky downhill attempt on 12 and taps in for par.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (10)
-9 Rahm (12)
-7 Fitzpatrick (14)
-6 DeChambeau (12), Noren (10), Poston (11)
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21:59 , Lawrence OstlereFitzpatrick birdies 14 to join the chasers on seven under.
Behind him, Rahm uses the contours of the 12th green to feed his wedge shot back down towards the cup, and he’ll have another look at a birdie from perhaps 15 feet.
Meanwhile, Scheffler splashes out of the sand on 10 and he’ll have an eight footer for birdie.
Rahm takes share of lead!
21:52 , Lawrence OstlereJon Rahm birdies the par-four 11th, and just like that, Scheffler’s lead is gone!
Leaderboard
-9 Scheffler (9), Rahm (11)
-7 Noren (9)
-6 DeChambeau (12), Poston (9)
Scheffler's lead cuts to just one
21:46Scheffler is wayward once again off the tee on nine, missing left once more. It takes him three to reach the edge of the green and it takes a good two putt to save bogey.
We’ve got a ball game.
Leaderboard
-9 Scheffler (9)
-8 Rahm (10)
-7 Noren (8)
-6 Scott (13), DeChambeau (11), Poston (9), English (65)
Rahm birdies 10 to close gap
21:39 , Lawrence OstlereJon Rahm sticks a beautiful chip close to the flag at the 10th, and he rolls in the birdie to close the gap to only two. Have we finally found Scheffler’s challenger?
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (8)
-8 Rahm (10)
-7 Noren (8)
-6 Scott (13), DeChambeau (11), Poston (9), English (65)
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21:34 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler and Noren walk away with pars on eight after missing birdie putts. There’s very little scoreboard movement right now, though one mover is Matt Fitzpatrick, who bogeys the 12th and slips back to five under.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (8)
-7 Rahm (9), Noren (8)
-6 Scott (13), DeChambeau (11), English (65)
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21:27 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler and Noren batter their tee shots into the crowds down the left side of the fairway on eight. Both are fortunate to have good routes around trees to the green, though, and they each chip to about 12 feet.
Oh dear, Davis Riley records an eight at the seventh and he plunges down the leaderboard. At the same time, Rahm and DeChambeau both pick up shots and they are on the charge.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (6)
-7 Rahm (8)
-6 Scott (11), DeChambeau (10), Noren (6), Fitzpatrick (11), English (65)
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21:02 , Lawrence OstlereIt’s been far from perfect golf by Scottie Scheffler so far today, but he’s doing enough, and that might be enough.
Scheffler's lead cut to four after bogey
20:59 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler misses his par putt on six from perhaps seven feet, the ball staying half a cup left, and that’s a shot dropped.
Meanwhile Adam Scott and Tony Finau have both joined the chasing group on six under.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (6)
-6 -Finau (9), Scott (10), Riley (6), Noren (5), Rahm (5), English (65)
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20:52 , Lawrence OstlereRiley drops a shot at the sixth, so Scheffler’s five-shot lead is restored.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (5)
-6 -Riley (6), Noren (5), Rahm (5), English (65)
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20:47 , Lawrence OstlereOn five, Scheffler chips to 15 feet and then drains a brilliant left-to-right putt for par. Magical.
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20:43 , Lawrence OstlereIt’s not quite happening for DeChambeau out there, who misreads his birdie putt on seven. It runs left and he thrashes his arm out to the right in frustration.
Back on the fifth hole, Scheffler has just flown the green with his approach from a fairway bunker.
Riley moves into second spot
20:38 , Lawrence OstlereAlex Noren bogeys the fourth, which Scheffler pars, and suddenly the American has a five-shot lead at the top.
But it doesn’t last long – ahead on the fifth, Davis Riley chips in with a slam dunk from the rough! That’s a valuable birdie and he’s up to solo second.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (4)
-7 Riley (5)
-6 Noren (4), Rahm (5), English (65)
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20:31 , Lawrence OstlerePerhaps the most suprising thing about this final round is how not a single chaser has put together a run of birdies. We expected at least one to put the pressure on Scheffler, but so far no one’s looked like getting near his score. Jon Rahm is level so far, Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau are both +1 for the day, as are Alex Noren and Davis Riley.
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20:20 , Lawrence OstlereFitzpatrick is having a rollercoaster round, with a couple of bogeys followed by a couple of birdies to start, but he’s now back at four under after missing a birdie putt on seven.
DeChambeau has got himself on trouble and dropped back a shot too, to four under.
Scheffler birdies two
20:10 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler bounces straight back from that bogey start with a birdie on two, which seemed unlikely after his terrible tee shot. Noren pars, and the world No 1 has a four-shot lead.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (2)
-7 Noren (2)
-6 Riley (2), Poston (2), Rahm (3), English (65)
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20:03 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler misses the fairway on the second with a wild tee shot, but he recovers brilliantly, chipping out from the trees to the middle of the green.
Scheffler bogeys the first
19:57 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler runs his par putt just wide of the first hole and he drops back to -10. He offers a smidgen of hope to the rest of the field. Noren, though, does the same.
Davis Riley and JT Poston both bogeyed the first too, so it doesn’t do much to the leaderboard except bring Rahm, DeChambeau and company a shot closer.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (1)
-7 Noren (1)
-6 Riley (1), Poston (1), Rahm (2)
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19:52 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler finds the bunker left of the first green, and his shot from the sand rolls out to perhaps eight feet from the hole. A big early test for the leader to make par.
Alex Noren is in an almost identical position.
Scheffler begins final round
19:43 , Lawrence OstlereScottie Scheffler tees off with his overnight three-shot lead still intact. The world No 1 hits a perfect tee shot down the right side of the fairway, and Alex Noren follows with his own fairway finder.
That’s the last group out on the course.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler
-8 Noren
-7 Riley, Poston
-6 Rahm, Griffin (8)
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19:31 , Lawrence OstlereDeChambeau doesn’t hit his birdie putt at all on two, and settles for another par. His tee shot on the third is long but left, and appears to land under a spectator’s legs.
Scottie Scheffler is striding to the first tee...
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19:22 , Lawrence OstlereJonny Vegas finds the sand left of the first green.
Up ahead on two, DeChambeau hits the heart of the green with his second shot, and he’ll have a look at birdie.
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19:17 , Lawrence OstlereBen Griffin is flying out there right now, four under through seven holes, and joins the chasers on -6.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler
-8 Noren
-7 Riley, Poston
-6 Rahm, Kim, Vegas, Griffin (7)
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19:11DeChambeau misses the first green left, but chips beautifully and leaves three feet for par.
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19:05 , Lawrence OstlereBryson DeChambeau (-5) booms his first tee shot down the fairway and he’s perfectly positioned.
Up ahead, Matt Fitzpatrick makes bogey at the first after missing the green left and drops back to four under.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler
-8 Noren
-7 Riley, Poston
-6 Rahm, Kim, Vegas
McIlroy ends his PGA Championship
19:02 , Lawrence OstlereRory McIlroy finishes on three over par for the tournament. Not his best form this week, and it just never clicked for him. Plenty of time, though, before his home Open Championship at Portrush to tune his game.
Fitzpatrick begins his final round
18:46 , Lawrence OstlereMatt Fitzpatrick (-5) is wearing Sunday red as he bids to shoot a low score that could throw him into the mix. His tee shot on the first finds the fairway, and he’s off.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler
-8 Noren
-7 Riley, Poston
-6 Rahm, Kim, Pavon, Vegas
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18:33 , Lawrence OstlereSix more groups still to tee off today (times BST):
1840 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
1900 Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau
1910 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Keegan Bradley
1920 Jon Rahm (Esp), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1930 Davis Riley, JT Poston
1940 Scottie Scheffler, Alex Noren (Swe)
DeChambeau warms up for 7pm BST tee time
18:29 , Lawrence OstlereBryson DeChambeau is warming up as he prepares his bid on Sunday. Scottie Scheffler is the overwhelming favourite but if anyone can pull off a stunning turnaround, it’s Bryson.
Quail Hollow ripe for scoring on Sunday
18:15 , Lawrence OstlereXander Schauffele and Sam Burns, playing together, are both five under today through 15 holes. If that is an indication of the scoring potential, we could be in for some seriously low numbers among the leaders.
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18:05 , Lawrence OstlereWe’re getting towards the business end of this PGA Championship Sunday, so here’s a reminder of the top of the leaderboard.
-11 Scheffler (65)
-8 Noren (66)
-7 Riley (67), Poston (68)
-6 Rahm (67), Kim (71), Pavon (71), Vegas (73)
McIlroy wayward on 14
17:51 , Lawrence OstlereRory McIlroy is level for the day but in a spot of trouble on the par-four 14th, where he’s found the water with his tee shot. He chips close, though, and he’ll have a chance to putt for par.
Garcia expects low scores
17:25 , Lawrence OstlereSergio Garcia finishes on seven over par after two good rounds and two bad ones, and the Spaniard gives his post-round verdict on the course.
“It’s probably the easiest it’s ever gonna get, 90 per cent of the pins are in the middle of the green, not much wind, so I think there’ll be some low scores this afternoon.
“I expect Scottie to shoot at least three under, so Jon [Rahm] is going to have to shoot eight, nine or 10 under to win.”
Burns on a hot streak
17:07 , Lawrence OstlereSam Burns is having fun out there, four under through the front nine. He has propelled himself up the leaderboard to be knocking on the door of the top 20 at two under par.
Scheffler has one hand on the trophy
16:39 , Lawrence OstlereScottie Scheffler will look to put the finishing touches on a third career major title when he sets off in the final round later at Quail Hollow Club with a three-shot lead over Swede Alex Noren.
World number one Scheffler is scheduled to head out in the day's final pairing with Noren at 7.40pm BST with forecasts calling for breezy conditions and mostly cloudy skies.
Scheffler emerged atop the leaderboard late in Saturday's third round with a scintillating finish that saw him cover the last five holes in five under, a stretch that included a tap-in eagle at the par-four 14th hole.
"I have a good opportunity to go out there and try and win the golf tournament," Scheffler said after the third round. "But it's going to take another really good round.
"There's a lot of great players chasing me on the leaderboard and someone is going to put up a great round and it's up to me to go out there and have another really good round and finish off the tournament."
Homa fed up in final round
16:31 , Lawrence OstlereMax Homa is showing some incredibly relatable emotions right now, launching a club down the fairway in frustration as his approach to the third green goes awry. Homa followed his stunning 64 on Friday with a demoralising 76 on Saturday – oh golf! – and he’s already in trouble on Sunday.
So far today...
16:14 , Lawrence OstlereAbout half of the 74-strong field have now teed off in this final round, with mixed success so far. Rasmus Hojgaard shot 75 yesterday and he is already +3 through seven holes today, and +7 for the Championship. At the other end of the scale, Chris Kirk – who recorded a painful 78 yesterday – is four under through 14 holes and ticking along nicely. Tommy Fleetwood is two under for the day after seven holes, moving up the leaderboard to +1.
Round four tee times (BST)
15:54 , Lawrence Ostlere1710 Robert MacIntyre (Sco), David Puig (Esp)
1720 JJ Spaun, Alex Smalley
1730 Taylor Pendrith (Can), Maverick McNealy
1740 Ben Griffin, Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)
1750 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Max Greyserman
1800 Denny McCarthy, Ryan Gerard
1810 Lucas Glover, Cam Davis (Aus)
1820 Joe Highsmith, Garrick Higgo (Rsa)
1830 Matt Wallace (Eng), Adam Scott (Aus)
1840 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
1900 Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau
1910 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Keegan Bradley
1920 Jon Rahm (Esp), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1930 Davis Riley, JT Poston
1940 Scottie Scheffler, Alex Noren (Swe)
Round four tee times (BST)
15:40 , Lawrence Ostlere1510 Richard Bland (Eng), Sam Stevens
1520 Tom McKibbin (NIrl), Corey Conners (Can)
1530 Luke Donald (Eng), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
1540 Marco Penge (Eng), Beau Hossler
1550 Max Homa, Wyndham Clark
1600 Harris English, Aaron Rai (Eng)
1610 Eric Cole, Nico Echavarria (Col)
1620 Rafael Campos (Pue), Cameron Young
1630 Michael Thorbjornsen, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)
1640 Harry Hall (Eng), Taylor Moore
1650 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Viktor Hovland (Nor)
Round four tee times (BST)
15:28 , Lawrence OstlereThe final round is already under way, with Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy among those out on the course.
1310 Chris Kirk, Sergio Garcia (Esp)
1320 Bud Cauley, Byeong Hun An (Kor)
1330 Brian Campbell, Elvis Smylie (Aus)
1340 Austin Eckroat, Brian Harman
1350 Tom Kim (Kor), Michael Kim
1400 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)
1410 Justin Lower, Kevin Yu (Tpe)
1420 Daniel Berger, Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
1430 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Collin Morikawa
1440 Xander Schauffele, Sam Burns
1450 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
PGA Championship prize money
15:11 , Lawrence OstlereThe PGA Championship bumped its purse by $500,000 to $19m, third-highest among the three U.S. majors.
The Masters last month raised its purse by $1m to $21m. The U.S. Open will announced its purse next month at Oakmont. It was $21.5m in 2024. The British Open was $17m last year and its prize fund has yet to be announced.
The winner of the PGA Championship gets $3.42m. The last time it was at Quail Hollow in 2017, the purse was $10.5m and Justin Thomas won $1.89m. This year, the runner-up will get just over $2m.
Fitzpatrick fades on moving day
14:41 , Lawrence OstlereFormer US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is in a drought that has seen him go 20 straight tournaments without a top 10 dating to the Memorial last year, so it was worth noting that he worked his way into a tie for the lead at the PGA Championship.
He even had a 12-foot birdie putt for the lead on No. 12 and winced when it narrowly missed.
And then two holes set him back. He three-putted on the par-3 13th from down the slope 45 feet away. On the reachable 14, he drove right in thick grass on the hill leaving a delicate chip. He left that in the rough. The next one raced across the green into more rough.
Fitzpatrick had to get up-and-down with a 5-foot putt to make bogey on the easiest hole at Quail Hollow on Saturday.
He wound up six shots behind and looking at the big picture.
"I made big steps in where I've been over the last four or five months, so happy I'm up front," he said. "Always a day you like to go forward but not ideal."
Noren makes surprise bid for trophy
14:29 , Lawrence OstlereHe got there with a burst at the finish, four birdies over his last five holes, for a 66 that gave him the lead until Scottie Scheffler played a closing stretch equally impressive.
Noren, a 10-time winner on the European Tour after a college career at Oklahoma State, has only two top 10s in the majors and has never seriously contended.
The injury involved a torn tendon in his hamstring on the sit bone. It was a tough injury because it requires so much time to heal. He couldn't swing a club. He couldn't run or jump, but he otherwise lived a normal life spending time with his family. That was nice.
"It's good to take a break sometimes," said Noren, who has a reputation as among the hardest workers in golf. "I missed it, but I also liked what I had at the time, which helps me maybe realize a little bit that I don't think it's the end of the world if you play bad."
Noren makes surprise bid for trophy
14:13 , Lawrence OstlereAlex Noren finally made his way back to tournament golf after seven months away because of a hamstring tear. One week later, the Swede is in the final group at the PGA Championship alongside the world's No. 1 player.
Noren last played the Dunhill Links Championship on Oct. 6. Instead of closing down the practice range every night, he spent his time at home coaching his daughter's softball team.
"It was a lot easier to have this break when I'm 42 than when I was younger," Noren said. "As soon as I kind of could play, I thought I was in sort of the same form I was in before I got injured. But I'm still extremely — not surprised — but I'm fortunate to be in this position this early, yeah."
DeChambeau with ground to make up
13:49 , Lawrence OstlereBryson DeChambeau, who began his day five shots off the pace, was enjoying a bogey-free day and grabbed the outright lead with a birdie at the par-five 15th, where he got up and down from a greenside bunker before a sudden turn of events.
DeChambeau, who finished runner-up at last year's PGA Championship, bogeyed the 16th and made double-bogey at the par-three 17th where his tee shot ended up in the water. He is six shots back of Scheffler in a share of eighth place.
"It was just an unfortunate series of events that I can handle," DeChambeau said of his finishing stretch. "It's just, it's golf. Sometimes that happens."
McIlroy out of sorts again
13:29 , Lawrence OstlereMasters champion Rory McIlroy could only card a third round of 72 to be two over par and declined to talk to the media for the third day in succession.
Rahm 'hungry' for major glory
13:16 , Lawrence OstlereRahm was 45th in the defence of his Masters title last year and missed the cut in the following month’s US PGA following his shock move to LIV Golf, but insisted the two were not related.
“Me going to LIV and playing worse in majors had nothing to do with where I was playing golf,” he said.
“My swing was simply not at the level it had to be for me to compete.
“There’s been weeks where I was able to play better, like The Open last year, but I would say even 2023, after winning the Masters, I did not play good at all until the Ryder Cup, so I think the problems began earlier than people think.
“But I’m now getting closer to a position of being comfortable. I think this week so far and this round has been a show of it.”
Rahm 'hungry' for major glory
13:00 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler is now a strong favourite to finally get his hands on the Wanamaker Trophy after separating himself from the field with an eagle on the 14th and birdies on the 15th, 17th and 18th.
That finish made Rahm’s task much harder as he bids to add the US PGA title to his Masters and US Open victories.
“It’s hard to express how hungry I may be for a major, about as hungry as anybody can be in this situation,” Rahm said.
Rahm can become the first Spanish player to lift the Wanamaker Trophy, but he added: “It’s so much deeper than that.
“I would be closer to the grand slam, the first Spanish player since Seve [Ballesteros] to reach three majors and the first from Spain to get three different majors. Right now, you are talking about a dream come true.”
Scheffler takes charge of PGA Championship
12:41 , Lawrence OstlereScheffler’s shocking arrest last year happened before the second round as he attempted to get around the traffic jam caused by an earlier fatal accident outside Valhalla.
The two-time major winner was charged with four offences, including second-degree assault of a police officer, after being instructed to stop his car but continuing to head into the course with the officer “attached” to the vehicle.
A mugshot of Scheffler was later released by the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections, which showed he had been released after an hour and 12 minutes, allowing him to make his delayed tee time and eventually card a remarkable 66.
The charges were eventually dropped but the shocking incident made headlines around the world and Scheffler’s chances of winning the title disappeared with a third round of 73.
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12:28 , Lawrence OstlereAmericans Davis Riley and JT Poston share third place on seven under, with Jon Rahm, halfway leader Jhonattan Vegas and Si Woo Kim on six under.
Bryson DeChambeau is another stroke back – alongside England’s Matt Fitzpatrick – after stumbling badly on the closing three-hole stretch known as “The Green Mile”, the US Open champion dropping a shot on the 16th and making a double bogey on the 17th after finding the water short of the green.
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12:16 , Lawrence OstlereWhat a difference a year makes.
Twelve months after being arrested and driven off to jail in handcuffs during the PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the same tournament at Quail Hollow.
Scheffler covered his last five holes in five under par to complete a superb third round of 65 and reach 11 under par, with Sweden’s Alex Noren his nearest challenger on eight under in just his second competitive start since October.
PGA Championship leaderboard
12:02 , Lawrence OstlereHere’s how the top of the leaderboard looks after a compelling Saturday’s play:
-11 Scheffler (65)
-8 Noren (66)
-7 Riley (67), Poston (68)
-6 Rahm (67), Kim (71), Pavon (71), Vegas (73)
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Sunday 18 May 2025 00:42 , Lawrence OstlereWelcome along to live coverage of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
