Tiger Woods was one of the first rookies on transition day in Southern Hills
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Follow all the action as Will Zalatoris takes a one-shot lead into the third round of the PGA Championship.
The 25-year-old American followed an opening round of 66 with 65 on Friday as he was trying to win his first major title. He will be paired with Mito Pereira in the latter group, who has never cut in a major tournament. There is a crowded field behind them that includes Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irish failed to build on his impressive start and picked up a single card over 71 yesterday and is now sitting five shots off the lead.
Tiger Woods once again showed an extraordinary mettle to avoid a cut after Round 69, although his hopes for a major victory No. 16 are now outdated. There are several notable names that have failed to make this reduction, including World Champion No. 1 and Masters Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson and Patrick Cantlay. “Definitely disappointed,” Scheffler said. “I am disappointed too. It is never fun to lose any pieces. I want to be able to play the weekend and try to get rid of it as hard as I can. I just haven’t had this week.”
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In the Southern Hills test conditions, there are low scores to be had. That’s according to Webb Simpson, at least, who posted the lowest score of the day so far at -4.
He still has a few holes to cut, but he’s on the brink of the top 20 having made himself back so far.
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Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 18:34
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Here’s a reminder of upcoming tee times:
18:40 C Smith (Australia), C Young (US)
18:50 T Hutton (Eng), M Kochhar (US)
19:10 S Cink (US), C Kirk (US)
19:20 Dee Riley (US), M. Fitzpatrick (Eng)
19:30 R McIlroy (NY), Anser (Mix)
19:40 J. Thomas (US), B Watson (US)
19:50 W. Zalatores (US), M. Pereira (Che)
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 18:28
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Rory McIlroy arrives in Southern Hills ahead of its 7:30 p.m. launch date. There are about 10 groups that haven’t come out yet but no one has yet managed to make a big move.
Despite this, Woods dropped to +13 with his fifth straight bogey.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 18:07
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Make that +12 for Woods, where the ghost line extends into four holes. The damage was done finding the green side hideout on par-4 12.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 17:43
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Unfortunately, this has turned into a terrible age for Tiger Woods.
Three consecutive bogeys over the turn dropped him to +11, eight more for his run so far.
Rahm has now also dropped two shots after making a bogey in the seventh, but there’s better news for Webb Simpson, who is looking for an eagle in his 5 par-5 to hit -3 for the day.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 17:38
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Spieth starts his run with an opening double bogey, and also up front, Koepka and Rahm drop shots to fall back further.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 17:22
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Tiger Woods’ unexpected attempt to play his way into the competition for the fifth US PGA Championship came to a watery end in the third round at Southern Hills.
Woods only cut halfway with a shot to spare the compliment of playing the last seven holes of his second round in two, 69 leaving the 15-time main winner 12 shots off the lead held by Will Zalatores.
However, the 46-year-old spoke of his chances of making a major advance on the field, citing Bubba Watson’s 63rd shot on Friday as the possible outcome.
However, after crashing from 13 feet to save par in the first, Woods drove into the creek bisecting the second hole and made a bogey with a five after dropping a penalty, before finding more water in the sixth.
Woods then missed the green with his third drop zone shot on his way to the triple bogey and dropped another shot the next time to slide further down the leaderboard.
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Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 17:12
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England’s Laurie Kanter made a great start to his tour, entering the top 20 with three birds out of his five opening slots.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21, 2022 at 17:04
PGA Championship: TRIPLE bogey for Woods
Woods disaster – and he drops to the leaderboard with a triple bogey six in third in the sixth. His loaded shot was well below the green and I found the water, it got more difficult from there, because from the drop zone his ball failed to grab the green.
Woods is sitting at +7, four in his run.
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 16:31
PGA Championship: Upcoming tee times
Some of the big names coming up in the next hour, Koepka, Lowry, Rose, Spieth, Schauffele, Finau… Can any of them make a move?
16:00 K Bradley (US), H Varner III (US)
16:10 B. Kupka (US), J. Kokrak (US)
16:20 KH Lee (COR), S-Lori (ER)
16:30 J. Rose (Eng), L. Griffin (US)
16:40 McCarthy (US), J. Spieth (US)
16:50 Ex Chaveli (US), Tea Viano (US)
17:00 A Wise (US), R MacIntyre (Sco)
17:10 T Fleetwood (Eng), L Herbert (Australia)
17:20 R Fox (New Zealand), R Fowler (US)
17:30 B Hosler (US), T-Hog (US)
17:40 A Arnaus (spa), in Hovland (nor)
17:50 C Tringale (US), S Power (Ire)
18:00 B Reed (US), Kna (US)
18:10 B Wiesberger (Aut), M Homa (US)
18:20 T Guch (US), J. Nieman (Che)
18:30 S Burns (US), J Woodland (US)
18:40 C Smith (Australia), C Young (US)
18:50 T Hutton (Eng), M Kochhar (US)
19:10 S Cink (US), C Kirk (US)
19:20 Dee Riley (US), M. Fitzpatrick (Eng)
19:30 R McIlroy (NY), Anser (Mix)
19:40 J. Thomas (US), B Watson (US)
19:50 W. Zalatores (US), M. Pereira (Che)
Jimmy BraidwoodMay 21 2022 16:11
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