Xander Schauffele (T1/-15) lost the lead for the first time in the third round of the PGA Championship when he made a double bogey at No. 15 while Collin Morikawa made birdie at the same hole to take a one-stroke lead; regained a share of the lead with two closing birdies.
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Posts first three rounds under-par at a Major championship for the first time in his career (had opened with three par-or-better rounds six times: most recently, 2022 Open Championship/T15).
Low 54-hole score in a Major championship: (previous, twice: 204/2018 PGA Championship/T35, 2018 Open Championship/T2).
Ninth career 54-hole lead/co-lead individual stroke-play events; 2-for-8 to date converting to victory.
Also held the third-round lead/co-lead at the Olympics in Tokyo where he won the gold medal, and with teammate Patrick Cantlay en route to winning the 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
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Held a one-stroke lead entering the final round of last week’s Wells Fargo Championship and went on the finish second.
Would be his eighth PGA TOUR title and first since winning in back-to-back starts in 2022 (Travelers Championship, Genesis Scottish Open); has 19 top-10s since the start of the 2022-23 season, the second-most of any player in that span (26, Scottie Scheffler)
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Collin Morikawa (T1/-15) took lead for the first time with a birdie at No. 15 when Schauffele made double bogey.
Posts first three rounds in the 60s at a Major championship for the third time in his career (2020 PGA Championship/Won, 2021 Open Championship/Won).
Low 54-hole score in a Major championship (previous: 199/2021 Open Championship/Won)
T3 at the 2024 Masters Tournament is one of three top-10s this season (T5/The Sentry, 9th/RBC Heritage).
Fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead individual stroke-play events; 1-for-3 to date converting to victory.
Would be his seventh PGA TOUR title and first since the 2023 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.
Would be his third Major championship title in his 18th start in a Major, along with the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship.
Would be the only player to win three or more Majors since Morikawa turned professional in 2019.
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Sahith Theegala (3rd/-14) seeks second PGA TOUR win in his 90th start (2023 Fortinet Championship); owns two runner-up finishes this season, both in Signature Events (2nd/The Sentry, 2nd/RBC Heritage); eighth start in a major championship with T9 at the 2023 Masters Tournament his best finish.
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Shane Lowry (T4/-13) posts 9-under 62 to tie the 18-hole scoring record in Major championships (Branden Grace/R3/2017 Open Championship, Rickie Fowler/R1/2023 U.S. Open, Xander Schauffele/R1/2023 U.S. Open, Xander Schauffele/R1/2024 PGA Championship, Shane Lowry/R3/2024 PGA Championship); front-nine 29; since 1982, only one player has shot a better nine-hole score in the PGA Championship: Brad Faxon (28/1995).
2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau (T4/-13) chips in for eagle on the 54th hole; starts a Major championship with three consecutive rounds in the 60s for the first time in his career.
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Victor Hovland (T4/-13) matches his best Major championship 54-hole score of 200 at the 2022 Open Championship, where he shared the lead with Rory McIlroy before finishing T4 after a final-round 74.
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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s (T24/-7) streak of 42 consecutive rounds at par-or-better ends with a 2-over 73; last time he shot an over-par round on TOUR: R3/73/+3/2023 TOUR Championship.
