Koepka seizes record seven-shot PGA lead after 54 holes
Brooks Koepka lines up a putt on the 16th green during the third round of the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course in Farmingdale, New York May 18, 2019. — AFP pic
“I left a bunch of putts short,” Koepka said. “I’m pleased I’m stroking it well. Just need to hit them a little harder.” Matt Wallace, trying to become the first Englishman to win the PGA since Jim Barnes in 1919, shot 70 to share sixth on 206 with Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama. “He’s definitely, in these events, playing on a different level than most anyone else,” four-time major winner Rory McIlroy said of Koepka. “It’s awesome. It’s so good. It’s great to watch.”Koepka’s routine tee blast and wedge approach made him a threat on holes when he found the fairway. He missed a six-foot birdie putt at the first but sank a five-footer at the second and a three-footer at the fifth to reach 14-under and lead by eight.
The PGA’s largest prior 54-hole lead was five strokes, last achieved by Ray Floyd in 1982. The low 54-hole tournament score remains 196 by David Toms in 2001.American Jordan Spieth, seeking a win to complete a career Grand Slam, and Australian Adam Scott, seeking a second major title after winning the 2013 Masters, were Koepka’s nearest rivals when the day began but both fired 72 yesterday to stand on 207.Jazz, ranked 72nd, closed with a 10-foot birdie putt to shoot 67.
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