PGA Championship: Brooks Koepka leads Viktor Hovland after beautiful third-round 66 at Oak Hill | Golf Information

Bryson DeChambeau three again and Justin Rose 4 behind alongside Scottie Scheffler; Rory McIlroy certainly one of seven gamers beneath par heading into Sunday at Oak Hill; Watch the ultimate spherical of the PGA Championship reside from 2pm on Sky Sports activities Golf

Brooks Koepka holds a one-shot lead on the PGA Championship

Brooks Koepka moved into pole place to assert a 3rd PGA Championship victory and fifth main title after taking a one-shot lead into the ultimate spherical at Oak Hill.

The previous world No 1 charged up the leaderboard with an excellent round-of-the-day 66, mixing 5 birdies with a lone bogey in heavy rain to seize the 54-hole lead for the second successive main.

Koepka heads into the ultimate spherical on six beneath and a shot away from Corey Conners, who held the lead till a pricey double-bogey late in his spherical, with Viktor Hovland additionally a shot again after a final-hole bogey.

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Cory Conners hit the ball from shut vary straight into the lip of the bunker, which compelled him to lose two pictures and the lead on the PGA Championship.

World No 2 Scottie Scheffler and England’s Justin Rose share fifth spot on two beneath, whereas a second successive 69 from Rory McIlroy saved him inside 5 of the lead as he chases a primary main victory since 2014.

Koepka the person to catch at Oak Hill

Scheffler instantly misplaced his in a single day co-lead when he began with back-to-back bogeys and Hovland fell one behind when he failed to avoid wasting par from the sand on the fourth, giving Conners the solo lead, whereas Koepka received inside one after posting successive birdies from the fourth.

Koepka dropped a shot on the seventh to quickly give Conners a two-shot cushion, just for Hovland to cancel out a bogey on the fifth by birdieing the eighth and be a part of Rose – who made three birdies in a five-hole stretch across the flip – on 4 beneath.

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Justin Rose felt he received essentially the most out of his spherical and stated he is preventing once more to offer himself the perfect alternative to win one other main championship.

Conners ended a run of pars with a close-range birdie on the eighth to get again two clear however noticed taking part in companion Hovland pull stage with successive birdies from eleventh, with the pair exchanging pars over the following few holes.

Koepka added birdies on the twelfth and thirteenth to maneuver to 5 beneath and inside one of many main pair, whereas Conners adopted a 10-foot birdie on the fifteenth by shedding his lead for the primary time of the day with a pricey mistake on the par-four subsequent.

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Justin Rose placed on a placing masterclass in his third spherical to offer him an outdoor likelihood of glory on the PGA Championship.

Conners discovered sand off the tee after which fired into the face of the green bunker together with his second, with the Canadian lacking the inexperienced together with his third shot earlier than two-putting from 12 ft for a double-bogey six.

Koepka holed a monster birdie on the seventeenth to shut out a bogey-free again 9 and be a part of Hovland in a share of the lead, then was handed the outright benefit when the Norweigan didn’t stand up and down to avoid wasting par on the final.

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Brooks Koepka stated it will be particular to hitch Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in profitable three or extra PGA Championships if he can win the foremost once more tomorrow.

“It [winning] would imply quite a bit,” Koepka stated. “I believe a serious championship would imply quite a bit to anyone. To win one could be unbelievable. Simply received to exit and go play good tomorrow.”

Who stays in main competition?

Hovland and Conners each signed for level-par 70s and DeChambeau matched the identical complete to stay at three beneath, whereas Scheffler recovered from a front-nine 39 to birdie the 14th and par his final 4 holes and keep alongside Rose inside 4 of the lead.

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Scottie Scheffler caught an enormous break, skimming the water to land simply shy of the inexperienced on the seventh.

McIlroy was briefly simply three again after birdieing each early par-threes however misplaced floor with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch, then adopted three birdies in 5 holes on the again 9 by dropping a shot on his penultimate gap of the day.

Membership professional continued his Cinderella week with a 3rd 70 in as many days, leaving him in a share of eighth, whereas Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry are each within the group level-par heading right into a last day the place simply six strokes separate 15 gamers.

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