PGA Championship R3

May 20-23
Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, SC
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

 

Phil Mickelson looked set to take a huge lead into the final round when he birdied the 10th hole to take a 5-shot lead.

He found the water with his tee shot at the 12th however and walked away with a bogey then double-bogeyed the 13th while Brooks Koepka made three birdies to tie for the lead.

Koepka three putted on the final hole for bogey and closed with a 70 while Mickelson played a risky flop shot and made a 4-foot putt for a 70 to take a one shot lead.

 

“I left a lot out there,” said Koepka. “I’ve got a chance to win, so that’s all I wanted to do today is not give back any shots and be there tomorrow with a chance, and I’ve got that.” 

Mickelson is the oldest player to hold a 54-hole lead in a major since Tom Watson at Turnberry in 2009 at the age of 59.

While Watson lost in the playoff to Stewart Cink, Mickelson could become the oldest player to win a major. The record is currently held by Julius Boros who was 48 when he won the 1968 PGA Championship.

“I felt I had a very clear picture on every shot,” said Mickelson. “And I’ve been swinging the club well, and so I was executing. I just need to keep that picture a few more times.

“So even though it slipped a little bit today,” he added, “and I didn’t stay as focused and as sharp on a few swings, it’s significantly better than it’s been for a long time.”

 

Mickelson has had great success in majors, with five wins and multiple runner-up finishes, but it is only his third time leading into the final day.

He will play with Koepka on Sunday with the latter aiming to win the tournament for a third time in the last four years.

Louis Oosthuizen started his round tied with Mickelson but bogeyed his first hole and never quite recovered making three birdies and another two bogeys to sign for a 72.

 

 

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Phil Mickelson	-7	70	69	70	209
2	Brooks Koepka	-6	69	71	70	210
3	Louis Oosthuizen	-5	71	68	72	211
4	Kevin Streelman	-4	70	72	70	212
T5	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	71	70	72	213
T5	Branden Grace	-3	70	71	72	213
T7	Bryson DeChambeau	-2	72	71	71	214
T7	Joaquin Niemann	-2	71	72	71	214
T7	Gary Woodland	-2	70	72	72	214
T10	Paul Casey	-1	71	71	73	215
T10	Sungjae Im	-1	70	72	73	215
T10	Corey Conners	-1	67	75	73	215
T13	Jordan Spieth	E	73	75	68	216
T13	Rickie Fowler	E	71	76	69	216
T13	Tony Finau	E	74	72	70	216
T13	Patrick Cantlay	E	73	73	70	216
T13	Keegan Bradley	E	69	75	72	216
T13	Matt Fitzpatrick	E	73	71	72	216
T13	Charley Hoffman	E	73	70	73	216
T13	Jason Kokrak	E	71	72	73	216
T13	Harry Higgs	E	72	71	73	216
T13	Richy Werenski	E	71	72	73	216
T23	Billy Horschel	1	77	72	68	217
T23	Joel Dahmen	1	74	73	70	217
T23	Steve Stricker	1	76	71	70	217
T23	Scottie Scheffler	1	72	74	71	217
T23	Will Zalatoris	1	71	74	72	217
T23	Ian Poulter	1	74	70	73	217
T23	Shane Lowry	1	73	71	73	217
T23	Padraig Harrington	1	71	73	73	217
T23	Martin Laird	1	70	73	74	217
T23	Hideki Matsuyama	1	73	68	76	217
T33	Webb Simpson	2	75	74	69	218
T33	Ben Cook	2	72	77	69	218
T33	Patrick Reed	2	74	75	69	218
T33	Carlos Ortiz	2	73	74	71	218
T33	Cameron Smith	2	72	73	73	218
T38	Alex Noren	3	77	72	70	219
T38	Talor Gooch	3	71	78	70	219
T38	Jon Rahm	3	72	75	72	219
T38	Tyrrell Hatton	3	71	75	73	219
T38	Collin Morikawa	3	70	75	74	219
T38	Daniel van Tonder	3	75	70	74	219
T38	Viktor Hovland	3	69	75	75	219
T45	Harold Varner III	4	73	76	71	220
T45	Aaron Wise	4	69	79	72	220
T45	Jason Scrivener	4	73	75	72	220
T45	Robert MacIntyre	4	75	73	72	220
T45	Justin Rose	4	72	75	73	220
T45	Lee Westwood	4	73	72	75	220
T51	Denny McCarthy	5	73	76	72	221
T51	Emiliano Grillo	5	77	72	72	221
T51	Jason Day	5	74	75	72	221
T51	Wyndham Clark	5	75	74	72	221
T51	Rory McIlroy	5	75	72	74	221
T51	Stewart Cink	5	71	76	74	221
T51	Tom Lewis	5	71	74	76	221
T58	Chan Kim	6	75	74	73	222
T58	Sam Horsfield	6	69	80	73	222
T58	Danny Willett	6	77	71	74	222
T58	Dean Burmester	6	74	74	74	222
T58	Matt Jones	6	73	75	74	222
T58	Russell Henley	6	78	70	74	222
T58	Daniel Berger	6	79	69	74	222
T58	Jimmy Walker	6	73	74	75	222
T58	Abraham Ancer	6	74	72	76	222
T58	Bubba Watson	6	72	73	77	222
T68	Tom Hoge	7	74	75	74	223
T68	Robert Streb	7	77	72	74	223
T68	Cam Davis	7	69	78	76	223
T68	Matt Wallace	7	73	73	77	223
T72	Harris English	8	75	74	75	224
T72	Adam Hadwin	8	77	71	76	224
T72	Brad Marek	8	73	73	78	224
T75	Henrik Stenson	9	73	76	76	225
T75	Byeong Hun An	9	73	75	77	225
T75	Lucas Herbert	9	76	72	77	225
T78	Brendan Steele	10	75	74	77	226
T78	Rasmus Hojgaard	10	71	76	79	226
80	Garrick Higgo	11	73	76	78	227
81	Brian Gay	12	77	71	80	228
CUT	Andy Sullivan	6	73	77		150
CUT	Brian Harman	6	75	75		150
CUT	Antoine Rozner	6	79	71		150
CUT	Chez Reavie	6	77	73		150
CUT	Dustin Johnson	6	76	74		150
CUT	Sergio Garcia	6	77	73		150
CUT	Victor Perez	6	78	72		150
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	6	75	75		150
CUT	Marc Leishman	6	74	76		150
CUT	Adam Scott	6	78	72		150
CUT	Xander Schauffele	6	73	77		150
CUT	Justin Thomas	6	75	75		150
CUT	Peter Malnati	6	78	72		150
CUT	Si Woo Kim	7	75	76		151
CUT	Sebastian Munoz	7	77	74		151
CUT	Rich Beem	7	74	77		151
CUT	Tommy Fleetwood	7	76	75		151
CUT	Maverick McNealy	7	78	73		151
CUT	Brendon Todd	7	74	77		151
CUT	Thomas Detry	7	76	75		151
CUT	Danny Balin	8	79	73		152
CUT	Chris Kirk	8	76	76		152
CUT	Cameron Tringale	8	70	82		152
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	8	73	79		152
CUT	Jason Dufner	8	71	81		152
CUT	Zach Johnson	8	74	78		152
CUT	Ryan Palmer	8	74	78		152
CUT	Martin Kaymer	8	75	77		152
CUT	Lanto Griffin	8	74	78		152
CUT	Jim Herman	9	78	75		153
CUT	J.T. Poston	9	75	78		153
CUT	Greg Koch	9	76	77		153
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	9	78	75		153
CUT	Hudson Swafford	9	77	76		153
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	9	72	81		153
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	10	77	77		154
CUT	Sami Valimaki	10	78	76		154
CUT	Max Homa	10	78	76		154
CUT	Matt Kuchar	10	77	77		154
CUT	Adam Long	10	72	82		154
CUT	George Coetzee	10	75	79		154
CUT	John Catlin	10	75	79		154
CUT	Kevin Kisner	10	77	77		154
CUT	Brett Walker	10	77	77		154
CUT	Kalle Samooja	10	74	80		154
CUT	Pete Ballo	11	80	75		155
CUT	K.H. Lee	11	78	77		155
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	11	76	79		155
CUT	Tim Pearce	12	79	77		156
CUT	Aaron Rai	12	81	75		156
CUT	Ben Polland	12	76	80		156
CUT	Mark Geddes	12	75	81		156
CUT	Jazz Janewattananond	13	77	80		157
CUT	Rob Labritz	13	76	81		157
CUT	Brandon Hagy	13	77	80		157
CUT	Kevin Na	13	79	78		157
CUT	Cameron Champ	15	82	77		159
CUT	Stuart Smith	15	82	77		159
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	15	76	83		159
CUT	Thomas Pieters	16	76	84		160
CUT	Alex Beach	17	75	86		161
CUT	Shaun Micheel	17	81	80		161
CUT	Brandon Stone	17	78	83		161
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	17	75	86		161
CUT	Patrick Rada	18	76	86		162
CUT	Sonny Skinner	19	85	78		163
CUT	Larkin Gross	20	80	84		164
CUT	Frank Bensel, Jr.	21	86	79		165
CUT	Joe Summerhays	21	81	84		165
CUT	Omar Uresti	21	82	83		165
CUT	Derek Holmes	21	79	86		165
CUT	Tyler Collet	26	88	82		170
CUT	John Daly	27	85	86		171
WD	Sam Burns	E	41			41
DQ	Y.E. Yang	E	75	83		158