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Let’s go back to two. Well, John, maybe easier from the pine straw. How’s life for Rob from the rough? Really thick. Took a hack at it. Yeah. And just came out soft and dead. That’s right near where Terrell Hatton’s ball ended up. And he made a five. Back to four. And now Neon at four. Yeah, he really likes to work the ball right to left. I think this is you throw it in the right center of the green and let it just turn right to left. Anything you’d like the ball left of the hole putting back up the hill. I love his ball flight. Goes down and through. Hits more of a bullet than some of the others. Controls the flight. You heard Andy say it a moment ago appears to be in complete control early on as Rory for the second time on the move to the range to get his warm-up going. this morning, guys. He was full go to get ready to go out and had to go back to the house and get ready for that late tea time. One thing, Matt, there are a lot more people to high five now than there were at 7 a.m. He had that thing wide open back to four in Tier. Terrell Hatton got it up really high and the wind ate it up and it’s coming up short in that right fraction bottomy and it started blowing into. It’s an aggressive line from Hatton. He’ll have to get out of that bunker. Let’s go to two. Another really good drive at two this time from Havlin inside 115 yds up the hill. Clark took advantage of it. Made birdie havlin. That one spinning too much. That is not going to stay. It’s part of why we like this early coverage. You see the first players get out on these holes, how they’re going to play as the leaders come to one, two, and beyond. And as the Golf course changes later in the day, that’s Adam Scott beginning with a birdie. Amazingly, his 25th PGA Championship. The 10. Nikolai Huygard up the hill right there into the grain. Now down grain over the slope. Come on now. Looks pretty good. Come on now. Looks pretty good. Well, it didn’t go in, but it was really, really a good putt to two. We don’t have any room left on our highlight reel for the week. Kept it low. That was a nice play. It’s really nice to pitch from the first cut with a little cushion underneath it to three. and Lucas Glover. After starting out with two dog legs on the first two holes, this is the first straight par4. And that’s to the perfect spot on this green. Beautifully played. Third at the players this year. So this and that field typically the best in the game. Playing well again to two. Good point. Havlin John. Straight up the hill. Can he run it in? Yes. Short game’s gotten better and better as his career’s going on. That was a beautiful birdie putt. And Victor Havlin gets to three under. Seen John Rom gain a shot. Now Havlin to four. And Hatton out of that green side bunker. Just carried just outside the bunker. Not the hardest bunker shot in the world. should be able to spin it a little bit. All right, Hatton’s been doing some early bunker work through the first four holes. Get your electrolytes now, son. Hydration. Get those electrolytes. Very important. [Laughter] Tommy Fleetwood. Well, after Hofflin showed him the way. That’s pretty disappointing. Yeah, did not take advantage of learning something. So, he makes a par, but a really neat shot off the pine straw. Left at two. That’s why you need to hydrate. That’s probably dad’s Gatorade. Dad’s going, son’s going Gatorade at 12, McKim second. Many ways to hydrate, Matt. There are. It’s called Rehydrate. So, McKibben gets up on that shelf. I tell you, this week the 12th fairway, second hardest to hit here at the course, but that pin placement has been difficult. And a great job by McKibben. Let’s go to two. Yeah, that hole’s been fun to watch. Rom saves his par. Keeps a little early momentum going for John Rom. See if he can make his move before the leaders start the third round. Now Windham Clark long birdie at four up the hill the whole way. Windham’s game that hasn’t been his best this year yet. Checking on Colin Morawa for the first time. PGA champion out at Harding Park in San Francisco. his third to 10. That man with an iron in his hand is as good as anyone on the planet. Very professional. Yeah, I remember Andy saying from the very beginning it just so impressed with the way he compared comported himself. There we see Scotty making a memory for some folks in the parking lot. How about the old school earbuds from Scotty? It’s He’s an old school dude. He’s the got sort of always been that old soul, right? Still in his 20s. So much runway for him to keep stacking big time. See if Neon can stack a birdie here at the fourth. Slow putt into the green. Andy, how much are these players looking at grain out there? I think you can tell it pretty significantly when it’s going uphill. It sure is much darker, so it’s pretty easy to see. Let’s go to three. And a man who arrives with back-to- back top threes in this championship. Trying to squarely throw himself into the mix yet again. Say he’s already done it. Hammers a T- shot into that fairway. [Music] So important to drive it in the fairway with that little moisture from this morning and the rough getting up to 4 in tall. That’s a great note from Andy. It makes sense that amount of water. There’s just no way you could get a mower in that. Now Rahm, this is a tough fairway to hit with the wind out of the left. That’s why Rom’s all the way over on the right hand side of the tea. Give himself plenty of room to cut it. like that. That’s pretty good. You like that? That’ll do. So, now see if Clark can clean up par. He does at the fourth. Interesting. We see some of these landing spots on the green. I can’t even believe we had weather this morning early on with how these greens are running back. Wasn’t much rain. minimal amount of rain. Electricity was the issue. He’s got to feel like he’s got to get going. These other two came springing out of the gate. [Applause] Three excellent drives on a hole that is far from the easiest driving. back to one and Tony Fen from the middle of the fairway. Now we’re getting into some players who if they shoot a good score could be part of the story late tomorrow afternoon. Tonyy’s got that unique action. Low hands by his knees. Great approach there. Cam Young to get to red numbers. on a great line. Do it for Gordo. Cam Young one under par. Get in on PGA Championship championship offers and boosts all week long at ESPN Bet Sports Book. Plus, new customers can get $100 in bonus bets when you make your first $10 wager. Download the ESPN Vet app. Sign up with promo code birdie to get started today. Can I just whisper that name John Rom again? I’ve got the ROM stuff covered. Captain Bradley Birdie on three. No. Back to two. Adam Scott, we’ve seen a lot of good golf from him this week. Must have gone with 3-wood off the tee. I’ll see if we can get that to stop. Flagstick here. Seven paces on. Flag sticks on the front of the greens today will be the toughest hole locations. McKibbons birdie at 12. Great approach from McKibben. Not able to capitalize. So he’ll tap in for par to remain clean on his day. One under for the tournament. Not a five. Windom Clark with his T- shot. Breeze in and out of the right. He likes to work it left to right. And he just pounded it right down the middle. Beautiful shot. Is that three, Eddie? I think with those bunkers that that distance looks like that’s would have been given his length. Let’s see if Morocco can pour one in. Yes, what a start for Colin. Now Neman on the tee just inside the bunker on the right. He’ll be curving it right to left. Found a bunker grouping there. Still fairway bunkers are pretty simple to play out of this week, so the players haven’t had much trouble with those. The animal legendary caddy out here. Been out here forever. Neman’s looking for a first top 10 in a major. Hard to believe. Hasn’t yet. Certainly will. Now, Tier, I think it’s going to be interesting as the day goes on, wind starts picking up a little bit. The guys will be seeing some shots they haven’t seen this week. It’s been just absolutely dead quiet wind wise the whole week so far. Looks good. Again, Tier was five under on Friday the 18th. took a big bite out with a triple. He’s now even in the championship. Still time to get moving on moving day. He can move any day. This figures to be a day when somebody will make a charge up the board towards Jonathan Vegas, who looks just stressed to death there, Curtis. Well, let’s not forget, you know, we talk about his experience on tour or lack of experience in majors, but who’s to say he can’t shoot a heck of a round today? He already has once. Yes, absolutely. Very comfortable at the moment, smiling. Great to see. And there’s Lucas pouring in a birdie after a tremendous approach on three. Let’s see if Tony can get his day started with a birdie. playing a ton of break. Not quite. Good start for Tony. Been in the top 10 in this championship three different times to two. becoming a more familiar look, huh, as Joe Highmith’s profile elevates that one back at two very nicely into that Windom Clark spot. So, if you have the gentle spin on you, you can get it to stop there and have a great look at birdie. Anyone that follows the game knows that is the ball of Tommy Fleetwood. What’ you mark your ball with, Curtis? Just a little blue dot. Just that was pretty simple. Okay. Minimal. That’s stunning. That’s from 189. Hey, if you don’t want the answer, don’t ask the question. Okay. Right. Right back at me with some pace. I deserve it. That’s fair. Fleetwood unforced error there. That’s disappointing. Havlin Rom. Two great drives, Johnny pass the bunker. Just hammered up here. It’s such a big hole. Still in the 170 yard range for both of them. But of course, that’s just an eight or a nine iron for these guys. I don’t know if you can necessarily land it up on top and stop it. John, I think you can right now. It will change as the day progresses, but still some softness in these greens. Well, that’s the question that Andy asked when he came through and then we saw Glover did it, but you make a great point, Curtis, that that it’s still early in this round. It’s not not yet 1:00 Eastern. See, Ron, I mentioned yesterday Ron went back to to a golf ball that actually spins a little bit more and consequently his iron play has sharp sharpened up a bit. And that was a bit that’s unforced as well. Still, he’s you mentioned John playing from that thick collar and he’ll have an opportunity to do that. Wouldn’t be a shock to see him make it to two. Birdie chance for Adam Scott to get to four under par. So, he’ll stay at three under with a par at the second. Up to four. And Keegan Bradley Oh, how about the captain? Thank you very much. You know, Keegan, we’re no Boston Bees, no Bruins, no Celtics. We do have Jets stars tonight, 8:00 p.m. Eastern on ABC. Dallas leads the series 32. Game six tonight. Big game. Bob was choosing on the call. Cannot wait to catch that one at the hotel this evening. Curtis will buy the drinks. We’ll sit there and watch some playoff hockey. He and our guy Cali Ryan Callahan. Treat to watch. Nothing like the Stanley Cup playoffs. All right. Windom on five. Flagstick all the way back right once again catching the slope, spinning it back down. We haven’t seen that all week long. Great little wedge shot from Highmith and he pays it off with a birdie at two. So two has been interesting to watch two already. We’ve seen birdies. We’ve seen bogeies. Ken Brown showed us earlier Quicksville, Texas. Don’t want to be back there. But I think the more important part they show is that that front and how it’s got to control that spin. All right, Neon from the bunker. Yeah, beautiful lie. 142 back right hole location. Not the easiest one in the world to get to. Unless you’re walking Neman. Boy, he’s striking it well. Just needs to see one go in. Maybe his round will be off to the races. Now Hatton’s turn. Breeze out of the right. So you’re kind of fighting the wind all the way up there and it’s the shot. You can’t start out to the right of the green. So Neiman cut his up against it. And Terl do the same thing because once it starts riding left, it’s just going to get further and further away from the flag stick. Very aggressive play. Sit right there. All right. Good example of these greens are quite large, but you have to pick small spots and focus on it. Get it in the right quadrant. Third for Tommy on three. He has to run it right along the ridge that bisects the front and the back of this green. That ridge right there. That’s disappointing from where he was in the fairway. And it was less than a foot away, John, from being pretty good, I think. Yeah, there was it was a razor thin margin there. And he probably hit the shot he was trying to hit. And you think with large greens, it pretty pretty simple, but there’s a good example of so close, but no good. My first T introduction forthcom. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 107th PGA Championship. This is the 1249 starting time. Now on the tea, please welcome from Canada Taylor Pend. We have Pendra Desbo and Richard Bland. Boop. Taylor’s lost that right. That’s in there. In there. his third appearance in the PGA Championship. Now on the tea, please welcome from Texas, Bryson Desambo. You have a score in mind? I’m always interested. Do you Is that any Is that something you did, Curtis? No, but a lot of players do. I think he’s looking at 66 or seven today. Two options on this tea. can hit a slight cut, feed it with the fairway or go over the edge of the trees. He’s going to go over everything to the right [Applause] [Music] and he will not lack for fan support. [Applause] [Music] Absolutely perfect. What an intimidating start. That is mammoth. See if John can make this one on three. Well, you mentioned it stayed in that first cut. Makes it easier. I wondered if that might be the momentum. The menum momentum is starting to those sails are full of Yes. confidence and gusto. Man’s halfway to the slam now. Clark. This is his third long putt he’s had in five holes up over a ridge. So far, he’s judged the speed very well. Yeah, he’s going to have a lengthy par put on this fifth hole, Andy, in a moment. Now, Havlin, he has to put up that ridge. Great speed. A narrow miss for Havlin to four and now to four and a birdie putt. Michael Pens knocks it in. Marco Pens does. So he now moves to two under. And a good start for the DP winner. Let’s go back to Fleetwood. Fleetwood for par. and he’ll surrender a shot here after the approach is knocked into the bunker. Here are the value plays presented by ESPN Bet Sports Book. Gabe, you’re not allowed to mention John Rob. It’s too late. He’s already two under on this round. We missed our window on that one. You needed to be at the window before ready to fire on Max Homer. 14-1 to be the winner. Seeu came at 16 to1. Interesting that both of those guys shot 64 yesterday. The question, can you buck the trend that we see and have forever? That low low round. Can you back it up? Denny McCarthy, shout out to the Hoyas of Georgetown Prep in the DC area. The pride of the DMV. Denny looking for a breakthrough. Tiro looking for a birdie. Looking for anything positive. Slow coming up from the back. We’ve seen that so often. Let’s see if Keegan Bradley can make the birdie at the fourth. After an amazing T- shot to get the round started. There goes Keegan bouncing back after the bogey at two. Now at two under. Back to five. See if Nean can get that jump start. Getting a lot of quality shots. Has to take advantage of there’s a violent lip out. H T Green technically awfully good thus far and it’s just all pars. Still time but need to do what this man is doing. And now John Rom at the fourth and a perfect win for him to hold a cut up against. It’s in and from the right and he’s done just that but a club too long. Just a bit of an illustration of John Rom early on holds one through three in the first two rounds, one over each day. Today two under. Completely different start for the Spaniard. Stay at the fourth. It’ll be Victor Havlin. If you hit a normal eight, you’re right at the end, there’s a chance. Yeah. But once again, if you’re going to hit that shot, there’s just there’s enough there’s not getting there. Yeah. I think he got the club. I really do. Bring two back and All right. Deliberation decision. All because of a little bit of wind moving out there. Well, it’s it’s picking up. It’s going to be an interesting afternoon, Curtis. He likes to hit that hold cut against this wind, too. No, go asking for it to go. It did not perhaps the decision in that. Have you noticed that no matter what their native language is, they always talk to the golf ball in English. astute point from the John McInness. A lot of discussion early on today. Yeah. Yeah. Another one just got he’s going to keep it right to this pin. You can see those trees behind him, Curtis. They do pick up from time to time with the gust. You heard them speak about it. Well, the flag sticks only four paces over deep bunker. So, this is going to get tougher as the day progresses as the wind picks up. But trying to pick the perfect club and hit the perfect shot. But the safer shot is to fly it to the hole and clear the bunker. Tommy has not hit a good iron shot yet. Best one was a punch out. And just a complete departure from out of this course he’s been playing the first two days. Tommy Fleetwood just like that just goes over the pin and settled. Well, as that group continues its day, unfortunately ours has come to an end after doing about 20 some odd hours over the last couple of days. Uh it feels like light lifting. Appreciate you being with us. Tune in tomorrow. Final round coverage from Quail Hollow beginning on ESPN Plus 8 Eastern, then at 10 on ESPN. Coverage continues from here over on CBS. Time now to send it to the NCAA softball regionals. So long for now from Charlotte, North Carolina. [Music] It’s the second major of the year in golf coming from Charlotte, North Carolina. The PGA Championship in full bloom with Scotty Shuffler in pursuit of another major title. Two times he’s possessed the green jacket at the end of the day. And then there’s Matt Fitzpatrick, United States Open Champion, 2022 at the Country Club. And big hit, Bryson Dashambo already has a major in the Tarheel State, winning at Pinehurst last June, the second time the US Open titleist. But then there are those looking for that Cinderella story who’ve never won a major like Jonathan Vegas from Venezuela who has never really even contended in a major at age 40. He’s been the story the first two days with shots like [Applause] this. Also in quest of that first ever major title is Max Homer. Yesterday he blazed through this golf course with shots like this at the par4 14th on his way to 64 and nearly a memorable hole in one on a [Applause] par4 and France has an entrance into the chase and that is Matthew Pavone. Friday he shot 65 to join the final grouping. And there have been shots like this that vaulted Siw Kim into the picture at the 252 yd par three six. [Music] [Applause] It’s a gorgeous day. A gorgeous spring day in North Carolina. And the leaders again, the groups of three. We’ve had to adjust today because of showers in the morning, rain. They’re gone both now. Groups of three. Vegas, Fitzpatrick, and Bond will be the last ones out inside of an hour to go. Meanwhile, we’re underway for the 107th PGA on CBS. CBS Sports and the Professional Golfers Association of America. So proud to present the 107th play of the PGA Championship. And it comes to you from a battlefield that many are familiar with, a place that has hosted already not only the PGA Championship in 2017, but the President’s Cup three years ago. Well, hollow. It’s lush. It’s gorgeous. And it has as demanding a closing stretch here as you’ll find anywhere on the globe. 16, 17, and 18. Pleased to be calling it from the super tower just short of the 18th green along with Trevor, Ian, and Frank, and Andrew. Donnie is going to be up there with that final grouping. Colt will be with Scotty Sheeper’s group. Mark Immelman will be walking alongside Bryson and his trio. Amanda with the interviews. Brad Gregory will handle the rules. And just now as we come on the air, Bryson, he had the 1249 tea time. He’s eyeing a birdie attempt at number one. Up and over the ridge turning sharply to the left fast from 30 ft. Here it comes. Bryson picks up a shot right out of the gates. And that is his longest make of the week. What a start for Bryson. Pashambo just like that with one magnificent stroke moves into the top 10. There are others on the course right now who are off to fast starts including John Rom this at the fourth. He’s already picked up two birdies through the first three holes. [Applause] Well, over at the second hole, this is Alex Noran from the very thick rough down the right side. 181 and what a shot for Alex Norin. Just his second start of the year for Alex. What a way to start today. To four. John Rom already owns two legs of the Grand Slam having won at Augusta and the US Open at Tory Pines. This for par. So he’s in that group at four under. That includes now Dshambo. Let’s go to 14. Matt Wallace started his round at 10 again. This is the par four with all kinds of action. We’ve got more already with Matt Wallace pulling that bunker shot for an eagle. And I see think we’ll see multiple Eagles there today at home. Just over 300 downhill downwind. Everybody will be taking a cut at that green. This is a great stretch of holes here. 14 and 15 are your chances to make some hay and then hang on for that green mile. Well, it’s a leaderboard that right now doesn’t have great representation as far as major championship conquest. You’ve got Fitzpatrick and Sheffler, Rahm and Dambo, but there are others who are looking for that career definfing moment this weekend. in the Queen City of Charlotte. They go back out to the play at the second and he will just fire it straight over the corner here. Yesterday didn’t quite make it. Had trouble under the trees. And he has a helping wind in. And that’s torched. 192. That is fast. Take that. That is perfect, Trevor. Look at that. Way up there. Just a flip. There is our leader. He’s led each of the first two days. He opened with a seven underpar 64 on Thursday and backed it up yesterday morning with 70. Four times a winner on the PGA Tour. Most recently in Minneapolis just last [Music] July. Now he lives in Houston by way of Venezuela. very beloved uh golfer out here on the PGA Tour. Turned pro out of the University of Texas in 2008. His journey to this point, it’s a remarkable one. We’ll be telling you that throughout the day. Had a great visit this morning with John Fields, the superb golf coach at Texas who recruited him to Austin. His best ever finish, Trevor, in any major is 22nd. So, this is unknown territory for him right now. Yeah, it sure is. This is his 17th major start. But shots like this throughout the week. This was in round one. He chipped in on 18 and then went on to shoot 30 on his next nine for this opening 64. [Applause] Yeah, I think he had nine birdies on Thursday. And then on Friday, we just saw Wallace hold out from that bunker at 14. He pitched it over that same bunker to this point right here. And that’s just remarkable. So easy to let that come out with a bit too much heat and roll over the back. Now you talk about breaks. You’re not going to believe this one. This was yesterday late at the 17th. And watch what happens here. It hits the rake and carums onto the green. My goodness, that could have gone anywhere. But if you want to win a championship of this magnitude, you’re going to have to have a little things go your way throughout the course of the four days. And that’s one of the best breaks I’ve seen right there. He did finish yesterday with a double at 18, which is not unusual. Yesterday’s hole location at 18 brought so many big numbers into play. Could not take the shine off of a round of 70. And the fact he had the 36 hole lead. Yeah. And the last player to lead by multiple shots after each of the first two rounds at the PGA Championship, Raymond Floyd, 1982 at Southern Hills. Remember it well. Raymond who had a spectacular career record in the PGA Championship. He won it twice. Let’s go back out to the play at two. And Alex Norin mentioned just his second start of the year. This for birdie at the second coming off a hamstring injury, a tear. Just incredible. After taking four months off, he had the hamstrings, some neck, some glute issues. This is remarkable. You see the name George Cobb. He was the original architect here. It was George Car Cobb who originally created the part three course at August and Arnold Palmer very tied to the Harris family. The Harris family. This is their dream, their dream playground. And Arnold came in here and had his own special fingerprints and touches on this course. Tom Fazio had renovations. Scott Davenport’s the great PGA head professional here. And Keith Wood and his team, they had to contend with Keith and his squad. They had 5 in nearly 5 inches of rain early in the week here. And look at it now. It’s dried out. Conditions are just ideal. Yeah, they’ve done a fantastic job dealing with all of that water that has fallen. course is primed and pristine. The Greens have held their firmness throughout with the help of the sub systems and we are ready for a great weekend here. We’re going to go to the other side again using split T’s. Colin Morawa his third hole of the day. Started at 10, made a birdie at the par five, par at 11. This is just inside of 60 ft up and over that ridge. This green is severe, Trevor. We’re going to be seeing this all day. Big loopy putts coming in to that back left hole location. Yeah. And that area of green where the hole is located only about 9 or 10 paces long. So precision is needed into the 12th. Well, again, we had a delay and the delay actually extended to over three hours because once it got to a point where there was question going everyone off of one in pairings, could we finish at the end of the day? So, they made a great adjustment here. I think Trevor, they moved it to the first times out in the 1140 area. 1143 and groups of three off split T. So, we’re going to have about a 7:00 Eastern time finish. They got that green mile challenge and challenge. I put that word in parentheses. Remember it later. Tuck it away. Scotty Shuffer rounds of 69 and 68. There’s Randy Smith been his instructor since he was under the age of 10. Here he is watching his man warm up trying to pick up a third career major and a first ever waker trophy. if he can win this weekend in Charlotte. [Music] Welcome to Charlotte, the stock car racing capital of the world. A city that’s usually known for speed. But this week, a new king will be crowned. All right. As the Queen City plays host to a different competition. It’s in the in the with the best golfers in the world. No, I don’t believe it. Looking to conquer the green mile and reign supreme at Quel Holland. The greatest golfer in the world today. No roaring engines here. It’s a good one. No screeching tires either. It’s a really good one. But I promise you this. At the PGA Championship, that heart rate gets going just the same. Every shot, every put, every breath could determine which of these players it goes will lift the Watermaker Trophy come Sunday night. Now listen, the applause won’t stop. So don’t let the speed of this game fool you. Oh, he’s done it because this chase could come down to the wire and I can’t [Music] wait. All right, now it’s so cool to hear from Richard Petty here at the PGA Championship in Charlotte, known as the king, who will prevail in the Queen City come tomorrow night. The NASCAR Hall of Fame is right here in downtown Charlotte. And of course, his career just legendary. Nearly twice as many stock car racing wins as anyone else in the sports. Fire up those engines. Yes, exactly. Go. And then you hold on for dear life over the last three holes. Can you imagine that stretch come Sunday, the 70th, 71st, and 72nd holes as we go out to two and the reigning US PGA senior champion. Oh, it’s a good shot coming off at the first, Richard Bland. But, uh, that was a good one, Mark. He’s like a marksman with an iron in hand. He sure is. As we go over to five and Victor Hoblins’s at two under par at two, Bogey at four. just clears the bunker. 40-footer coming up for a birdie. Not a lot of great scoring opportunities usually through the first six holes, but when you drive it like this at two, look out. Yeah, just 85 yds left. He’s 70 yardds ahead of Bland after a birdie at the first. Good opportunity for Bryson here at the second. sweeping right to left for the two-time US Open champion. Over to another major champion, five John Bomb and two under through his first four holes. Just a short club in a little more aggressive than Victor. No, he’ll be disappointed with that. He sure will. obviously protecting from going long, but maybe expecting a slightly bigger hop. Over at 12, we saw Morawa’s first putt from long distance. Three putts, not a shock from front of that green. He’s trying trying to process it. Well, Trevor, some notables missed the cut. Jordan came here again in pursuit of the career slam. Missed it by one. Cut came at plus one. Yeah. 74 players ended up making it. Hideki with those casualties. He had that streak going of so many consecutive cuts made and major championship call 19. He had the active mark that comes to an end. And then there’s JT who won the PGA here in 2017 and was in great form coming into the week. Yeah, especially after playing well last week. He was a lot of people’s favorite. Brooks had a lot of struggles out there. Keep well wide of the mark. See on the course right now we have Moral and Ron Holllin and Scott. But there are other notables that missed it here. Ludvig Oberg is just uh again you’ve got the strongest field of the year in golf with 99 of the top 100 players. There’s going to at the end there are going to be victims back to two just outside 10 ft for Bryson right to left and slippery in the hole. [Applause] Not far off there from a birdie birdie start. That looked so good down the hill. He thought he had that for a long time. Won Pinehurst last year in the US Open championship and he had a PGA championship here in Charlotte of North Carolina City. was runner up last year at three. Hits at Sunni to carry the false front at the third strike sounded pretty clean. Frank 6871 his first two rounds here at Quail Hollow. Set some nice putt. All locations are a little fairer today probably given the forecast later in the day. Go to five. Ram Birdie putt. See how the speed is from long range. He had the line pretty good over to four. And Tony Fen playing with Ben Griffin and Eric Cole today. Eric Cole made a hole in one at this hole on Thursday. Feno not too bad either. Beautiful shot from Tony who has a short putt for birdie coming up. Back to two. Can Bland bounce back with a birdie here at two? Kind of like Bryson’s just sort of duck away there to that left side. Also US Open senior champion. So he’s PGA and Open senior champion. Great year. Hovlin at five for birdie. Not a very good read as the late starters go through their final preps. Aerial coverage provided by Goodyear, the best seat in the house since 1925. Happy hundth to the Goodyear bl. Well, Rory will be starting off at number 10. A lot of people expect he’s going to go low today. 138 tea time coming up for Maroy who gave away a couple of shots over the last two holes yesterday. The Masters champion. What will he do on moving day in Charlotte? [Music] CBS Sports presents the official partners of the 107th PGA Championship. T-Mobile for business, exclusive 5G solutions partner. CoreBridge Financial, helping more people take action in their financial lives. And by Chase Sapphire, upgrade your travel and dining experiences. [Music] Tracing this hour is brought to you by Top Tracer. [Music] We’re at the sixth hole with Rom today. It’s playing up some 30 yards in front of yesterday. 221’s the number for Rom. Right over and over the whole lot to three Bryson. That bunker at 320 has not been in play the first two days for Bryson. He nailed it. Oh, Frank. That wasn’t the picture he had in his mind. I don’t think that’s a picture anybody had. Almost looked like his feet gave way on the way down there. Frank, that’s nearly left of the fourth green. I mean his footwork is generally active but kind of looked like it moved around more than usual. Now up ahead Rio hits Sunni his best finish. PJ Tour actually came at Greensboro last year tied for third by just 22 years old. A ton of potential from this young man. What a actually it’s a very global leaderboard when you look at it right now. Mhm. To the fourth. standard and you saw the T- shot for Feno. And now this putt for birdie to 300 under a nice hand from fans here in Charlotte who have been turned out all week long. Great crowds here as we take you to the other par three on the front side, the sixth. And here’s Victor Havland on the tee. did see a hole in one here yesterday late in the afternoon. Seeu Kim and you can see Havland a safe shot to the center of the green here at the par three. Now up ahead at the 10th, here’s Tom Kim just off the green for Parr. Started on the 10th hole. That’s a good start. saves par at the par five. Okay, Rory making his way over to the practice putting area and past the golf shop of Scott Davenport and crew staging area for every round here for the membership. Rory with his career slam complete a month ago, a total of five and all beginning at Congressional in 2011, then at Kiwa, the Ocean Course at Kioa Island in 2012 and onto Valhalla in 14 after winning the Open. Royal Liverpool just before that and of course Augusta this year. One of the most amazing stories to ever document in the world was watching on the edge of their seats. At the 12th, it’s Harris English. Started with a couple pars. Can he land it on and keep it on? Oh yeah. So far today, the greens just seem a touch more receptive than the what they did yesterday afternoon. Maybe that little sprinkle about a half of inch of rain fell this morning. He just softened them up for now. Jonathan Vegas again going off at 155. What will be an all international grouping with Fitzpatrick and Pavon. Here are the groupings that we’re going to be training our cameras on here shortly. You got Ciu and Max. Max a winner on these grounds in 2019. and Scotty. And then there they are. Venezuela, France, and England all represented in the final grouping. What are you expecting from Scotty Sheffler today? It doesn’t look like he’s played like super great a game, but here he is. This is how good he is. A testament to that. 6968 starts the day tied for fifth. Yeah. Isn’t that incredible? Everybody’s saying he hasn’t got his best stuff, but he shoots backto back rounds in the 60s. I’m expecting another good round. He has so much control. And as this course starts to get a little more feisty and the greens firm up, he’s the player with the best distance control on approach. He just uh breeze by with that bucket of balls past one of his closest buddies, Sam Burns. Let’s go to the third. Well, Jim, I actually think it’s closer to the fourth. Mark, you’re out there. Where on earth did this T-shot finish up? He’s about 15 yds off the back of that fourth green with a real launching pad of a lie. And he can hoist the thing, Frank. There’s those single length upright irons. They help. Make sure it doesn’t come out too hot. Clean strike. And that’s what I was worried about. Anything in his favor. He’s going back into that breeze. The third shot. Should be an eventful ride for Bryson today. Forward to the sixth. And John Rob took some time before hitting this second shot. Tricky one, Trevor. Extremely. He had a few options. He could have lobbed it, bumped it, which is what he went with, or putt it. I think it grabbed a lot more than he was anticipating. To 12. Niko Achearia off to a tough starting bogey bogey at 10 and 11. This will do. Trying to get up there close to his playing companion Harris English. He might be inside of him. My goodness. That’s one in a hundred shot from that line to that whole location. Might be the two best you’re going to see all day long at 12. They happen out of the same group. Meanwhile, over at the 15th, what a good story this is this week. Luke Donald, upcoming Rder Cup captain, making the cut. He said he had been trending nicely entering the week with all of his missed cuts that he put up, having some fun with himself, but certainly a great story and great to see Luke Donald here playing the weekend at the PGA Championship. He actually played last week on the DP World Tour in Turkey. Missed the cut. He said he was able to get back home, get a little practice in here from 70 yards. Well played there. And a chance for birdie at the par five. Even par for Donald [Applause] Morawa who won the PGA Championship at Harding Park in 2020. Connecting with the fans here as he steps up onto the launching pad at the 14th, which is one of the more exciting holes you’ll see because it can be driven. We showed you the highlight of Max almost making a hole in one yesterday. And you can see we’ve had six Eagles on this par4 this week. T5G on 14 powered by 5G solutions from T-Mobile for business is elevating the viewing experience. Leveraging T-Mobile’s 5G to deliver a reimagined Tbox using augmented reality and AI to enhance the analytics of the golfers and the 14th hole. There’s Cam Young the first two rounds and he’s on this T- box live right now and there are a lot of things to analyze and sort out when you step on this tea when you make some decisions what to do with the truck. Absolutely. Round one, you saw how he went down the left hand side. So, it was a little more scared on the second round. Just 296 to the front. So, we’re going to see players taking a cut at this green with less than driver at times. He’s blasted that out to the right. That’s behind the 15th T. Let’s go back to the third and Bryson’s third. Anything rolling at the hole with any speed runs the risk of running by at least 30 ft down the shelf. So well played. Did you see how softly that came up? How vertical it was. Chance there to remain at four under. We got to six. And Victor Havlin with the long birdie putt. Havlin finished third last year at the PGA Championship and was the runner up two years ago at Oakill. [Music] A little work left for his par here at the sixth. Over at four. hitsune in the green side bunker. Look at this. How about it? The 81st hole out this week by the field. So, we have been seeing them go in and hit adds to the list. Moving day at the PGA Championship. That’s cool. That way. All right, Rory again is going to begin this third round on the par five 10th hole. There have been reports that Rory was one of those this week that saw his driver tested. Now, this is not anything unusual. This happens the USGA at a number of events, including the the major championships. Not unusual. Been reports, no names have been given out, but there are reports out there. Rory was one of those who had a driver that was deemed to be nonconforming. And there has been a statement that was released by the chief championships officer of the PJ of America, Carrie Heg, which I think he put it in in a pretty good perspective here. He said the standard process is for about a third of the field to be randomly tested under the program. That was the case here. And we’ll watch Chris Kirk get his round started. Let’s go. Now on the team from Northern Ireland, the 2012 2008 champion, Rory Moy. So Carrie Hey went on to acknowledge that quail hollow again this is something that happens these random tests about 50 were tested. He says finding driver heads that have crept over the line of conformance is not an unusual occurrence especially for clubs that are hit thousands of times over a long period of time especially at these speeds. And there were several that were found non-conforming this week. Not unusual. So, with a new driver, he belts it here for his first shot of a round where he needs to go low today. Yeah, he sure does. Rory had a backup ready. And with this new technology, you just go ahead and screw the driver head off. You keep the shot. You put a new head on. And away you go. From California, the 2024 PGA Champion, Xander Schoffley. So, he’s back playing alongside Xander Schoffley for the third straight day. Scotty had been the third member of their grouping on Thursday and Friday, but both Xander and Rory come into the weekend at plus one. Starting the day, nine behind. Need something low. Quite interesting with Xander and Rory. They were initially supposed to go off at 825 in a pairing, but then once all of that was changed after the dangerous weather, now going out at 138, more than 5 hours later, they also got a chance to really have some scoring holes earlier in the round, maybe gain some momentum as they get dispatched to the 10th hole. They have the U-shaped starting times when you have to go split T’s. That’s right. So, they’re on the other side. And maybe he can get something going when you got holes like 10 right here. 14 and 15. Of course, you got to survive 16 through 18. Well, last year at Valhalla on this very weekend, what a finish it was. Battling with Bryson. The winning putt circled the cup for his first major title. It wouldn’t be long before he won another one at Royal Trune in July. 21 under par. Xander Shley that moment when the career never is going to be the same again. The 11th wire-to-wire winner in the history of this championship. and he shot 21 under, the lowest 72 hole score in relation to par in major history. You talk about kickstarting a career. He was one of those players. So many questions. Does he have what it takes to get it done in a major championship, gets that first win and followed it up immediately with a win at the open. Let’s go to three. And this is the man he beat last year to Shambo. Was over the green. Chipped to here. That’s a great fall to Shambo. You could very much be an irritant to the leaderboard today the way he plays. Looking for major number three to two. And this is Ryan Gerard. Fantastic story. Opened with 6672. Just bogey the first hole though. But good chance for a birdie bounce back here. 81st in the official World Golf ranking. Here’s Ben at 14. and Ben and hit a low shot in here and put on the brakes. Oh, that’s how you do it. Oh my goodness. Should have gone. I think so. He’s just hanging over that edge. How can that be? Let’s go to 15. And the birdie putt for Luke Donald. unable to take advantage of the par five. Over to the putting green Jonathan Vegas will be striding over to the first pole here shortly. About 15 minutes away. Now we have the next to last grouping and this includes Scotty Shuffler about to begin round three. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 107th PGA Championship. This is the 144 starting time. Now on the tea, please welcome from the Republic of Korea, C. Woo Kim. I was going to jump in there and put C Woo on the on the tea. I thought he was faking us out for a second. He’s got that beautiful flowing swing. You sent him out first in the international team at the President’s Cup against Justin Thomas. See who got a win for you. This is a player who loves the big stage. [Applause] Was it with that magnificent hole and one yesterday at the six from over 250 yards out from Arizona, Max Homer. You talk about a record at Quail Hollow. Look no further than Max. We know Rory’s won here four times, but he had his big breakthrough win in 2019 when his career was really down and out. And then he came here in that president’s cup and was 4 and0 in 2022 for the American side. Great way to start right here. from Texas, Scotty Sheffller. Not a lot of experience at Quail Hollow and he was on, of course, that President’s Cup team in 2022. He just ran away from the field two weeks ago in Dallas. He has the potential to do that at any time and that could happen today. We don’t know, but wouldn’t be surprised. First though, he’s got overtake four in front of him. Let’s go. And this is the seventh time that he’s in the top five through 36 holes in a major since 2022. Center cut t-shot too for Scotty. [Applause] back over to the other side and getting a round started with this group including Maroy at the 10th. A drive of 319 yds. So his second shot into the par five [Music] that one a little bit wide for Rory, but a chance to get up and down and begin his round with a birdie here today. Almost like he felt like he had too much club and he was trying to take some off of it with the big high cut. Now over at the fourth here is Dashambo with his T- shot at the par three cut just five paces over that bunker. Andrew that’s nine iron has the right club. Mark he’s strucking it well earlier in the go. That was the thing that he had talked about trying to work on his irons entering the week as we go to two. and the local man lives here in North Carolina. Went to the University of North Carolina. Been a great story. Jumped out of the boxes so well with that 66 on Thursday. Over to five. Isatsune with the approach. He’s been struggling to get it all the way back to the hole, but Rio does a better job. One of the better ones. Back over a 10. You see the drive for Xander trying to make birdie for the third consecutive day. He made the cut for the 64th consecutive event. That is the longest active streak on tour. It’s hard work just for Sander to make the cut. You have to play the last seven or eight holes in a couple under. See if that one gets up there. It’ll probably just work back down. Still a good chance for him to make birdie again here today at the 10th. Beautiful day in Charlotte. And our final grouping is moving closer. Jonathan Vegas, the overnight leader. Tea time is coming up on [Music] CBS. I’m going to stop here. Drivers, start your engines. Green lights are on for the 107. Oh Drivers, start your engines. Green lights are on for the 107th PGA Championship here in Charlotte. The track is slick and several drivers are struggling to find their grip early. Vegas slingshots to the front, grabbing the lead after lap number one. [Applause] Takes advantage of fresh tires and he pulls into the lead lap. Watch out. Here comes the world’s number one chef. And wow, Kim came out of nowhere. Halfway down, halfway to go here in Charlotte. Vegas continues to lead. We return live to the first with Scotty Shuffler. His approach into this opening hole that from 219 back into the win playing every bit of 235. A little pull here, Colt. We’ve seen a lot of that lately from him. Left is better than right, but it’s going to be lie dependent to four and dasho for birdie. Spent a lot of time looking at this read over the hills. Just off the mark and a short one to remain at four under. Back to one. You see that flag really starting to kick up this southwester causing some havoc down there. Colt Yes, it is really blowing. It is going to be difficult for these guys out here today. See, also missing it left coming from that thick rough. Took a huge cut at it. Not a terrible leave if it’s in the bunker. Stepping in here, Max. Good T-OT. Beautiful T- shot. 200 yds left. Tell you what, Trevor, his warm-up looked really good. Trying to get a little hold up with that right to left wind. Oh, he’s held it up too much. This is going right. May have enough angle to where he doesn’t have to come over the shoulder. So they all three missed the green at one wind direction. It is gusty out here. Look at the direction too of the wind how it’s the first two days it’s in the same direction. Southwest today again playing the same wind currents if you will, but gusting at times up to 28. Yeah, it’s going to kick up throughout the afternoon, which is going to make everything firm up a little more and make that green mile even tougher cuz the wind is blowing straight across those finishing holes. Let’s go to 10. And Rory with his third. Wow. Where will it stop? [Music] Not able to hold the green. Let’s go back to one. [Applause] Those look, they’re all lined up here in the same pose. Those final anxious moments. Oh, yeah. Before you get it started, what’s the feeling? It’s anxious. It’s nervousness. It’s excitement. It’s a combination of all of those things going through your last second checks of getting everything ready to go. But there will absolutely be some nerves involved in this. You just want to get off to a rock solid start and get it down the fairway. They go right in that order they stood. It’ll be Vegas and then Pavon then Fitzpatrick. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 107th PGA Championship. This is the 155 starting time. Now on the tea, please welcome from Venezuela, Jonathan Vegas. from Venezuela to Austin and the University of Texas where the great coach John Fields first saw him in action at the Junior Worlds and now a resident of Houston Vegas our leader the first two days. This is right, Jim. Cutting a touch very high. I heard a lot of wood. Yeah. Into the forest from France. Matthew Pavon, 32 year old who won at Tory Pines a year ago. He was a contender up the road at Pinehurst last June in the US Open. Was paired with uh Bryson set out a more conservative solid line. That’s right. He was 12th in the Masters as well last year. He’s in that final pairing at Pinehurst. And from England, Matthew Fitzpatrick. 30-year-old who won at Brookline the US Open 2022 had a thrilling win too in a playoff at Harbortown down at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina [Music] takes a second look at it. No need to be concerned. That’s dead center. [Music] So, here we go. We’re off and running to find out come 7:00 tomorrow night who will get the W maker and the checkered flag. Drivers, start your engines. Green lights are on for the 107th PGA Championship here in Charlotte. The track is slick and several drivers are struggling to find their grip early. Vegas swing shots to the front, grabbing the lead after lap number one. [Applause] [Music] Takes advantage of fresh tires and he pulls into the lead lap. Watch out, here comes the world’s number one shuffler and wow, Kim came out of nowhere. Halfway down, halfway to go here in Charlotte. Vegas continues to lead. You’re going my way, but I want to drive it all night long. There’s still a long way to go before Victory Lane here in Charlotte. Yeah, Charlotte Motor Speedway that certainly had the attention of the the racing community. This of course again the headquarters of NASCAR, the Hall of Fame, but um this right now is the track we’re concerned about. Quail hollow over at one. Rascal flats by the way accompanying that piece. So well is the pitch by Sheffford runs out about 18 ft. Let’s go to five. 320 over the bunker down the right. And that is redlinined. Just smashed wind helping out of the right. those bunkers down there at more than 300. Nope. Back at one with Homer. He’s got some green to work with, but it does run away from him. Oh, and that sounded heavy, Trevor. No spin at all. Yeah, great call. A little too much sand. Kind of nervy start from the last two groupings here. Mhm. This first hole is no joke right now. Let’s go to seven. Lam drove it left off the tea. Advanced it to here. He just boed the previous hole. Oh, this is good. Controlled the spin beautifully as these breezes continue to kick up. Oops. Duck the divot to one. And now can Seeu do any better? He’s got in an area that was just raked. So really clean like can put some spin on it. That was a big swing. Settle. That was pretty good. Great technique. Had the face way open. The hands down. Lots of knee flex. Well played to two. Oh, JT Poston. Another North Carolina man. Made a long putt at the first. Another good one here at the second. He’s not mailing it in. One under path through two. Five under total. Back to one. Let’s see if Homer can uh deliver a little par here. So there’s one surrendered and Scotty will be next from about the same distance on the other side. First though to seven. If you’re a Rambo fan, famous quote, nothing is over. Nothing. He gets to four under and he is only four back. Another player looking for major number three. Back to one. Can Scotty say par. Got to be defensive here. Straight downhill down grain. He sure was defensive. just his second bogey on the front nine this week to 10 and the fourth for Mroy Rory has that short one to save par at his opening hole up to 14ia 304 yds to the hole today at this par four and look at that wind kicking up it’s helping out of the lift here at 14. This is a nice line. Go get him, guys. Go Baylor. Oh my goodness. Is this some shot at that for Eagle? Kind of reminiscent of Homer yesterday who hit it to just a kick in. Back to one. Shuffer made bogey and that curling drops for Sei Woo. And good to see him using the long putter. I like his stroke much better than when he goes with the short one. Back to 10. And Shoffley couldn’t hold the green with his third. So just off the green going with putter and a long birdie attempt. He’s got it. So Xander opens with a birdie. to one Fitzpatrick. That is five iron on a beautiful trajectory. Bullet Doy just 59 ft apex there. That’s a wonderful shot particularly after the struggles we’ve seen so far. Coming into one now. Pavon tracing by Top Tracer is brought to you in partnership with Rolex. Same club. Trevor asking for the fade. Get it. Did stay out of the longer stuff though, so that will help his chances. Really howling out there, isn’t it, Daddy? It is. And it’s uh pretty much straight into the players face. Vegas. There is a window opening 20 yards in front. a tree to negotiate. Well, he pulled it off as far as finding the window, but the stance is going to be all quick. Maybe, maybe not. Yeah, it could be tricky there. He’s a big man. May have some issues with the back foot, but all in all, quite well done really from that spot. Let’s take a look at this flight here. Did have a nice gap. Cutting across it to get that left to right spin. Getting it up and down would be massive for his confidence here. Remember yesterday he finished round two with a double bogey at 18. He was racing at the fifth uphill about five yards trying to drive that in low, but that’s a little late with a delivery, Jim. It sure was a massive into out path. The face was hung open. Weak shot at 11. Defending champer at the par four. 475 yds. The 11th dog leg left. Got to fire it out over those bunkers. And I believe he’s found one of them. A see there’s the target line. Try and knock it with driver out over that tree in the corner. Think way got to be careful not to go through here. Ian, he doesn’t really hit many draws, Finchy. So, this is an awkward T- shot for him. Actually, not too bad, right? I mean, it could have got into the thicker stuff. Soft bounce for sure helped it. That helped. Well, we’ve already seen the Rder Cup captain for the European side. Now, we’re going to see the Keegan Bradley, Ryder Cup captain for the US team. Both captains playing well. In fact, none of the team beat Donald in the opening round with the lowest score of all. Now, just a fairway wood for Max Col. him and his coach Jeff Scott really focusing on keeping the hands out in front of him on the way back so he doesn’t get stuck like with that iron shot on the first and that’s perfect down the corner they’re about 60 yards short of where Bryson Dashambo hit it earlier just ripped it straight over the top here we go over to 14 Maverick McNeely on the te under they let him hit up just saw the knocking just a couple of feet away off the tee This looks like a carbon copy. Oh, you’re not kidding. Come on now. Oh my good. That’s [Applause] inside. Could we see that kind of history today? A whole lot on the far floor. I mean, it is under attack. as we go to Vegas at the first on his tippy toes. Donnie, yeah, a good idea to get this club a little more upright, maybe choked down a little bit. The tendency would be for this to go left. That wind is not going to help you keep your balance. Stubbed it. The idea was good though. We went with a less lofted club trying to just bump it on the ground. Okay, Scotty Chef let he’ll go over the top for sure. Driver, this is aggressive. Starts way left and a mile in the air. If it covers, it’s really good. 134 ft apex. Oh, that is perfect. Absolutely perfect. He’s down there in the Bryson zone. Yeah, less than 100 yards in. Makes it a birdie hole. Back to one. Pavon needs to settle if he’s going to have a simpler cut. That is going to be quick. Quite interesting. We have two players in the final grouping who both chip cross-handed. Fitzpatrick and Pavon. It’s amazing. Let’s go back over to five. Remember Bryson last year at the PGA pulled out from off the green three different times, including at the 72nd. Nearly did there. He’s looking pretty good so far, isn’t he? He is. That was actually when he hold it was on Saturday, the 54th hole when he knocked it in and got thousands behind him. Let’s go to 11. and Rory. Just a little draw into that back left hole location. Beautifully played. Coach Bl hasn’t been up to Rory’s standards this week, but that’s pretty good. Remember when he got his first win on tour here and he was on the cut line going into Saturday? He do the same. Well said. Back at one now. That was in 2010. pulled a 40ft putt on the 18th green and it was welcome to the big time Rory Mroy for par’s been a friend of his all week out not going to be an easy one coming back no it will not get the change out the pucket 14ia for Eagle. We’re seeing Eagles today. Matt Wallace from Greenside Bunker holding out the Chabaria without a par so far to begin his tag. Look at that. He’s hoping for a birdie up to par five. Extend that stretch of nos at 11. And Xander from the bunker. We saw the T-shot middle of the green would be a good shot here. They’ve been out here all day because they were supposed to go off first just after 8:00. They’d warmed up. They’re all ready to go. When they blew the horn, they were on their way to the first TE. It’s been a long day for he and Rory. Back to one. And Fitzpatrick saw the line on the Vegas par attempt. So, he ends up overbarrowing a little bit after seeing Vegas lose it on the low side. Bit of speed though. Easy, stress-free par it is for Matt as we go to the second. Okay, Colt. Max is second. 162. Helping wind off the left. He has pitching wedge. That one’s got to get up. Yeah, that was a long way to go with pitching wedge uphill. Even though the breeze is down. Better short than long, though. Oh, 100%. That’s so quick down there. That one pavon for par. Beautiful putt. Oh yeah, that was right in the heart. Confidence builder. And back to two. Just from the rough downwind. Hard to control the spin. He’s got nine iron out. And y’all said you don’t want to go above it. This one’s carrying some speed. Oh, that’ll be interesting. You’d hope someone would give you four there and go to the next. That’ll be a difficult two-part. Talk about a difficult moment. You’re already assured of losing at least one. You’re coming off a closing double the day before. And now to avoid a double to begin the next round. Here we go. T-shot got him. and he still leads by one with three just a shot behind. Let’s go to two. Oh, what a great view here of Scotty Sheffller. Time for the number one player in the world to attack right here. Just a sandwiched from 110 spin. Settle down. All right, that’s an easy putt from there. That’s where JT Post and hold it from. Plain wind on the third round here like we did last week. Very windy conditions. It’s uh it’s good to see the guys struggle a little bit with the wind. Keegan now at the eighth. [Applause] Cutting well is Keegan. Look at [Applause] that. PGA Junior League. Bringing friends, families, and communities together through golf. All with expert PGA and LPGA coaching. Find a team near you at PGA Junior.com. [Music] Out to the play at the 11th. Yeah, this won’t be very easy at all. Although the ball sitting nicely in that ry rough. Settle down. You can hear the greens firming up. The wind will really dry them out. Not much rain this morning. Just a bit of lightning now. Pavon from France. With this wind, you’ve got to give yourself more room to cut the corner to keep it in the fairway. Kind of a reverse dog leg. Oh, he’s done well, Doy. That’s perfect. Yeah. Both he and Fitzpatrick share the same PGA coach and fact PGA teacher and coach of the year back in 2020. Watch this. He’s trying to hoist us over the trees. So watch what he does on the down swing here. He hangs his head well behind the ball and then actually pushes back even more to launch it. Now Mark Blackburn got a few steps in from end to end on that range this morning. Ian, I bet he did. Two totally different swings there. So much more rotation from Fitzpatrick. Look at that. That is a huge drive. Sign of a great teacher that your students don’t all look the same. That’s way up there. That wind must be really making a difference, Daddy. Absolutely it is. And it’s a dry wind unlike yesterday. No top 10s in nearly a year for Matt Fitzpatrick. Last year’s memorial tied fifth was his last one. We know Johnny’s got the power. Oh yeah, he’s got extra in the tank if need necessary. Yeah, that’s a that’s a V12 engine in that stock car. may have just caught the top of the tree. Yeah, they’re running over to find it. So, two in the fairway, one to the left here at the second. I love you back. [Applause] Yeah. Oh, the wind got it. Wow. [Applause] Let’s go. [Applause] Rory for birdie. Well, it wasn’t even close, was it? Just a couple of pars for Rory. Remains one over par. Hard to get going again in your first major after winning a major. It’s a different feel at 14 now in McNeely. How about that for Eagle? In fact, Eagles in backto-back groupings of Maria then McNeely bring it live here to 18. Hello friends, Jim Nance along with the Masters champion Trevor Emlman here in Charlotte, North Carolina with this little gym right next to it. Not so little. The Womaker Trophy, the first name ever on it, Jim Barnes, 1916. The most recent name added back here is Xander Schoffley. That’s right. Whose name will be on it this week? You look at the leaderboard, we’re seeing some big names rise up to the top now. All of a sudden starting to rise. You look at those players that are just three bracks between the three guys. The cream is starting to rise to the top. Those are the players that know what it takes to get done. And as these conditions start to get tougher, the wind kicking up, greens getting firmer, they’re going to be absolutely loving that situation. Yeah, it’s very windy out here today and Vegas has already stumbled at the start. Where do you think this round is going? Well, it’s quite interesting. Just two holes ago, he was 10 under for the tournament. He double bogeied his 18th hole yesterday and now starts with the untidy bogey. Not too much experience when it comes to major championships. Never had a top 20 in a major in his 16 starts. So, it’s going to be interesting. I’m keeping an eye on his putting the last five seasons on tour. He’s never been inside the top 130 in strokes gain putting. That’s the club I think he needs to help him have a chance to get it done. Let’s get back out to the 11th defending champ with his name on the back of that trophy. Jimmy made a 20footer at 10 and a really good pass save here at 11. Very good pressure putter by Xander Schoffley. Okay, Matt Pavon set to go here at the second pitching wedge 127 front. Seven more. Started out on a good line. Does it stay? You’ve got to land it just over that first little bit of false front. Feeds back down the slope. Common theme here, that’s for sure. Over to three. See now with the breeze cross breeze today, Cole. Not an easy T-shot here today, Frank. Got to start it up the left and let the wind move it. And that’s exactly what Seawoo’s done. Breeze is too strong at the moment to fight. Excellent T-shot, of course, in pristine condition. What you’d expect at a major championship. Back to the second there. Back in the trees. He’s got a little gap we can see from behind in the pine straw. Doy for Vegas. He does. It would require another low one, but this one going left as opposed to right at the last hole. 109 front 116 hole. Ball sitting okay. He’s just gonna have to keep it low for gosh probably 20 yards to clear the trees, but another 40 to clear the long rough. And that’s exactly going to be the issue. Do has to make sure that he carries that rough otherwise it’s just going to get gobbled up. Do you like going with a small gap or do you like just playing out further to the right and leaving yourself a little further in? If you play out to the right, you’ve got to be careful not to get it too far to the right because of the hard downs slope, but I think that’s the conservatively smart play. I think it’s a big risk at this point in the proceedings with the momentum the way it is to risk it left. Yes, I I think his main the main thing here is to avoid the trees, get it out, get it back into play. Now, does he want to be brave and try and get enough hook spin on the ball from such a short distance to get it up around the green? But so hard to hit it low from only this distance. Yeah, more that way. That’s good. Perfect. Given the stake he’s moving, I’m tending to think he is looking more to the right. Yeah, he’s going right and trying to maybe get some hook spin on this to get it up to the short right side of the green as he plays the hole. Eight iron. Just caught the stuff exactly as we talked about, Trevor. Yeah, that’s a good result from being in a bad spot. Yeah, when you hit it out of play, the first thing you have to do is get it back in play. for everyone at home. Don’t compound the issues now. She cheer Oie Birdie. First two rounds on the third. This one on identical line to see who starts up the left now fading. That’s excellent. Interesting. Quail they say normally suits a draw. Lot of cutters on that leaderboard at the moment. [Music] Longest drive of the day here for Fitzpatrick at the second. That’s just 68 yds to the hole. Oh, and that’s some bad luck. Yeah, it’s a bad break. You know, if he could have it had so much spin on it, if it misses the flag, it spins back a little bit to the hole as well. I don’t think it goes too long. Little unfortunate. Now at the third front bunker for Michael Thorjönson. Amazingly talented young player. There is a ridge in their screen. A yard more. That would have been close. Instead, that’ll be dragged back. We go back to the second. His scrambling’s been good this week. Eight from 12. Can he do it again? They all feel long so much here cuz it’s so difficult coming down that so many come up short. This is a messy, messy start. At nine now, John Ram. Yes, from 226 into the monstrous par four. And that is beautiful. 200 for the day. Suddenly in the thick of it, right at 400 par, three off the lead. Might even get closer here in a minute. Let’s go to three. Uh my fellow countryman Ryan Fox, one of the last players in the field, courtesy of a win last week, Myrtle Beach. And he gets it into red numbers for the day. Good start. That is his longest make of the week. This was just last week in the playoffs. Three-man playoff. Great sporting background, the Fox family. We added one more. Grandpa played from New Zealand. So did dad. Ryan a winner on the PGA tour. We go to 18. This is just the second group to reach the 18th which was such a brute yesterday. Bo Hustler. Oh, what’s so tough about this goes out an even par 36. And we go back to the second. wise choice using the putter here at two. Surrounds are as good as any greens you’ll find anywhere else. Yeah, they’re better than the greens I grew up on. That’s for sure. I’m with you. His father also a a great soccer player. Frank Matt Bon’s dad. What a lot of good sportsman in the field. Yes. Here at the six, there has not been a birdie all day. Tough hole location today. Dambo 50 ft away. That’s a pretty good putt for Bryson I’ll say. So that whole location impossible 38. Fantastic score in this hole. Andrew to three. Now the power part now for Thor Bjönson. That’s poor part. But you want to look get your crystal ball out in the future. That is a name to keep your eye on. Back to two. Well he’s he knows the line having seen Vaughn. Little bump coming off the fringe. Lost some momentum. Bad start. Bogey. Bogey. The championship leader. Drop back to six under in a tie. Now here we are at 12. Yeah, I mean Xander, by the way, with that bogey. We got 14 players now within two shots of the lead. Yeah, and that poor start really has brought a lot of people back into it. Just riding the ridge right here. I don’t think it’s going to stay up. [Music] It settles off the green, riding that ridge and into the swale and beyond. The 107th PGA Championship on CBS is sponsored by Jeep. There’s only one chrome Tour from Callaway, the new gold standard. [Music] and by Progressive Bundle Home and Auto and Save. Well, you want people to know you’re from Charlotte, don’t call it downtown, you call it Uptown. That’s right. It’s when you know someone’s legitimately calling Charlotte their hometown. So, go to Maroy at the 12th. after a 350 yd drive just grabs onto the back edge. That pitch mark’s going to be right next to the cup. I tell you what, after Vegas’s poor start, everybody’s back in it here to two. Ah, and momentarily co-lead, but could be the outright lead. Just the par. Two putts, two high misses. Have to mention that uh Mark Blackburn is helping out. Matt Fitzpatrick regular caddy is uh Mike Walker dealing with a family matter at home as we go to the third. Scotty second 188 to the hole. 185 to get up top. I think you have to land it down below. Frank, it’s trying just like that. Cole, it’s on the right level. Prides himself as usual on his distance control. That should feature as the day goes on. Back to two. Firm just inside the left. Good save for the path. Back to back holes where he’s made good putts to save P. Had three French female major champions, but never a male champion in a major championship. Can Pavon be the first? Well, that leaderboard not quite representing exactly where we are because Vegas is not in the hole yet at two. So, it’s going to be a bogey. So, it’s going to be four tied at six. Then Ryan Fox at five. And then imagine this. All of a sudden, the big names like Scotty, John, and Bryson, and Tony, and Max. All of them only two back. Remember on Thursday, it was a leaderboard that well, a lot of folks had names on there that there was not great familiarity. But this is why you play 72 holes. [Music] So 25 players within three shots of the [Music] lead. Look at these at four. Just four back at 200 under par right in it. Let’s go back out to the third hole. Longest of the three seaw smashed that T-OT just 166 left. Flighted it down. This man doesn’t miss the center of the face very often. It’s a little uphill, just slightly short of the hill. Still fine. Birdie them all to four. And Ryan Fox coming off birdie now at the par three. Playing 177 today. It’s the only par three on the course that is under 200 yds. And he’ll have a chance to make it backto back birdies to nine. John Rom has a look at birdie. Okay, but pause a good score at nine and going out in 33 with the poor start from Vegas. He is right in the thick of this and he’s going to be happy with that. Did finish tied for 14th at the Masters, but made the cut on the number. So, it’s been a little while since he’s had a legitimate shot in the major. Key T- shot for Bryson here. Seven. Well, he has showed up and bludgeoning one. Frank, that’s handsome. 193 mph ball speed right down the middle. It’s the only par five on the front nine. and you couldn’t put it in a better position. Now to three Vegas wind helping and pushing to the right fairway would certainly help the cause. Sometimes it takes a couple of holes to settle down. It’s much needed. Rarified air on the groups in major championship Saturday or Sunday. People in Venezuela will be watching. By the way, the Wana Baker Trophy has just left the Super Tower. It’s on the move. PJ of America is going to make sure it’s kept under a watchful eye because there’s some history here as it’s on its way to its next location. It’s been a symbol of greatness since 1916. And seeing that it’s one of the largest trophies in all of sports, it’s hard to imagine that anyone could just misplace the massive prize. But that’s exactly what happened a 100 years ago. And here’s the story. Known as the father of professional golf, Walter Hagen won 11 majors, including five PGA championships. The 1925 PGA marked his second of four straight titles, allowing him to retain sole possession of the W maker until 1928 when Leo Deagle shocked the world and upset Sir Walter. When Hagen was asked to finally hand over the trophy, he was forced to admit that he’d lost it three years prior after that 1925 win. Legend has it that Hagen left the W maker behind in a Chicago taxi cab after a night on the town. He claimed that he paid the driver to deliver it to his hotel, but it never showed up. Years passed before the trophy was found nearly 300 miles away in the basement of a Detroit factory. Nobody knows how it got there. It could not be explained back then and still can’t be figured out today. In its absence, the PGA of America had a duplicate of the waker created. And that’s the trophy we know today. The original, the PGA holds on to it just in case they need a backup. Yes, just in case. Walter Hagen. Oh, yeah. Here it comes to a new location for people to see it, celebrate it. Hagen’s name is on there five times. Jack Nicholas’s name is on there engraved five times at the third hole. See Kim to get to seven under in the lead. Not a lot of breaking it. Just got to give it enough. But nothing wrong with par here at the third today, Frank. It looks solid so far. We’ll go to 12. Here’s Xander. Miles away. Got to give it a big hit up of that ridge. It’s just climbed over. Keep going. Look at that. Misjudged. It is a severe slope. Now at 14, Tom Kim. This is second. Made a couple eagles here during the President’s Cup. Almost another, but just a tap in birdie. Back to three. Scotty on the right level. Huge crowds out here, Frank. They’re just looking for something to cheer for, but this start is so difficult. You got three par fours. One bends to the right, second bends to the left. This one’s straight. get that scoring stretch. 7 through to 15. We go to four. And the birdie attempt for Fox runs that one by the last player to win on tour and then win a major the following week. You got to go back 11 years. Mroy winning in Akran. And then Valhalla three. Good save by Max Homer. throws it right off the te yesterday after his round. I saw him spending a ton of time on the putting green. Paid off with a beautiful stroke there to 12. And can Rory get going for birdie at 15. Harris English at the par five. and he drops that one in. So, English has now made birdie at three of his last four holes to 12. And now for the par. Oh, that is some stroke. Oh, yeah. with conviction right into the back. Just six behind, Jim. Just six behind. We see six shot comebacks on Sundays. This is just Saturday. Aerial coverage coming from Wingfoot One, one of Goodyear’s four blimps across the United States and Europe, providing coverage of the world’s biggest events. It’s the first uh PGA Championship in North Carolina since 2017 here. course there’s one up the road at Tanglewood not that far away an hour and a half drive back in 1974 where Lee Trevino won Top Tracer tracing this hour is brought to you by Top Tracer the third rather quick swing of Matt Fitzpatrick everything’s pretty quick pretty organized seven iron 176 top deck wind blowing toward the flag. Just turned the toe on that. Got away with it carrying the bunker. So that makes that third shot a little easier. And that’s the thing when you got a little over the top move with the path going left. If you do chase the toe and the face matches the path, you’re going to get a hot pull. Now left rough pavon. Frank, he’s actually pulled a pretty decent lie. playing quickly again. 164 total, 161 top pitching wedge. Just hoisted it up. Denied by that slope. So that’ll be dragged back into the bunker. Little French flare comes through two loose southern area of France. Good thing going for Johnny right now is that he is going into a stretch of the golf course he has yet to make a bogey this week. Numbers three through nine all clean from a mental standpoint. Do he’s almost got to try and erase what’s happened on the last couple holes and reset. Try and find a positive. Okay, I’m still tied for the lead. Let’s just fall back into the rhythm that I had the first couple days and start to string some good shots together. Back to the basics. You can see he’s in between clubs. Eight’s probably too much. This is nine. Yes. Contact was solid. Left of the flag. That’s safe on the putting surface. That’s about it. Trying to be the third South American major champion. Not riding on these next two days to four. And now Fox to remain one back. Oh my boy, that not look very good at all. Barely got to the hole from just a few feet. Over to seven. Rio hits it. Sunni nearly wet with a second mammoth putt. Well done from there. It’s a steep slope you have to go up. 23-year-old having a great PGA championship. four and Seaw Kim who has six wholein ones on tour since 2016. Colt, that’s a lot of expensive bars. And that’s another good looking shot from Seawwood. Chance to get the seven under by the way. He’ll pay them too. He’s not afraid. At the eighth, Tony Fen out. Long bunker shot. Oh, beautifully played. Bounced it into that steep bank there, Trev. One under through seven. Chance to get a couple under [Applause] today. It’s Sunni, former rookie of the year on the European tour. It’s a couple of years ago. This tremendous performance, two birdies, rest bars through his first seven holes. This is the attackable stretch to four. Sheepller’s T- shot. Also an eight iron for Sheffler. Oh, and it comes out. What a shot by Scotty. That’ll get him going. He’s been looking for something to jump start his round and he just found it. Bogey at the opening hole and then backto back pars. But a great chance for birdie here at the fourth to three. Pavon his third. 0 for two from the bunkers this week. Seven to rely on the short game. Doy. It’s not a good sign on a windy day. An expected but uh not good sign. Yes. across to eight. Very short par four now to get to five under. He is in the mix. It’s all changed in the last hour now that leaderboard. Yeah. Right now we’ve got 27 players within three strokes of the lead. Now back at the third. Fitzpatrick cross-handed ball back chasing it across the slope. Well done. Still quick, that’s for sure. We saw the huge T-shot of Dashambo. His second at seven. 200 covers everything. Hurting wind. That’s nuclear a sixiron. touching. It’s not too bad there, Mark. No, not at all. That’s a great break. It would have been much tougher if it dipped down into the bunker. Surprising four. And Sheffller, who played with Siu Kim the first two rounds in Dallas a couple of weeks ago at the CJ Cup, Byron Nelson shot 6163 in route to his win. And a very comfortable pairing for Sheffller and Max Homa with them as well today. And Scotty taps in for [Applause] Birdie Sheffler to five underpar. And Andrew, after those two rounds, Seu said, “My game is trash.” After watching Scotty do what he did. Take another look. Right on target, Trevor. Yeah. Hoist nice and high. You got six yards between the bunker and the whole location. Just covers. Shitler is on the [Applause] move. Let’s go to three. Outside chance for three. An awkward one across the elevation change. The coin scrubbed a little speed off it. But you want two majors. He’s just trying to settle in at the moment as we go to 15th. And McNeely has a birdie putt. Yes. How’s this run from Mev? Right around and in. He’s got the best round going on the course right now. He’s four under par through his first six holes. Back at the fourth, it’s Homer’s second. And Trevor, he’s been working so hard on the golf swing. But to come out here and miss your first four greens in regulation, that’s got to give you a little stress. Yeah, for sure. It’s going to be a little unsettling. But hey, the conditions are going to be much tougher than they’ve seen all week. You look at the trees in the back. That wind is starting to get up. Just got to hang in there. Another player who missed the green back here at three. Now the pile part for Von. Wow, that’s a couple of good saves early on. Putter is on fire there, Frank. His last 11 missed greens. The greens he’s missed, he’s got them all up and down. And Homer now will have this to save par. Yeah. Did not lose his turn. Not a lot in this one though. Would love to repeat that stroke he made back at the third. Shot a 64 yesterday. That was a career best for Max at a major. It included a back 930. So, some good feelings for Max on the back, but he’s got to try to steady it here on the front. And this wind is giving these guys all kinds of trouble. And it’s even on the putting green as well. It’s just so gusty. blows really hard for a couple of minutes and just completely lays down at times. Trying to stay stable and read the wind on the break. That’s big part for Max. Walks it in. Saves Par and remains two back to three. Finishing up. No problem [Applause] whatsoever the Englishman. Good solid stop. Hit a hole. And now Siu Kim for Birdie. It’s all about this club for him right here. Very reliable ball striker. This one can be a little inconsistent though. And it goes in and Sew puts his name at top the leaderboard. Seven underpar for Siwu Kim. Never finished in the top 10 at a major to three. So Vegas now the chaser first par of his round. Look up find himself behind now. So many players back into the picture now across the seven. Tambo being one of them. The eagle chip. Frankie wasted no time going to that lofted wedge. Just bumble one through the fringe. That was tasty. No sweat whatsoever Shambo should guarantee his birdie and get him to five under. We go to 10. And the third for Rom at the par five. Playing 606 today. [Music] [Applause] [Music] And Rom will have that putt for birdie. New leader at Quail Hollow is Seiw Kim. But anything can happen this afternoon with the wind picking up. Should be a great day as the third round rolls on here on CBS. Well, entering the week, the FedEx Cup standings, the leader, Rory Mroy, then Seb Straa, the winner a week ago at Philadelphia Qriket Club. Get your junior into the game and go to drivechipandputt.com and learn more and register for a local event near [Music] you. We’re at the fourth and Matthew Pavon with his T-OT. That is eight iron away left and riding the wind. Hell of a chance to make birdie at the fourth for the third consecutive day to eight. The young man from Japan, Rio isune for birdie at the eighth. How about that? Just one back now of the league. 22 years of age watching this young fella Matsyama his idol. I think he’s taking him under his wing as we go to five. And we have our tournament leader, Sew Kim. Wind hard off the right. That is a tight little fade right down the center. Mhm. Brought the flight down a little too. So getting some roll. He’s won before in the Tar Hill State up the road in Greensboro. That’s exactly right. Back to the fourth and Fitzpatrick. That’s another eight iron, but holding itself into the wind more. Haven’t seen one there so far today. Up to five. And Scotty coming off the birdie. That’s weird. Another beauty. All right, hold on. Just two off the lead. Let’s go back to the fourth and Vegas. That is a sleeve of eight irons that needs to get down. Andrew also lost on the wind riding it. Okay. Yeah, these part threes not easy, especially with the wind today as we go to eight. It certainly is wreaking havoc. Playing alongside Sunni is Alex Norn and he too makes a birdie at the eighth. So Norn five underpar total two under today at nine. Tony Fenel, he’s two back. He’s just smoked a drive out here. 320 plus. Helpful at the long ninth. That’s well played. Almost a carbon copy of what Rahm did earlier at 10. And Rom for birdie. Nicely done by Rahm who moves to within two of the lead. His fourth birdie of the day. Now back at the fourth. This hole was created in 2016. Tom Fazio took the land where the former par five fifth was located, created the new par three, fourth, and the fifth as well. Look at this lie here, Andrew. This is awkward. Yeah, quite sure he didn’t practice this before. It’s even hard because the shaft itself is so much thinner than the grip. So, the feel is completely foreign. Don’t anchor it right. And that left for a par for Fitzpatrick to eat. Can Bryson get it there today? 316 yds to the hole. But he’s just going with a three and he is relishing the energy he’s getting from these throngs of people. Yes, he loves the big moments and the big crowds. That’s not a bad place there. Little cushion under the ball. 183 ball speed with fairway wood. Pretty impressive. That’s nuts. It’s nuts, isn’t it? Just amazing. And back here at the fourth, see where Leavon is trying to make birdie for the third consecutive day. It’ll be Vegas to play first. This exposed green wind blowing hard enough to be part of your speed calculations. Good putt there to five. Here’s C Woo. What a championship for him so far. A one and the lead here in the third round. just going to hang on. It’s really like the only one we’ve seen get just beyond the hole, but he’s so cautious there. Look, he’ll play aggressively. There’s uh there’s no pumping the brakes when it comes to Seawwood. Scotty at five. Yeah, dead center today. Oh, sorry. I was thinking a whole wedge. You going to probably ride it, do you think? The last [Music] hole barely on the west side of South. Yeah. So, it’s not really helping much. Of course, right now, this flag is showing us right now. It is red. [Music] playing 44 to cover the bunker right now. But you’re getting coming down. Yeah. You see the guy in the white hat just left of it? The stink back. Yep. Yeah, that’s a good target for you, bud. Yeah, it’s great right now. So, he switches out here at the last moment. He played the first two days with Xander and Rory and bettered them both by six shots. Trevor, I would say we still haven’t seen the best of him yet this week and he’s right there. Agreed. We’re talking about a little hold up here that went strong right to left. It just died all of a sudden. Yeah. Coming right back at you. The flag is laying limp at the moment. 12 yds between the bunker and the whole location. He’s trying to fit it into that zone. This one here. Yeah. Back to the original. Yeah, it’s great. [Music] So, he had the wedge out. Was going to try to ride that right to left. Now switch to the nine. So I expect this to be a hold shot. [Music] I like this cuz he can take it down out of the wind just a little more. Boy, he just chipped that. That needs to hustle. One good bounce. That’s good. Very good. It’s good commitment and control when you’re feeling unsure. back one to four. And Daddy Pon must have been watching Vegas’s putt closely. Almost too closely, Andrew. Yeah, followed him to the right side of the hole. 211 and second from the side slope for Rahm. 2011 to the back left hole location. Look at that flag. It’s almost missed the green so far over there. Oh, he’s missed it left. Oh. Oh, that hit something hard. I hope that gentleman or lady is okay. But uh you can hear it right on the top of the head. It looked like it did look like that. Yes. Oh, he’s a big strong feller. He’s all right. Ears will be ringing though. I can promise you. I’ve had a ball land on my head before. Yeah, I’ve missed a had a couple as well. It’s not pleasant at four. And not a pleasant experience for Fitzpatrick here at the par three. This is the par putt and a little work left for bogey to nine. Tony F now over a birdie putt to move within one. Giddy up in the hole. And that’s the kind of pattern we generally see out of Tony when he’s in contention on the weekends. A little short on speed four. Fitzpatrick with bogey. He falls two behind sew Kim. [Applause] Thank you Andrew. Yes, we saw his T-shot. Now Bryson second. Putting surface always plays really firm. Good lie on that rough. Yes. I think having that lie enabled him to play that shot with some roll a little easier than if it had been in the tight turf. 16 the long para Neely from the high side. Good things can happen out here. [Applause] And what a run he has had too with that five under his last five holes. Good things can happen here. Day three. I hope your heads are right, my friend. It’s good. That’s good to see. We’re enjoying the third round, the 107th playing of the PGA Championship. [Music] What was it? [Laughter] I got real worried by there. doing it pretty. All right. Yeah, we’re good. Let’s go, John. Thank you. [Applause] That’s your beer drinking. [Music] [Laughter] Well, the gentleman there with the glasses on his hat, he’s uh he’s been given the assist, that’s for sure. As John signs the glove and hands it over to him, he was very concerned. And I can tell you where the ball finished up. It’s about going to save him a shot because down there left was absolutely dead. Impossible to get up and down. Over at five, Sheffller for backto back birdies. Here he comes. Scotty Sheffler’s within one shot of the lead in the third round of the PGA Championship. [Applause] Meanwhile, over at nine, Sunni coming in here at 6 under mainly out of the left trying to figure out if the wind is helping or hurting. And he’s misjudged that by a couple clubs. Back at five, Seiwoo just saw Scotty make in his group. Can he match the birdie? got so much talent. He’s won a players championship. When he won up at Sedgefield in Greensboro, he shot 60 in the second round that year. Won that tournament by five shots. Let’s go over to eight for Birdie to Shambo to get to six under. And he too right up there in the thick of things with Sheffllock one shot back looking for back-to- back major championships wins in North Carolina at five. Max trying to grind it out here at the start just for a par. He’s been leaning on this putter all day today. Delivers again. coach. Wow. Short game clinic. Yeah. Has not hit a green in regulation yet and he’s stepping onto that 6T which is a brutal part three. Back at nine is Satsuni who was the European Tour player of the year a couple years ago. The DP World Tour rookie of the year rookie of the year I should say which is the Sir Henry Cotton Award. Meanwhile, at five, here’s Pavone. 154 covers everything on that line. 163 hole. [Music] Okay. Stays in the shorter cut. Boy, we’re at 17. How bunched is this right now, Ian? It is absolutely incredible, isn’t it? We have 16 players at four under, one leading at seven. Maverick McNeely, best round on the course, five under through his first seven holes. 187. Oh yeah. Come on. Come on. That will be a treacherous little pitch from there. Slight downs slope. Now let’s see what John Ram can do here. Can he make four? Take advantage of the the header from over there. Long left. It’s trying. You just know, don’t you, Trevor, there, that, that if you hit it too firm, you can chip it across the green. Absolutely. Easily done. I’ve seen it. And five, Fitzpatrick. Pretty steep lip in front of him. That’s why there’s pitching wedge in his hand. Roasted it as hard as what he could. had to got it in the middle of the green. Retraces its steps back toward the front. Let’s go to nine. Bryson off birdie off his left. I think that’s a little too straight. Lining up that bunker. Right at 330. Okay. Stays out of that in the rough. Back to Vegas at five. Enormous T-shot lob wedge. Okay, easy. Now this last uh grouping, Leavon is even. Fits Fitz is plus one and Vegas is two over. Yeah, no mojo at all out of that. This is a par attempt at nine. Isatsune. What a save. Oh, he is just cutting so beautifully. Second on the week. JT Poston is leading that step. Young man from Japan making it from everywhere. Look at that front nine out in 32. Easy. Let’s go to 11. Can he take advantage? Not to be for Ram. It will be a bogey. Drops him back to four underpar for the tournament. But still only three back here with the bogey. [Applause] See, I think they have it. Oh, I got it. We went to Everybody [Applause] Dr. Well, there’s a bit of a wait at the par 36th hole. Wind picking up here in Charlotte. See Wu Kim. Well, he likes the sixth hole. Made the hole in one yesterday. And why don’t we take a look cuz yesterday it played 252 yards. Is the longest ace in major championship history. The reaction is topnotch from Seawoo. And the last player to make a hole in one the week of a major and go on to win the major was David Toms at the 2001 PGA Championship. Just look at that right there. See likes long par 3es. last year at the open 238 at the 17th. He made it back here at five. I’ll never forget that David Thomas home and one that was with a fivewood back then too at the 15th hole on Saturday at Atlanta Athletic Club as Pavon races that one by just a bit but well [Applause] done. Of course, David won here as well. Oh, you got it teeed up. Of course sellers does. Here we go. Tom’s Sit on it. [Applause] 2001 when he had that remarkable up and down at the 72nd or down and two from about 90 yards out. That’s right. Now back here at five uphill fighting the whole way. David Tom’s a winner here at Quail Hollow when the tour came back here 2003. Okay, we’re at the ninth and here’s Bryson live. He’s drawing a good line. Just got to watch out for a jumper out there. It’s nine iron. 175 to the front. Wind helping from the left. Okay. All in all, not too bad. Yeah, it’s exactly what he said. That’s not terrible there. He and Scotty and that group one off the lead. We got Vegas now needs something good to happen at the fifth. starting to show a little frustration. Meanwhile, this group has to be patient. Still waiting at the sixth as we go over to 17. Yeah, second most difficult hole throughout the first two rounds is Maverick using the putter. Was pretty well done from where he was. Had two or three different breaks. I actually think this is the toughest hole location on the screen because if you bail out to the right because you don’t want to be in the water, it is so hard to get up and down. Exactly. Right. Back at five for par. Okay. Walks it in. Not a lot of positivity out of this group right now. Of course, these opening holes will do that to you in six. After you get through five, which is had its own issues and difficulties, you got six. Some of these things you can happen to you here on that green can fall off on the back right, the left side. Little false front a touch. The only hole today yet to yield a birdie, the sixth hole, but Scotty Sheffller is starting to heat up. The T-shot at the par 34th and this one almost goes in. Tap in birdie for Sheffler at four. And then he followed it up with this putt at the fifth. And now on the T at the sixth. Yeah. But first we go to five. Pavone gets down and two from that back left side. He stays at 600 par. All pars. Yeah. A little bit like Homer using that short game to just hang in there. They’re ready now at the sixth. Andrew and Green is clear. See if Sheffler could put one close. I think he’s looking 30 ft right of the hole here. Just no reason to mess with this whole location, but I was wrong again. He’s going at it and he comes up short. And that is why we’ve seen the majority of the field just go to the middle of the green as you said 35 ft away. Cole, you’ve got the bunker there and that false front. There’s it’s a very small target today and that’s why we’ve yet to see a birdie. I mean, I think it would be tough to get close to from 150, let alone 221. Seeu has four iron out and Andrew I can confirm that his bar tab at Royal Oaks Country Club back home in Dallas has been open since yesterday. You got the best sources in the business. Colt will do anything for a free drink. [Music] This one on an aggressive line as well. Needs to fade. Hang on. That’s the same spot we saw Ron not be able to get up and down from. [Music] And the final grouping is waiting and watching now as Max Homa is on the te. I’ve seen five guys hit this shot so far today, Andrew. Pretty much all them have gone at it. And I think that’s because they know if you get a good lie in that front bunker, it’s not the most difficult up and down. Yeah, I agree with that. Is this one enough? It’s got his attention. [Music] [Applause] and to the back of the green for at the challenging par 36 252 yesterday and playing 221 today as we go to nine and here’s Bryson playing with a lot of freedom Jim and the speed the sense for the speed has been on point today. Yeah, here’s another good one. He’s got it all going on Trev right now. He is looking so so so solid. Okay to save and keep the run going at 17. Maverick McNeely. Oh no. At that speed how that didn’t curl back in especially with the wind that direction as well. Oh that’s bad luck. May have jumped into the top 10 in the world rankings earlier this season with his good play. Said that’s what he’s always felt was his goal. Try and get into that top 10 in the world. Is that Sunni? He’s looking for his first major win. Bryson, he’s already got a couple of US Opens. Why not a waker? Scotty Sheffler’s got something to say about that. Or is it Seu? Can he get it done? [Music] Saturday, CBS, we tip off our coverage of the WNBA season with the matchup between defending champion New York Liberty taking on Caitlyn Clark and the Indiana Fever with our coverage beginning at 1 Eastern on CBS and streaming on Paramount. on plus back out to the six and Sheffller out of the bunker. This should be no problem for him. Really good lie. Yep. Hold on. That’s why you’d always rather be below the hole with Quail Hollow. [Applause] Final grouping waiting back on the tea. And we were just talking about it during the break. We’ll we’ll get back to that in a sec. But first at the 10th, it’s Atsune with his third. 129 in and he goes beyond the green. Now, what we were talking about amongst our team here during the last commercial was only 35% of the field has hit the green at the par 3 sixth hole this week. I don’t know about you, Andrew, but I would count that one as a green regulation. That was very close. And now homo with that for par. So the wind is moving that more to the left. Yeah, that’s the second hardest screen in reg to hit the ninth hole. Just 33% of the players this week. Back at 10, Davis Riley with his third. Who’s in the left bunker off the T and a beautiful recovery here. Riley almost knocks it in to 12. Here’s Rum again. That back left hole location. Few have found it today. Oh, but this is nice here. How well judged is that? Skipping it back there. See so many of them try to get back there then peel off to the right side and off the green. Back to six. And Seu with his second. If that drain wasn’t there, he would go with the putter. Forced to bump it. That’s a great shot. Sure is. Now back at the 10th, it’s Atsune with his fourth and he’ll have that to stay one behind Siwu Kim. Now back on the tea at the 10th, it’s Dashambo. went from the right and watching him reminds me of Bob Jones who said just hit it hard, it’ll land somewhere. Has been his strategy. And this time it lands right in the middle of the fairway. Now back at six. Homer for par. Just love a tap in par at some point. Walks in another. He’s a scrambling [Applause] man. Now at the 15th, the par five, Schoffley going forward and two gets a friendly little bounce there and he’ll have an eagle putt. Xander currently eight shots off the pace, but we’ll have an eagle coming now. Back at the sixth, see Wu Kim for his par. I can’t tell you how good that chip shot was, Andrew. That was not easy. At the 12. And this for birdie for Rum. Just gave away one at 11. with that one. Let me tell you, lately in the majors, this is the club that’s really betrayed him. So, the par it is three off the lead. We’re back at the sixth and Pavon on the T. Four iron loves to see the ball go from left to right, but it’s holding against that wind. And another miss green here at the sixth to seven. JT Poston nearly in the water with a second. Lofts it up. So well done. And Poston will have that to get to five under and within two to 10. And Davis Riley, you saw his beautiful approach. Now this for birdie. Davis Riley is just two shots off the lead. His third straight birdie. Now back at the sixth, our final grouping. Vegas has backed off a couple of times, staying with the five iron. Brand new set of old school blades in here two weeks ago. Hates it. Big ball was hit first. That was super fat. Happy dad. Yeah. Might not get a birdie here at the sixth hole today. Four iron for Fitzpatrick. All flight is lower. May be able to eliminate some of that wind. And that one’s going to find that false front and roll right back off. So, nobody on the green here at the par 3 sixth hole. Let’s check in with Amanda. Joining us now is the president of the PJ of America, Don Ray Jr., thank you so much for joining us. One of my favorite things about this week is to watch the PGA golf professionals tee it up in the field as a part of that Corbridge financial team. And when I think about those 20 PGA golf professionals playing alongside the world’s best, what does that say about the strength of their game recreationally? We’re so proud of those 20. I mean, they have the game, right? But they also have a day job. I mean, these are the coaches across the nation and they represent those 30,000 that you probably know when close to your golf course. And we’re so proud. And then when even I look at the leaderboard, you know, I see the the best players in the game and they’re powered by PJ coaches sometimes. Randy Smith, a PJ member, coaching Sheffler, Scotty, since he was a teenager. That’s amazing to me and makes us really proud. It is. It’s inspiring in so many different ways. But when I think about inspiring, I immediately think about the impact that PJ of America makes in its community and beyond. Talk about PGA reach and the impact those organizations are making this week. Yeah, there’s three areas. One’s PGA Junior League. I’m going to that right after this. 77,000 kids played this last year. Boys and girls playing together, numbers on their back. It’s so cool. Tuesday this week, PJ Works fellows were here. 14 of them. They got tours around this entire facility and looking at how can we get a job in the golf industry. Isn’t that amazing? But I’ll tell you what, Monday, the governor made Monday PJ hope day. He proclaimed it. And that was our veterans tournament. We we call it the veterans major, but it’s the secretar’s cup. And Jack Ashenbach was the PJ member who led that veterans team to victory. North Florida won. They made a six-footer in the driving rain. It was amazing. But that’s what this week is. It’s so exciting. So impactful. Thank you so much for the time and enjoy the rest of this incredible weekend. I really will. Thanks. And my son had his first PGA Junior League match a couple of days ago. Such a great program and he had a ball. Now at the 15th, Xander for Eagle would be the first of the day here at the par five. It just comes up a little bit short, but that’ll get Schoffley back to even par for the championship. [Applause] played the par fives at five under trying to defend his title and now over at the 10th. No Eagles at 10 today either. Mark, bad idea to miss to the rut, but this is glorious carving a fade up against the rut’s left wing. He’s begging for it to be good. Oh, blew the whole lot. Wow. All right, back at the sixth and Jonathan Vegas will be first to go. Not much choice but to go the high route here. Cover the false front. Couple of checks and stop. Really nice. Well played. First time he’s made the cut at a major in four years since the 2021 US Open to seven and seek finally a hole. Frank, you feel like if you hit the fairway, you can attack. Well, it starts to run the next nine holes. You have five of the easiest holes on the golf course. That’s most likely going to be a layup from there. Still make four the hard way. Go back a hole. And now Fitzpatrick saw how you do it. Did it even better. The 107th PGA Championship on CBS Sports is sponsored by Titalist number one ball in Golf, Taco Bell, and by T-Mobile for Business exclusive 5G solutions partner Justin Thomas. What a scene it was with his Father Mike winning the PGA Championship here at Quill Hollow in 2017. He would go on and win it again. 2022, the Waker at Southern Hills. This was the champions dinner gathering on Tuesday here at Quill Hollow Club. Great to see some of those from way back when like Dave Stockton, Lanny Watkins, Al Sutton, and all those that made their way here. Great stuff. At 18, Maverick McNeely. Well, he had a stretch, Trevor. 14- 16. It was an amazing highlight reel. Yeah, absolutely. It was five under for those five holes. Did bogey 17 though. Back to six and Pavon with putter. This was a very quick decision. Gives him the best margin, but he just didn’t hit it hard enough. That also highlights how great Sew Kim’s shot was pretty from pretty much that same spot. Yeah, great call. Aerial coverage provided by Goodyear celebrating a 100 years of their own. There’s an American icon with the Goodyear blimp looking down at Guell Hollow. You’re just outside of the South Park region, the Queen City of the South Charlotte, North Carolina. Back over at the sixth, what’s it looking like for Pavon Doy? We got a wind pushing it downhill. A word from France, Andrew, is that his mom, a golf teacher, professional after being a top ranked amateur on the national team for France, she’s too nervous to watch. Said she’ll watch highlights later, but she can’t do it. It’s okay, Mom. Trust your boy. I’ll shoot. sees him make. If she was watching, she would have seen his first bogey of the day. He was bogey free yesterday. First time he had done that in a major. He drops one here at the sixth hole. Daddy, what is going on with the wind right now? I think the gusts are the most difficult part. It’s uh it’s hard to heat up, so it’s difficult to figure out how far the golf ball is going to fly between heating and the gusts. It’s doing exactly what they said, though. Southwest, maybe a little more to the west later in the day. Big putt here for Vegas. Knock this in. You got a par five coming up. huge. He’s done it. Seems to have settled in a little bit to 13. This would be a rare birdie at the par three. There’s only been one here so far today. This is tricky. That 40 foot range. You see the tilt of the screen. Strong set of par threes at quail holo. Yeah, great fight. Had to be defensive there. Arms played the path three three over so far this week. Probably be about average players in the field as we go to 10. And Bryson Mark Immelman getting some relief. Absolutely, Andrew. Temporary movable obstruction in behind this green. Just trying to figure out which direction is not closer. The hole [Music] tied for six after the first round. You’re always going to be interfering closer. Making a move today as we go to 11. See how far down the grip he’s gone down here out of this thick rough. Going with the wood cuz a lot of times that’ll cut through the grass more than the iron. I agree that hybrids and lofted fairway woods the way to go in this thick rough. A lot of players put them in this week. Nine woods. Seven woods. Yeah, [Music] you would imagine laying up here. Seaw at seven. Yeah, Frank. 258 yards left. Had some lip issues there. This will be just fine. Not a day to be a hero on the par five Saturday. Saying this stretch, three par fives. They all fought between seven and 15. Speaking of par fives, 10 and Bryson’s ready. Typically plays these with very little wrist hinge. Floats it up in the air. Decent life playing uphill. landing right back into the grain. That ball stopped so quick. Bryson three under on his round. Things are heating up here at the 107th PGA Championship. [Music] The Charlie Cifford Golf Course, the Dr. Charles L. Cifford Golf Course, a nine-hole course just 11 miles up the road from Quail Hollow, named in honor of the Charlotte native and golf pioneer and world golf hall of famer Charlie Cifer. the winner of the Hall of Fame back in 2004 and was granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. We’re at the seventh after a long way. And after a good break, ball ran through the bunker. This fivewood and he’s begging. I need a big for that. That’s a great shot. A lot of people have gone for this, but not many have kept it on the putting surface. Now walking off the 13th green John Rom as he hits to 14 into the 14th hole on the T. Humbling Fleetwood and Rom the T5G on 14 powered by 5G solutions from T-Mobile for business is elevating the viewing experience. 267. That wind helping and out of the left touching that 20 mph mark and gusting above that. Easiest hole in the golf course today. There’s been three eagles. Probably less than driver for wrong. Really trying to figure out the wind. And that it is little more really blowing. Just look at the trees. Yeah. Which do you think it is? I thought it was a little straighter by way. Yeah. Listen, if it ends up in that little chipping area, even the bunker’s fine. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That’s a nice way of his cing saying don’t go left. Yeah. Bunker is fine. The little little low area that you can chip from is fine. His cat’s got the local knowledge. It’s Adam Hayes. He lives right here in Charlotte. Big shot though. You’re three off the lead and so many things can happen right here. As you said, three Eagles already today. Oh yeah. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Set up for a possible fourth. Beautiful shot by Rom. Just fantastic after getting the call off. Beautiful. Let’s go to seven. Max Homer’s only got an iron in here. Just pounded a T-OT down here. 219. He’s got a little more popping than that lately. Yeah, this is a problem though. Oh, that is [Music] wicked. getting a greener regulation was in just the go zone there and just hit the worst shot you could possibly hit. Yeah, that is seriously wide. Frank Date and second now for JT Poston stay up top. Yes, it has nice action there from the tight thin lies back at seven. The third shot now for Seawwood. Has 122 left. Back into the wind. Going with a little chip pitching wedge. Trying to keep it left of the hole. It’s pretty good. I’m sure KJ will be watching. KJ Troy that is the father of Korean golf. I’ll have big wide open face lob wedge. Get it as high as you can here. It came out quick. Uh-oh. Came out so quick. That’s what we talked about before, Trevor. That comes out hard there. It gets across the green in a heartbeat. Only one birdie all day there cuz you just cannot get close to that. Now 10. Bryson for a share of the lead. He knew it right away. So a disappointing par at the par five for Dshambo and he taps that in to remain at six under. Great position off the tee but not able to gain any ground as we go to seven. Now the seventh there is so this actually stayed on the bank. Maxim trying to fly it up top there. break. Is he going to hit a green in regulation? No. Did get a break with the second though, so that will be for birdie. Tell you what, I’d have liked to have seen that bank shaved to punish that poor shot. Of course you would. Wow, JT, that’s You don’t get many opportunities for birdie. You’ve got a couple of holes, haven’t you, Frank? You got seven and eight on the front side and then you got 14 15 on the back and that’s about it. Yeah. Then you got to hang on through the green mile. But we talk about seven here. Scotty Sheffle. That was a great second shot. That we go to 11. Not a difficult chip, but this is for par. very aggressive going for it. Left himself a little work left coming back. See how the water just meanders around this seventh hole. Address the front of the screen just a couple of years ago in preparation. Starts a very good stretch, Colt, where you can uh do some damage. You definitely feel like you can. The rest of the holes are so hard. He’s been living on the edge on this seventh hole so far, but somehow has an eagle putt. Slam the brakes on. Started off with that bogey, the opening hole, but birdies at four and five to 11 left edge. Air will hold. Beautifully done. Former Junior champion from Kasumi Gaseki Golf Club back in 2017 where we played the Olympics back in 21. Now Bryson on the tea at 11 straight back into this heavy ring. This is a difficult T- shot. Oh, it’s not 1:00. It’s up on top of the hill in that ry rough. Good angle for the flag but won’t be able to control the spin. A homer for a zero putt. Should be pretty quick coming down the hill here. Moving to his right. Good effort. Seven putts through the first six holes. Hit four fairways. It’s been referenced. Has not hit a single green in regulation. You know this young fella, Frank Ryan Fox, he can get there as strong as he is. 180 ball speed. Oh, something in that bunker gave him a nice little assist. We’ve seen head is at 11 with Ram now with some leprechaorn or squirrel something in there in that bunker on eight throwing it out. Maybe it’s that turtle we saw the other day. He’s got a good arm back at seven. Leprechaorns in Charlotte. Now see what can for birdie been trying all different kinds of putting methods. Frank, we saw him a couple weeks ago use two putters during the third round at the Byron Nelson. He went cross-anded orthodox back to the long one. I’m with Trevor though. He looks the best with this one. Totally agree. I actually asked him see two putters. He said no no actually three because sometimes he likes to go with his three-wood when the other two aren’t working. He’s a beautiful man. He’s the best. and he leaves to 12. Eric Cole is on this par4. Found that little back left quadrant and has this putt for birdie. Get there. Tumbles in to get to four under par. Okay, that’s three in his last five. [Applause] a man who made a hole in one on Thursday back at seven and well mark the time if he holds it Frank tie the lead not much in it either it’s one he definitely expects to make up the hill a little bit of right to left breaking it Scotty Sheriff world number one tied for the [Applause] Didn’t take him long. Three birdies his last four holes. Pavant back there in the middle of fairway. He knows what just happened up ahead. Still waiting for Homer. This for five. is keeping him alive. He’s got to find a few greens. 11. Okay, let’s see how thick this rough is for the big hitter Bryson. Actually drawing a good life and she could angle to the back hole location. Middle of the green. It’ be a really smart play all day long. Wind stalling that some. Well, he’s found the surface like so many greens here. More three putts at this course than any other on the PGA Tour. It’s a It’s a tough one. Now, Pavon, that is four iron away. Three under on the par five so far this week. That’s a lovely shot. Fade up against that breeze. It’s fine. Bit far away from where Sheffler was. Group ahead. Green’s still incredibly firm. It’s what you’d expect at a major championship. No Frenchman has won a major championship in the modern era. Ano Massie of course 120 years ago on the open, but 1907. Now Vegas, same club away after getting relief from a sprinkler head. Oh, this is good. Little unlucky that firm bounce pitched in the ups slope. Just missed it by about a yard. That’s still makeable there though, Frank. That could get him going. Good pass at it. Now Fitzpatrick one club less been doing a lot of drills in the time in between shots trying to move his left hip faster. [Music] Tossed it high in the breeze. Hit a brick. Scotty Sheriff tied now with Seiwa Kim. I think he’s trapped. I think he gone there. Yeah. right at it. I mean that’s kind yeah I would say yeah like I mean read like this I would say almost right at it you know I mean be pretty aggressive yeah but I mean you need to help with that other club right and you got to try to enough. I just I mean just a nice control, you know, like high high30s right on 40 shot. Okay. Good. We are back at the 12th and the Satsumi coming down the wind here. Oh, got to be right. This won’t stay on the green. He knows it, too. Rejected. If you’re just joining us, Scotty Shuffler has picked up two strokes through the first seven holes and he has tied Seiw Kim for the lead at seven under par. And Bryson Dambo is bogey free. Three under for this round through 10. Just one back. Let’s go to the eighth. And they’re waiting on the tea. And this is why Ryan Fox putting for an eagle. Got a little fortunate with the bounce out of the bunker to find that green. Been a couple of New Zealand men’s major winners, Michael Campbell and Bob Charles. Frank. Yes, Bob Charles. 1963 Open champion. Michael Campbell won the US Open. Now, Fitzpatrick, a US Open winner himself. Very good bunker player. Top 20 on the tour. Back into the wind. Oh, that had a good sound. I think that’s a good tip for fans at home. Frank, you see how far down the grip he went there almost onto the steel allows you to go ahead and swing it harder. Still waiting at the eighth T. Scotty and Sew, they played a lot of golf together and they they really enjoy each other’s company. Back in Dallas a couple of weeks ago, they played at the Byron Nelson as we go to 11 now. And Bryson long birdie attempt two would be good. Birdie attempt in name only Finchy. This one uphill initially then turning downhill down green and some wind influence. Your call on two putts is perfect. He’d happily take that. See, once again, they’re so afraid of letting this get left and past the hole. Back left four path for Shambo to stay one back of Sew and Scotty. Uh, it’s a good view over here at 14. Yeah, John Rom knocked it on this par4. Close as putt just inside 10 ft for Eagle to get within one. Not too much break. Just keep that speed up going back up the hill. [Music] That was good looking. He loved it. Still, he’s going to tap this in. Pick up another shot. There’s two within two shots of the lead at 5 under par. This goes in. Boy, big names making a move today. Is three under. As you said, Bryson three under, Shepard two under while others have struggled. our overnight leader Vegas two over. This is the scoring zone here 14-15 because 16- 18 coming up. Good luck. Yeah, absolutely. That green mile is so brutally tough all week in particular today with these gusty winds. It’s going to be cutting right across those three holes. And here’s Rah’s reaction. He hit a perfect putt. You got to turn ball back over at seventh. Hole seven right here through 15. That’s where you got to get it done. Von’s bird this hole the first two rounds. Did a much better job than we saw Scotty Sheffller. Fox tapped in for Birdie. Oh, was that cutting too much? Oh, this is way right. Needs to get lucky. I I think it caught a tree cold. It did. It spit back out in the fairway. There it is. Just short of the bunker. How’s the two brakes he got and Ryan Fox got here at eight. Wow. I mean, how you going to beat this guy when he gets breaks like that? You’re not. That was heading into the trees. We saw some players up in there last year. And this is There it goes. And Scotty getting all of the luck. Remember the previous hole? His ball skipped out of the fairway bunker and he was able to knock it on in two. That’s right. Now Vegas, just dump it on the green with some conviction of let it release. Settle. Settle. He’s got his eyes all over it. Frank, that’s fast down there. Nothing’s easy for Jonathan today. See now following Scotty. Scotty plays pretty well when he’s playing for Sew. His average is 66. have played together 10 times and they played together in Dallas a couple of weeks ago when Scotty shot 6163. That’s uh pretty amazing. 6163 will work most times. Frank say that again for birdie just the speed of the green. You couldn’t hit it that much higher. Couldn’t hit it that much firmer. Cross to 11. Okay. Very important part. Keep the momentum going. Yes. Perfect speed. Wonderful two putt there for Bryson. [Music] Little unfortunate from the te that the wind didn’t bring that back into the fairway, but gets out of the 11th with a par. Okay, Jonathan Vegas now. turn the ship around. Well done. Well done. He can reach eight. Stayed patient. Good man. Speaking of eight now, Max, this is a new driver in the back this week. A little more forgiving and he loves it. He’s driving it well. but he just hasn’t been able to hit a green. But he should be able to chip it on from there and maybe well maybe a chance of chipping in for a two. And he’s picked up a ton of speed with that driver. I’ve seen ball speeds well over 180 for him. That was really good, wasn’t it? At 12s. Oh, in the high route. He’s got about six feet short. He’s two off the lead. The 107th PGA Championship brought to you by the PGA of America and our more than 30,000 PG of America golf professionals. We love this [Music] game. We love this leaderboard too, I might add, because look what has happened here. What has happened is some luminaries have been rising up the ranks here. Sheffller one of three tied at the top. Dshambo drafting Rom in the race as well. He’s actually minus five under par here in round three. [Music] I could [Music] hit you now. Fire up those engines. Let’s go. What a way to start today. Yeah. Wow. and we are ready for a great weekend here. We’re seeing some big names rise up to the top now. Welcome back to the PGA Championship in Charlotte. CBS Sports so proud to continue this long-standing relationship that was rekindled in 1991. Crooked Stick in Indianapolis. John Daly’s remarkable win is the ninth alternate. We’re on the T at 12. Tracing this hour is brought to you by Tom Tracer. It is pedal to the metal on every te shot for Boston. Oh, that is just smoked. That is a cannon shot [Music] right down in front of the green basically. gives it a look like take that. Let’s go eight. Can he take advantage, Colt? Second hole in a row. He’s got a great break. He normally makes these look pretty easy. Not bad. They come up a little short there cuz the bank’s very steep and long is no good. To the other side of the course at 12 and Rio bearing down on a par putt. Okay, avoids backto back bogeies. Back over to eight and seaw drive miss left. No tree trouble. Has to land it short of the green and try to chase it back there. Oh, that hit really soft on him. Yeah, just not enough to get up that hill. playing his 10th PGA’s 29 came out here early back on the tea. Vegas tied at the top at 7 under with Seu and Sheffer looking on has the power to get there as well. This hole today 316 yds. How’s that lie here at for Max Colt? Sitting down a little bit. Has to put some loft on this one. Oh, that’s just textbook. All right. Can he make a birdie? Get it back to even par. First green in regulation. Hit a great T- shot. Nice chip. 13. Rio hits it. Sunni. Two birdies so far today. you get 75. They moved the TE’s to the right a few years ago. Took some trees out there. So, it’s a slightly different angle. They had to tweak the screen. Plays about half a club uphill. Rezes helping. Very difficult to get it close today. No one’s hit it inside 5 ft. That is by far better than most. Good shot, but that is a quick putt down the hill. Back to C will be first to putt. Tricky read here. I believe it wants to move to his right, but it looks like he’s aiming right of the hole. Yeah, I know it does definitely move to the right at the end. Little misread. By the way, CBS Wednesday, the must-see finale of Survivor. These contestants are going to try to play the green mile with Will Hollow. We’ll see who emerges. No, that’s the wrong copy. Don’t miss the End of the Wildest season yet. There it is. The Survivor finale. CBS Wednesday 87 central streaming on Paramount Plus. The finale of Survivor Wednesday. Okay, back to eat and for the lead. And Cole just like sews just dove off to the right. They just don’t see it. Yeah, this eighth green is tricky. Up on that little back shelf remains tied at seven with Siru and Vegas back on the tea. just a couple of weeks ago shot 31 under par at the Byron Nelson won by eight shots. Over to 14. Tony Fen now is here. Managed just pars the first two days. This hole maybe owes him. All the good shots have landed about 10 yardds short. Kicked up. Some kick here. Trickles on. It won’t be a par today. He’s got a shot at Eagle. Will it stay there though? There’s a little drop off. A little bit early on the call, too. [Music] Still should be able to do something with that. I think so. Chipping back into the wind. All putting if he takes relief from the drain to 15. And John Rob going forward in two. No Eagles at the 15th hole so far today. 252 to the hole for Rahm. And he’s going to come up a little bit short, but in good position to maybe pick up a shot and get up and down for birdie. Back to eight. May birdie up ahead. Another two tap for their pass. Just 299 front. Plenty to get there. And that will stay on the surface. So Vegas two putts to get to eight under bar. This is a good fight back from him. It really is. Total start. Bogey bogey. Come on, settle down. Stop. Stop. Tell you what, those hammies are loose. He’s getting that knee up there. Just asking for a friend. Did that T-shot go over or under the Goodyear plant? That one is headed left. And if it can get somewhere around that tree and have an open shot, that rough isn’t very thick. Yeah, not too bad. Doy stayed short of the tree. This hole averaging almost the same as some of the par threes out here today. The uh eighth hole averaging 3.6. The 17th hole averaging even tougher, 3.7 M. [Music] and up there almost where Max Homer ended up. No problem at all. Hole high. Easy chip. Makes a difference. The forward T there and a bit of wind behind on the T at nine is Scotty Shuffler. Sher with this wind hard off the left. Not the easiest T- shot when you like to fade it. No, he’s got to take it up into the trees and then let the wind hit it. Okay, just caught the fairway. You can see when they played this event back in 2017. Look how far back they moved it. Eight years later, add another 45 yards. And we got three par fives over five par fours, excuse me, over 500 today. And now Seiwi this two up the left. He hit it there on day one. Did he get lucky? No, he didn’t. Settled down and thick stuff at 12. Bryson after blasting his T-OT to within 95 yds of the hole. It’s going to have to be Crafty from here in the step cutter. Rough strong downwind. Flag at top that plateau. Oh, this better get to scooting. [Music] Wait till you see the break coming up on this spot. Yeah, coming out the longer cut there. looked to me like he caught it higher on the face and it didn’t get all the carry he wanted. Going to get a read though first, one of his playing companions, Seiwoo, pass players champion, Jonathan Vegas, who led after Thursday and Friday. And yes, the name that everybody notices, Scotty Shuffler. Those three are tied in round three in Charlotte. [Music] Okay, second shot now for Matt Pavon. Did draw good line on the putting surface a third of the way with some go on it. Yeah, don’t adjust your sets. That was left hand low. He and Matt Fitzpatrick both chipped that way. It’s a good way to do it if you got get a bit yippy, a little bit skippy with that right hand. Try it ahead tonight. And it’s Fox for par at the ninth. Just gave up on it too soon, but it is a bogey. Back at the fourth, he missed one even shorter to say, apart from about three feet. Back to the eighth. Yeah. And left hand low. Fitzpatrick. different hand position, but still a lot stronger, a lot more keeps the left hand going down the line a little bit easier. Yeah, it’s um his looks a lot different the way he grips it. As we go to 12, there’s brac coming off a really sound two putt on 11, but this one equally as challenging. Pretty good here. So good. Oh guys, that was spectacular. Yeah, he is looking so super solid. Bogey free. bombing it off the tea. This guy has figured out a formula that works for him in the major championships. Five of the last seven he’s been in the top six and that includes that win at Pinehurst over eight. This is his 836th hole in major championship golf and he’s only had one eagle. Could this be second? No fright factor in this at all. Go ahead and hit it. That was a bad part. He’s left that four ft short. Now 13 downhill. Chance to pull within one for Rio. Oh, that can stop anytime it sit. Little frisky. It’ll be up to the task on the comeback up to nine. Oh, seeu off the pine straw up against the edge of the rough, too. He doesn’t have much here. 222. This is way right. Trevor, I don’t think this man’s ever hit the safe shot. No. No. Never. He is one of the most aggressive players out here. Backs himself all the time. He’s going to need a break. Part of the reason he struggled in major championships. Yeah, that’s fair call right there. Not the most disciplined. Well, that bounced around for a while. Makes for good TV though, Trevor. Sure does. Always fun to watch. We pan back here. Let’s see what he’s got left. Okay, clear shot back at eight. Pon for birdie. Been watching that for hours, Doy. They think it goes the other way and it gets right at the cup and goes right. So, just the path for Matt stays one behind the three-way tie at the top. Over to nine and Scotty Shaffler. That’s six from 214. It’s on a nice line. Sounded nice, too. Birdie punt coming up. So, seven of the nine greens hit by Sheffler in regulation. Back to eight. Another putt that tends to stay right. Wow. And quick pass the hole again. Absolutely gassed it. Yeah, I mean the Chip from the rough was not very good either. Now 13 the uphill puck for pile can be firm. Well it’s going to feel like a birthday with no presence. Very disappointing. 15. John Rom big opportunity here with the green mile lurking. A birdie putted 15 and he’s got it. Ram to six under par to eat. Well, little bit of work left here for the par after being just off the green in one. Still no birdies on the card. It’s packed up today. Only two back though. Scoring is tough, but over at 14 they’re having more fun. Fenel. So he did take relief from that drain. So got the putter on it. Well done. He’ll be tapping that in to get the well to 500 par. Vegas is about to break out of that three-way tie. He’s got a short one coming up at eight for his birdie. But Tony Feno is one of those in contention here. as is this guy at 13. Should suit his little draw. Strung down wind. That is pitching wedge from 196 Frank. Well, his lofts are jacked up, but I don’t care. That is sensational. Pitching wedge. Great shot. Here is that birdie putt. Oh no. Basically giving it to him. But another one that misses on the right side there at eight. The tail of 2025 for Jonathan Vegas up to nine. Unbelievable. Wasn’t hard to believe. So here’s Seeu. Can he get up and down? And Trevor the brakes these guys are getting unbelievable. Clear opening. Got to hit a super flop shot. That could have ended up in such a worse place, but that second shot. All right. Outside shot to save P. [Music] Got a shuffler birdie puck coming up from about 20 25 ft on that green. The 107th PGA Championship on CBS Sports is sponsored by Maxfly Tour Performance Player Approved Jeep. There’s only one. And by Tailor Made, QI35, a distance and forgiveness collaboration. We’re inside the Champions Locker Room here at Quail Hollow Clubhouse, which officially opened in 1967. Now, the Goodyear Blimp soaring through the skies of Charlotte down here in the South Park area, celebrating 100 years. Great time to celebrate all the many things that they have covered through the years, the world’s biggest sporting events. And we’re back back to that chef attempt for birdie. He’s just patiently picking this golf course apart. This for the lead outright. Seven greens in these conditions is pretty impressive. Yeah, it sure is. Wind gusting all over the place. It’s what I said at the top of the show. Nobody has control with the irons like Shefflin. He would probably prefer for the wind to blow harder. The T at nine Vegas. [Music] Jonathan trying to shake off that three putt. where it appeared to be a near certainty he would take the lead alone as he had held it both Thursday and Friday as well. Then we’ve got Kim for putt for par downhill down grain. Just really got to get this one going. Just let it feed the entire way. Everybody’s missed this to the right. That’s his first bogey in a 19-hole stretch. And that leaves just two now tied. Sheffller and Vegas. Couple of Longhorns tied at the top. Fabone is on the tea at nine. Give himself some space for that fade. Teeing up all the way on the right. Well done. Let’s go, Maddie. Good day, team. We’ve got Rory. This is his ninth hole of the day. He’s one over on the round. You saw him make birdie at 14, but then he drove it out of bounds at 15, made six on the hole, dropped another shot there at 17. So, he’ll go over to the first hole. Got nine more to go, but he’s nine off the lead. And we’re at the ninth with Homer. Oh, that really did break. That’s a bogey. The putter lasted for eight holes and eventually gave in there at nine. Boy, Fitzpatrick’s unloaded some long T- shots today. Get this. Sneaky. That’s at 180, too. Seriously. Are you serious about that? Through it. Pretty cool little trajectory there, too. [Music] Scotty go. [Music] [Applause] Woo! Heat! [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Great job. Good job. [Music] Adam Scott with a long birdie attempt at the 15th pole. During the high on the course, you saw Cam Davis with an eagle at 15. as we go to nine. That was some shot. Was it Crash Davis from up at the Durham Bulls or Cam Davis? The way that hit the flag stick and drop. Here’s Pavon at nine. Subtle. [Applause] Starting the second side is Scotty Shuffler. Andrew just an absolutely strike T-shot from Scotty Sheffler right down the middle. No Eagles at the 10th hole so far today. Sheffler in a good position off the T. Back to nine. It’s Patrick. Wind hard out of the left seven iron. Wind needs to start hitting it. There you go. It’s been a tough year for Matt. His best finish on tour was just 22nd at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill event. 13. 8 and 1/2 ft to tie Bryson. Downhill rut to left. Good stroke, Frank. That caught a lot of the hole. Had way too much speed on it, though. And you hit it good, too. And you’re right, Trevor. Just an only thing that kept that out was the speed. Nine figures. Better angle, one less club. [Applause] re that crawls just past the Fitzpatrick. Second shot and back to 10 and Siu Kim on the T. Time for the man who loves his caffeine to hammer a Red Bull and get this thing going. That’s what he likes to do. I’ve never met anybody that can drink as much Red Bull and coffee as Seawwood Kim, let me tell you. Well, that was a jolt right there. As we go to 14, it’s Davis Riley. Well played shot. He’ll be the defender next week in Fort Worth at Colonial. shots like that last year to win it May. Let’s go to 16 after a big T- shot. Just 167. It’s so hard to get to the right hole location. The breeze is coming from the right and he is the only one that’s been able to go right at it. What a shot from Rah. That for three in a row. Now back to 13 here. Mark, that putt went some 4 feet past. Yeah, a little bit of a shock to the system. You walk up here and you’re thinking, “All right, inside 9 ft. Make a birdie perhaps and all of a sudden you got this uncomfortable range and he’s grinding over the line because there will be a little movement up the hill.” Frank, Bryson with the putter in that direction. He uses that line in the middle of the ball. So, really does focus on the start line of the putt. He leaves no stone unturned. Of course, the very next hole is the breachable par four. Gusty winds at top the screen right now. Got to keep your balance. A little too. Couldn’t make two mistakes in a row. Be interesting to see. Fun to see what he does on 14. [Music] Back to nine. Leavon. He’s got to be clever here to get down in two. Uphill for the first third. Then turning left. Hopped on him a little bit. Still pretty good. Darn right. Mom can look at that one. That’s right. There’s Bryson jumping up on one of the great stages here at Quail Hollow the 14th. He’s playing with Pendrith and Richard Bland. This 14th hole certainly has provided fireworks today. T5G on 14 powered by 5G solutions from T-Mobile for business is elevating the viewing experience. So far today, we’ve had eight players knock it on the green on this par4. Be able to keep it on there out of 36 going for it. It’s about about the same, if you will, ratio that were hitting the green on the par 36. That’s exactly right. You know, so Bryson with his two US Open wins, Wingfoot at Pinehurst, the runner up last year to Xander at Valhalla. Definitely less than driver here, Mark. Yeah, this is threewood tre of 13° has a 15° fivewood that spins more. Wind is really freshening right now over the left shoulders. He plays it. One thing is I’ve watched him play in these gusty conditions, Trev, the ball flight has been really tight. Not much side to side curvature. really with that wind slightly off the left, he can play that draw and just hold it up to straighten the flight. It’s a hole he has not taken advantage of the first two rounds with a pair of pars. Lacks the line. He has potential. Oh, he flew it over the bunker. Marshall did a good job of not only getting up but still holding on to the chair. He can’t believe how far that’s gone. And neither can I at nine. Here is Fitzpatrick. Mirror opposite of the pavone attempt for birdie. It’s been a tough slo for this final group. Meanwhile, up ahead, chance to strike at 10. Sheffller’s second 263 to the front. He’s hammered this right at it. Is it enough? That’s going to come up just short and then roll to the right. That’s a popular spot today at the 10th. Playing 606. Definitely not a gimme up and down with as fast as what it is around the hall to nine. Vegas a chance to take the lead alone again. Lots of help from the Fitzpatrick putt. Just didn’t have it high enough or hard enough. Shouldn’t be stressful though. Vegas who grew up with his family on an oil camp in Venezuela set up by an American oil company and the company ended up building a 9-hole golf course for the employees. His father was a caterer there for the old companies. Oh, and Pavon does not get down in two. That went left off the blade quickly. Let’s go to 10. Siu Kim second. Got the DoD out. Mhm. Good driver. Oh, this is a missile. Seaw Woo shaping that thing. Yes. Where come to rest? Wow. That is in a good spot right there cuz he’s chipping right back up the hill. Makable. Love to see it. It’s a nine. And Pabone. That’s a bogey. One over going out at 16. After the purest second shot I’ve seen all day on this hole, you think of formality to the 30-year-old. Three birdies in a row. Twice a mark. Twice a major champion. Now tied with Sheffller and Vegas. He hits to 17. Ramen full fight tonight. Here’s Vegas. So, just like Pavon won over 36. Next May, the PGA Championship will be contested at beautiful Aronomic Golf Club in New Town Square, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. To register for tickets, visit pga championship.com/register. Registration closes soon. We know the support we’re going to see there with the Philadelphia Golf fans. We saw it last week at Philadelphia Cricket Club. We’ll see you there next week. Make sure you go in and register for tickets to Ronic in 26, PGA Frisco the following year at the PG of America headquarters. the Olympic Club in 28 and then Baltra will get back to hosting the PGA as it did in 2016 when Jimmy Walker won. Of course, Phil won there in 2005. So, all those venues, look forward to seeing them down the line, but look at our leaderboard. Just look how bunched it is with Sheffler and Rahm, major champions tied at the top trying to add to their amazing resumes. in Vegas. The third member of that lead group. Well, they’re on the 10th tape. Just played the first nine holes in about two hours and nearly 50 minutes. Not quick. Not good. And they’ve been waiting. They have working on getting some better extension through the golf ball instead of kind of short arming it. Calling four early. And you can see the ball into the pine straw here down the tenth for Vegas. Meanwhile, up at the green, Scotty Sheffler is getting set to hit his third. Andrew, it looks like a pretty simple shot, but this lie is so tight and it’s on the down slope that the green actually runs away. Other than that, pretty easy. Yeah, as Trevor pointed out, it’s not a slam dunk up and down by any means. It’s giving you a taste of what Quail Hollow can provide right here. That came out with so much spin on it. Brilliant. [Music] Great shot by Sheffller making the difficult look easy. He’s on a little down slope. Let’s check at the contact. Oh yeah. Chopped it right on the back of the ball with plenty of angle of attack. Bringing that spin loft down and creating a ton of fizz on it to 17. Okay, John coming off three birdies in a row. Knocked it stiff at Frank’s hole there at 16. Hardest hole on the golf course today, the 17th. Only one birdie. It’s a little hurt right now. All day. Little bit of hurt playing 187 little, you know, 70 just to take out racing by Top Tracer is brought to you in partnership with Rolex. Yeah. All right. The reason it’s tough is it’s the toughest hole location front right. If you bail out to the right, it’s a very difficult chip or long putt. 46 ft is the average proximity here, Trevor. Looks like he’s got it set up right at it. Hold on up against that wind. One arm. Yeah. Maybe if there was a little rake there, he could have skipped up onto the green. Sound like Johnny yesterday. Yeah, pretty much the same place. But that might be easy. Doesn’t look hard, does it, down there, but you’ve got to come up quite a steep bank. Just to uh f you in on what happened yesterday. Johnny Vegas leading the tournament. Similar to what John just did, leads it out to the right, lands in pretty much the same place. Watch this. [Music] hits the rake. Could have gone anywhere. Could have gone back. Could have been into the bunker. Could have bounced back in the water, but up onto the green. So, a good break there for Jonathan Vegas. I’d like to see Rakes left in bunkers rather than out of bunkers if I were the boss. I don’t like them on the outside. I think they should be just facing the angle of play in the sand. as we go back to 10. And Seu with his third. Couldn’t have left it in a better spot. Was kind of del on it a little. Yeah, that was weak. Shot was not that hard. He looks back down at it. Didn’t read the lie correctly. To 14. Here’s Bryson playing back into a strong wind. make this very difficult shot a little easier. He’s played it well. Oh yeah. That is [Music] [Applause] [Music] nice. Having a little chuckle about how good that was. Back over 10. And Vegas making his way. And then up ahead on the green, it’s now Siru Kim to join the leaders at seven under par. Nothing in it. Just hammer it home. That’s a bad part, Trevor. Sure is. Did the hard part well and then struggled with the easy pot to 15. Tony Fen now has a chance to get to six under his putt for birdie. Oh, how did that not go in? Come on. Tony is asking himself the same thing. Talked about the importance of the 15th. really your last great chance to score with such a difficult stretch coming in and Fen walks away with par. All right, back at 10. Sheffller for the outright lead. Very similar putt to what he had yesterday. Wow. not able to get up and down as we go over to 14. Well, he’s had a couple of chances here. Eight and 10. Talking about Scotty. Well, Bryson can make it a four-way tie at the top if this drops. And he’s spent a few chances as well. Jim, I think of 10. I think of 13. Both very makeable looks. Was a little flumxed here. So called in Greg Boddine. He’s caddyy for an extra set of eyes. Trev the way the wind’s blowing across this water right now. You have to bear that in mind on the read. Got it set up a little on the left side. He joins the leaders. Bryson Dambo makes it a four-way tie at the top. They’ll head to a par five ready to pounce. The cream is rising. Look at those top three. Shefflambo Vegas joining him. Let’s go to 15. And Davis Riley just one shot back. 262 to the hole. [Applause] What a tease that was. Thank you. Back at 10. And you can see Vegas’s ball in the pine straw. He’s waiting for Pavon to hit first. 300 yds right to the hole. 269 to the front. And what a line this is on. Okay, look at this. Have not had an eagle at 10 today, but maybe we’re about to get one. A great shot there by Matthew Pavon coming off bogey at the ninth 211. Seeu with driver here at the long par four. This one fading up the right side should catch the fairway. We’ve seen a lot in that right rough go. [Music] Vegas is second. Four iron going for the long running hook. Wow. Yeah, look at this. That ball seemed to be nestled down in that pine straw as well. That was awesome. Great shot there. Be in a similar spot to where Chefer just was. Great job by Vegas to get it out of the pine straw. What’s the key on those shots, Trev? Well, the angle of attack. You want to make sure you get the ball first and don’t catch any of the pine straw between the face and the ball. He had the weight leaning left and then kept the sternum and the head moving in front of the ball as he powered through it. Now, Scotty, moment to go. That’s a big pull. Ian needs to miss the trees. It did miss the trees, Colt. Just nestled down in that left rough, but that’ll be a tough angle to that back left pin. Now John’s going with the sand wedge or lob wedge here. Thought he might putt that one. Just trying to spin it, wasn’t he? Had it must have had a really nice lie there just in that second cut. I thought he would have putted as well. Left himself 10 ft to remain at seven under. Here’s Bryson on the tea at 15. Strong wind across from the left. Once again, full send, but that’s on the wind. Andrew [Music] heading right. Wait right. May have caught a little bit of a break there. I agree with you. That could have kicked in the other direction. Came down in the rough. Just a gorgeous day here in North Carolina. The 107th playing of the PGA Championship. [Music] We’re back here at the 10th and Jonathan Vegas with his third shot. It gets very speedy beyond the hole. Went pushing it too. Andrew could hear by the contact. He didn’t quite catch it. Little ground first there. So, not nearly as much spin as what Sheffller created. Xander Schoffley did the same thing when he played the 10th hole. See, Vegas was asking for it to stop and does not get his wish. As soon as you hear that little double click, you know you got a problem. 17. Little quick left to right putt here for Ram. He thought the same as me. Thought it would dive right. Not to be. 10 and Fitzpatrick. Nicely played. Now at the 15th. Alex Norin out of the bunker. His fourth is good. Norin holds out and he’s now at six under par. His ball was in the bunker right next to Davis Riley and Norin puts it in as we go to 11 and second for Scotty Sheffller. Horrible eye. I don’t think he can get this all the way to the green end. Just trying to get something up in front. One of the harder holds all day, Colton. That’s all he could really do. One birdie here at 11. Only one birdie at 17. Both Cameron Young. And now Vegas is here at the 10th hole. As speedy as the third was, this is slow. They get to eight under settle for par here at the 10. [Applause] PGA Junior League is bringing friends, families, and communities together through golf. All with expert PGA and LPGA coaching. Find a team near you at PGA Juniorleague.com. It’s a good thing. We’re 10. Let’s see if we can get the first eagle of the day at the 10th hole. He was shocked the ball actually stopped and didn’t go beyond the green. It looks shocked after that putt as well. But a birdie for Pon bouncing back after the bogey at the ninth. He’s now at six under. As we go back to 15, Davis Riley’s ball was right next to Nor. Can he do the same thing? No. [Applause] So Riley will have that putt for a share of the lead as we go to 11. Scotty set to go here. Boy, that’s a great angle. Shows you exactly how why this is so difficult. And he’ll play this totally different than he did at 11 on the back foot using that leading edge. It really runs away back there. It sure does. I think so. It’s so easy to get past that hole that will not stop. Nobody stepped on it, right? These fringes must be rolling about 10 on the st meter, I think, Cole. They are very tight and very quick. Not too many players in the world of golf. Better than Scotty Sheffer at that shot. You can’t believe it. around 12 ft 15 ft by now back on the tea. Our final grouping of three and Fitzpatrick. He has picked up a lot of speed over the last couple of years and now gaining confidence again. Yeah, that was 184 Doy and he drills it low too which is good for the wind. Very good wind player. US Open champion of course Brookline to the last hole. Here is a T-shot. This as difficult as any you will face and it just happens to come at the final hole at Quail Hollow. And just think tomorrow the pressure will be on the late starters trying to find the fairway here when they need to. The wind’s hard off of the left and he plays the fade. Needs to start it down that creek line. [Music] Well, he didn’t have to watch. Ripped it. Undaunted by all that negativity. That was beautiful. 13 top 10s in 33 major starts, including those two wins. Now back at 11 after the easy birdie at 10. Pavon much higher apex. See that 131 that’ll be pretty close to normal. The big guys maybe at get it up to 150 sometimes. You saw Fitzpatrick under 100. Now this is Seiwoo. See them trying to get the hands high there once again way down the grip. Boy, something bothered him there, Ian. He’s looking down at the ground. I think the lie confused him. Yeah, I think he felt someone stood on his ball there or that ball was sitting way down. Davis Riley to join the leaders at seven under. He’s got it. Back-to- back birdies for Riley and he adds his name to the top of the leaderboard with Sheffller to Shambo and Vegas. Speaking of, what are the odds? Jonathan on the T going for the draw. See the right foot way back there. You want to hit a draw, that’s the way to do it. Shut your stance off. Bring the club back to the inside. Let it turn over on the way through. That was beautifully played. Opposite for the fade, of course. Open up the stance. Wow, look at this one. To Shambo’s second block. Fivewood crushed right at the greenside bunker. Are you kidding me? [Music] If anybody can do it, if anybody can do it. But it kicked down into the left corner there, so he’s going to have a better angle. Not a terrible spot. Seiw out for the par. Tough putt. Yeah, cold. I heard him say to his caddy, man gets there. You sure no one stood on this? And then he asked the question, but that’s what he was concerned about that lie. I don’t blame him. He couldn’t hardly see the golf ball. But that hole averaging well over 4.3. Lots of difficult par fours here. Eight par fours over 450 and the par threes are all brutal. Now Scotty’s chosen the putter. If you’re going to make a putt, it’s probably from this side cuz you can be a little more aggressive up the slope. You see the 18 ft away, but yeah, he’s coming back up the hill here. Moving to his right. Tough to get it all the way there. Damage done from the T. Missed the fairway. couldn’t control the second and another bogey. We have 14 players within two shots of the lead here. Midway through the third round of the 107th PGA. You can feel the tension out 16. Davis Riley doesn’t have the firepower you would think to carry the bunker. 340 to get over that. He’s good enough to find this 40 yd wide fairway. Well positioned the trio at the top rearied here. 18. This is Keegan Bradley for birdie. This will move him into the top 10. Captain Bradley. Yes. Oh, he’s got a shot at this tomorrow. Sure does. He’s already won it before. His name’s on the w maker from 2011 when he beat Duffner in a playoff. He played that green mile in one under par with two pars and a birdie there at 18. That puts him within two of the lead and that’s a round of 68 complete. Here is the 11th. Yeah, it’s just another one of those brutal par fours, Jimmy. So many difficult holes here. It’s a long course. try and turn it around the corner like Jonathan Vegas did. Pretty narrow fairway there. The roughs cut in on the right side. Back left hole location is a tough one cuz it’s just so hard to get it into that area of that pin. Only one birdie today and it was from beyond the pin by from the Goodyear blind looking up the 11th. All the aerial coverage provided by Goodyear. Taking innovation to new heights for a century. Happy hundth to the Goodyear blimp. And Doy, he seems to have settled down a little bit now after that shaky start. He has. I And I just think there were there were two holes where he could have really changed the conversation here. That coming an eight and then the last hole of the par five. But still very much part of it. Chin is up. Oh, well above his feet here. And a downhill lie. Really something you don’t see very often. But gave him the opportunity to hit that lower draw to keep it out of the wind. That’s not too bad there. That was five iron. That’s a hard shot. Just off the back right. Over at 15 with Bryson. And he’s looking at his ball in the bunker. Mark go this camera in the bunker at 15 and see how much it moved. Tell you what, that bunker is faster than some greens that I’ve puted on. You see how quickly that ball got down there? No kidding. 11. Second for Fitz. Six iron away. Good lie. Nice flat lie in the bunker. Yeah, good shot. Middle of the green. That’s really all they’re after here at 11. Pretty strong winds out there swirling around. As I said, tough golf course over 7,600 yds. Pass 71. It’s the longest of all past 71 courses. Tory Pines is about 50 yards longer. That’s the only course we play. Over to 12. Here’s Scotty coming off his second bogey of the day. gave away a shot at the first, then the 11th. Tiny ribbon of fairway here at 12. I love this T- shot, Jim. Trees just frame it beautifully. This hole just got a lot easier from there. Yeah, for sure. He’s going to love that T- shot right there. Not an easy fairway to hit. About half the time players are finding the short grass. So, that’s a beauty there from Scotty. 21 to 11 and Von second. That same side slope sixiron not a comfy look. Doesn’t love to turn it over to the left. That showed. Not too bad at all. Once again, just playing a little bit safe. Can’t miss left at 18. Here’s John Rum after his T-shot traveled 322 yds. Oh, no way. Just rode the wind a little more than he was anticipating. Yeah, it was a good shot. 15. And Bryson’s ready with his third. A little fancy his chances from here. Perfect line. Green above him. Comes out good. Oh yeah. Comes out real good. Andrew, every facility in the Boston Dashambo arsenal is in full working order and he’ll have a putt to get to eight under par. What a leaderboard we have. You’re watching it all unfold from Quail Hollow Club right here on CBS. [Music] We’re back at the 15th where Bryson Dashambo has a putt for the outright lead. And it’s the kind of putt that’s going to grab your attention. There’s wind across him from the left hand side. It’s downhill, a little down grain. So sneaky for the right-hander because these left to right breakers are not the most comfortable look. This would be his fifth birdie of the day. You bet. Bryson with a fist pump and he takes it to eight under [Music] par. Firing up the crowd and they love it. [Applause] [Music] Another look and the reaction of the fans here in Charlotte says a lot 211 kind of sounds like Pinehurst. Maybe a lot of those fans came over now. Leavon screen is shaped like Pinterest. It looks like it’s going to roll off on all sides. That’s a good point. It certainly does look like a Ross Green. It’s a uh a difficult one here at 11. That was beautifully done. Said we go over to 16. Davis Riley 206. Doesn’t have to fly it all the way. So just letting the breeze drag it towards the middle. Safely on. Average proximity here is 55 ft. 11. It’s not too dissimilar over here as well, Frank. Same at 17. Vegas. Not too difficult to chip Doy. Little ups slope and then down and away. Yes. And I think learned a lot about the speed from Pavone’s third. Well, this is lovely. Yeah. Wonderful chip. Good putt from Pavon over there on the top side. Lovely chip. Up at 18, 36 ft away. John Rom for birdie. Difficult putt to read here. It goes right now and then starts to go left at the end. You’re not kidding. Yeah, he had the speed dialed up. It’s just so tricky, especially with the wind whipping across that green 21. And the Englishman, I’m sure he’s learned from that speed and direction as well. Oh, he certainly has. This will get your attention. Come on now. So, we’re going to have three pass there from our final grouping of three. Only one birdie all day. Well, strap yourself in here. Bryson’s on the tea. He’s going to That got the full treatment. Frank, that’s a big tree there on the corner, though. He’s far enough down past all that. a rough of no consequence for him. He’ll still only have very short club in 18 live to finish with 67. Okay. What a great round by by John Rob. This is what he’s been longing for since he left for live was to be able to get back and be a major championship contender. And we know just how big his game is having already won two major titles. He is right there. I tell you what, to make seven birdies in these conditions, watch out for Ron Demora. Very impressive. Over at 12. Here’s Scotty. Just a sand wedge left and he’s taking this left of the hole trying to use the slope. I bet he thought that might even trickle down a little bit more. But still, it’s a close-range birdie attempt coming up for Scotty as Bryson Dashambo is the new championship leader. Daddy. Yeah. Hang on. Okay. Anything a fraction off the left. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But mainly down finishing on that green side bunker. And we’re back. Davis Riley coaxes it up there at 16. Start of the green mile to 12. Pab that feed into that fairway beautifully. Shaped it just like it was designed by George Cobb. Might see a little mud on that one. We’ll have to wait on a report from Doy. Was that the message to start moving now? Yeah, briskly. Now, Vegas. Got to applaud all three of these guys. Super organized. Play quickly. It’s a good one. Now Joe Heismith at 18 is blocked out here. He’s had a nice day. He comes here three under for the round. Oh, this is dangerous. Oh my goodness. He was trying to put it back in play and hook it, but he had to aim it right toward the creek. Yeah, I don’t like that play at all. Take your medicine. Get it out there. Give yourself a power putt. He’s still right in this. Yeah, that was aggressive. Meanwhile, you got Scotty over at 12 and recovered the stroke lost on the previous hole. You couldn’t ask for a better look. Just barely outside the right. That’s the look right there all the way back. Burning time for Scotty Shuffler. Gosh, that was a beautiful read. He started it like on top of the edge just like Colt said. Nice bounce back. Well, you just never know. It’s too early to say anything’s a guarantee, but we had a final pairing at Augusta of Rory and Bryson. We could have a final pairing tomorrow. We’ll see. It could be Sky and Bryson. John Rom, meanwhile, is in the picture big time. What a round by him today. He’s in at 600 par after 67. Everything has led to this. The final reckoning here at Quail Hollow in one of the most difficult closing stretches in all of golf. It’s the green mile you’re talking about. Hottest hole on the golf course. That was ugly. The ripples tell the story. It’s certainly not an impossible mission. Oh my goodness. Just don’t self-destruct. And if all goes well, the water maker awaits. This is the PGA Championship. [Music] All right, Ving Reigns lending that uh magical voice to the green mile. We’ll see Ving and Tom Cruz in Mission Impossible. The final reckoning only in theaters starting on Thursday. Sign me up for that. You want to sign up for the green mile though? First, second, and third most difficult holes. It is an arduous onem walk. Dubbed the green mile years ago by the great Ron Green Jr., the famous Ron Green family sports riding crew. Here is 16. I would say it’s impossible to get it close from where he was behind that bank. Yeah, you’d have to have taken a leave of your senses to try and attack that flag from that line, Frank. But straight line goal from Bryson driver gap wedge. This is only 535 yds. Yeah. And to continue that story, Frank, we come to the middle of the green mile, the par three. Most daunting par three out here. Oh, come on. Davis Riley with seven iron. Well, it’s a popular spot, Davis. The wind not helping there. Bringing it in. Let’s get milk shakes tomorrow. And the toughest one, Jim, at 18. Yeah, it’s Joe Highmith playing his fourth after finding the creek. Working that right hand over there trying to hit the hook spinner and here it comes. But that Oh yeah, his caddy is Joe Lava the fourth. Let’s go over to Amanda. Joining us is now John Rom. This is your lowest score in a major since the 2023 Open Championship. And we’re going to just jump right into these highlights because there were a ton of them. And we’re going to start it right off on the first. Were you at this for Birdie? What a great way to start. Great drive, great seven iron. Um got a nice assist from Victor Holland in the lead and pouring the first one in. It was a fantastic way to start. And then we’re going to take you over to the third. This was unlucky and then lucky at the same time on the second shot with a little bit of mud on the ball and ended up in the perfect spot. Couldn’t be any easier to chip and obviously to make it to bonus. You’re top three in every statistical category that counts today. You said you got lucky. This was not luck, John Rom. No, this was having faith in the wind because it was it was starting to flip a little bit and uh it was a good number. Just trusted it and and hit a great wet shot obviously. And then the par4 14th. This was impressive. Five would draw. Yes. I can’t hit draws. Uh I mean I couldn’t I couldn’t hit this any better. You got to hit that shot, hope the wind does what it’s supposed to do. And to get the lucky bounce, then end up 6 ft away is amazing. It’s too bad I misread it, but still still a great shot and a great hole. This will be the first of three consecutive birdies. This on 15. Yeah, this is when wind started pumping. Holes were playing difficult. Uh left myself not the easiest pitch on, not the hardest. And I did good to get it there. and obviously don’t make the pot to bonus and then second and 16. I wish I could have seen the drive. Another drive, another draw. Uh and then that was perfect number for a 3/4 n iron that landed exactly what we wanted to skip that day and obviously can’t be much better. I always love your insights on the game and I thought you said something really great earlier this week. You watched a documentary on Patrick Harrington and he said how you don’t have to play perfect to win a major. you went back and watched your two final rounds of your two major championship wins and you were shocked by some of the mistakes that you had made and gone on to win. How does that mentality help you as you go for number three? Uh it’s it’s it’s an insight that you get after if you’re lucky enough to win afterwards. And I think you could learn this from anybody that’s won championships. Things go sideways. If it’s not on Sunday, it’s earlier on. And in a week like this one with the greens are this firm, the rough is thick enough, it’s windy, every day is getting harder. Yeah, things are going to go sideways and you’re also going to get good breaks, which is what happened to me today, right? I got two incredible bounces on nine and 11 off the tea that should have been in the rough and ended up in the in the far away, right? I was able to take advantage of nine, but not of 11. But still for somebody that likes to maybe express his uh I don’t know lack of fortune sometimes on the golf course more is more deflecting my blame. Uh I think today is one of those days where I can say I definitely got a lot a lot more lucky that I did unlucky and that’s hard to say in a major championship. Sitting in gratitude. We love that. Seven birdies today. Trevor called it special. It was. Let’s take it to 12. All right. Thank you. Good stuff there, Amanda. John here at 12 is Pavon Gap wedge only four yds beyond it. Be careful just off the back. And we’re at 17. Oh, on the tee here of the par three. Alex Norin 7. It’s good swing there. Right at it. and stopped short of a hole. It’s a rare one indeed. Inside 10 ft for Birdie for Alex. 16 third shot for Bryson. Surprisingly chipping from here. No hesitation with a player. Turns that face down on the lofted wedge. A lot of laughter. Nicely done though. Had a little less than 6 ft to remain bogey free for his round. Back to 12. Here’s Fitzpatrick. Same sort of caution flag beyond the hole. This is sand wedge. Trying to bump it up. Oh yeah, that’s really nice at 13. She cheffler now. 196 and down win. How do you get this close, Frank? It’s hard. It’s like a brick wall of a par three. And that has been a popular miss. No water like 17, but this hole has played difficult today. Just needed to cut a little more to 12. And here’s Vegas. Club is in the players’s hands. Continue to get shorter. Lop wedge. That wind is whipping there on top of the hill. Look at that. It sure is. There you go. It was just funneling straight down that 12 fairway and it caught him. 17. Also going with the sand wedge here, trying to bounce it in and spin it. Well done, John Ram from down there. Remember, he went high and tried to spin it by landing it on. I like that way better. Up at 18. Here’s Heidi Smith to get out of here with just a bogey. Okay, that was impressive. could have given a lot of this day back after the mistake with the second shot. But two under par round doesn’t have that major championship experience, but big day for him tomorrow. No question. Four off the lead. Let’s go back out to 12. Vegas. This will test his newfound confidence in this short game. Yeah, you see it right there, Donnie. 16. The power part now for Dambo. Fraction uphill. His first bogey of the day. Frank, that Sully’s what’s been a really sound day. That was more of a misread I think than a bad stroke to 12. Bon now. Definitely horrible. pretty good run at it. Back to 16. Finishing up a little bit like the putt at 13 where he’s trying to take the break out of some of the shorter putts and firmly by default though. Four-way tie at the top bodess well for tomorrow. Back to 12. Here’s Fitzpatrick. All of his really big momentum building putts have missed high today. This could make it a five-way tie at the top if he holds it. D had it again on the high side. 17 for the second birdie of the day at the toughest hole. 17. And yes, Alex Noran. And that was his sixth birdie of the day. Moves to seven under. Tied for the lead. Yeah, Su Ken back at 13. Sheffler remember in the bunker here. The par three king taking dead aim. How about another Frankie? Oh, he made the one at six yesterday. Glorious shot. C word. They say moving day. Quail hollow. Fourth time PGA Championship has been held in the great state of North Carolina. Eclectic bunch at the top of the leaderboard at the start. Vegas had the lead about quart 3 things started to change. Seawwood Kim made a move. She chef Hog and of course Bryson we knew he was going to be in the mix. Continued to change he’s hanging tough. John Rahm great round of 67 Vegas hanging in. Qu Hollowo standing up extremely strong today as we go to the closing stages of the 107th PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. [Music] Okay, here at 17 with Bryson nine iron in hand. Oh, it’s a big nine iron. Way up in the air now. Stalling on the wind. Oh, is the wind hit it. [Music] It’s gone. That is gone. Flew the nine up high, Mark. And the wind knocked it and just took it straight left and down. Unbelievable. He’s looking at those flags at top the chalet. They were going right to left. But the wind down on the green, the opposite thing. High and spinning in that strong wind. As we know, that’s the weakness. The distance control was halfway there and he started talking to it. That’s Yeah, that’s when he really needed to start it out right of the green and bring it in with the wind with that draw. Oh, puts a dampener on things. Can’t believe it. Talk to it all the way. And there you see. Didn’t carry. We’ll have to fire from the drop zone. And we’ll now have to get it up and down from over 100 yards for a bogey. Bad mistake with a nine. Now 13 bunker shot for Sheffler. Five times he’s got it up and down out of six. This is going to test his skills here. Frank. Oh, that’s got to be easy. There’s a slope over there. That’s tricky part too. Colt see that one missed more than eight. 18. Alex Noran just his second tournament of the calendar year. He’s been injured. Yeah. The previous tournament he played was the Dunhill Lynx back in October. He’s had all sorts of injuries. Neck, glute, hamstring. Out for 31 weeks. All of a sudden, he’s right back in the thick of it. What a return. Tracing this hour is brought to you by Top Tracer. Norin got a chance to get a tournament in last week, Philadelphia Qriket Club. And here he is tied for the lead in round three. And we go back out to 13. Scotty FA, you mentioned a tough punt. Very fast and breaking hard to his left. That’s not dead yet. You got Sheffller and Dambo making mistakes on par threes. Davis Riley on the Tied at the top. He’s feeling pressure. He didn’t show it with that swing. Asking it to be careful for the bunker. Jumped over it. It’s just fine. Now 17 and the drop zone. 112 yds. Here’s the drop zone. Only two balls in the water today. 20 for the week. Less than normal. by 125 and pretty animated discussion between Bryson and Greg Bodine trying to figure out the wind. Easy to fire it through the wind now after the previous mistake. Ball back in the stance lower flighted that for bogey swing as well. Felt like he made a good swing on the first one, but it it certainly didn’t react that way. got up really high into the gust. Tough to get a quicker putt than this at 13. Seawwood, he saw from Sheffller and Homer how fast this is. Just got it going, Frank. Oh, two’s a rare hair. They are not booing, that’s for sure. Great two. They’re not booing. They’re wooing. [Music] Speaking about cheers, Bryson Dashambo, I don’t think anyone gets any more cheers than he does. He is really a crowd favorite. He’s got to be feeling terrible right now though, walking up to a 30footer for bogey at 17. Tied at the top. More than likely dropped back to five, which would be 10th. 13 g his full attention. So shot dropped. They hit to the driveable 14 hanging around. Green cleared Matthew Pav. figure out that win a 17. Yeah, just while uh Bryson and his group make their way up here to 17. Matthew taking his time back there on the tea. And what a time to let that happen, especially with a nine iron in the hand. You must be feeling, wow, what what a stupid place to hit it. I could have hit it long with an eight iron. I could have hit it right. Or if you’re between clubs, the first question you ask yourself is where can’t I go? Where’s the trouble? Trouble is short and the trouble is left. So then you make sure you go ahead take a little more. Take that out of the equation. Totally agree at 18. Norton eight iron. Carve it in there. Oh yeah, he’s finishing so strong. Bird’s at 14, 15, 17. You sit on the sidelines for as long as he did and you you have a chance to like reflect and remember just how fortunate you’ve been to play this game that you love and everything gets renewed and rekindled. The love of the game and appreciation for competing. Kind of seeing that out of him right now. Yeah, a lot of times you just get a better and clearer perspective of things. Meanwhile, here’s Riley playing with him. Backing off that gust. Six groups from the end. You never would have guessed that there would be two of the four leaders coming out of this group. in that 12:38 t time right. So 17 and 18 lost the irions out to the right. Low rounds of the day so far. Ramen four under par 67. Riley and Norin both coming to this hole. Four under. We’re at 14. And Cebu win down off the left. That’s his mini driver. Needs to fade two yards. Ah. Gosh. Almost. [Applause] That’ll be okay there though. The 13. So Fitzpatrick and Pavon have already hit now. Vegas seven iron. He can control the line but just hopeful for a decent bounce. Getting so firm. He’s played this hole great so far this week. Make two birdies. That’s rare. Just needs to hang on the side of the green. 17. Yeah, we’ll have at 17. This for bogey for Bryson coming off bogey at 16 too. Frank something amazing must have happened across the other side of the lake. That’s on the other side of the lake. Uh this so much excitement around this golf course from 14 through 17. Couple of easy holes and three boots. No goes left. This green mile exacting its toll on Bryson. Back over at 14. This was actually where the noise was coming from. It’s Scotty Shuffler at 14. 3-wood on the way. Oh, baby. Be as good as you look. Oh my goodness. Look at this. That for the outright lead. It caused Dambo to back off his butt at 17 and Scotty has a great chance to seize the lead outright. Stoic as always, huh? Not much emotion there. Only better today by Maverick McNeely who made Eagle from 2 and 1/2 ft. 2′ 5 in and Nico was playing with him. He made Eagle also. Back to 17. Yeah, it’s uh an exciting part of the golf course, that’s for sure. Taylor Pendrath playing alongside Bryson Dashambo and Richard Bland from England. Here’s Taylor. Big hitter. He’s driven the ball great struggle on the greens until now. Finally made a putt. That’s what holds him back. One under total for the Canadian. So many good Canadian players. You know them well, Trevor, from the President’s Cup team last year in Canada and then of course two and a half years ago here at Quail Hollow. Yeah, Taylor was one of the players that was on that team here. Unfortunately did not have his best week, but learned a ton from it. You just think about the swing around the lake here. When you think about Sheffler the last couple of holes and Bryson the last couple of holes, how this is for a double. He’s lost three shots. Sheffller looks like he’s going to gain that many shots. It’s that’s what can happen around here and that’s why this course is exciting in the closing stages. It’s a double bogey for Bryson. Disappointing for Shaw, especially with the nine iron from the T. Had a great round going. Pops back to just 200 for the day and five under. He’s going to have to regroup, too, because 18 is no snack. Back at 13. 45 footer down the hill to tie. This is the definition of fast. Still going. Just a lack of friction. It’s really what it is. Green’s cut low. 18. This is tough for Davis Riley. Very little green here to work with. He’s been good from the bunkers today though. Three of three. Superb. [Applause] Then back to 13. Now Johnny Vegas. Maybe not quite as fast to start until it gets grabbed by the gravity by the fall line. More turn for sure. Little easier putting across the green. Yes, I don’t fault him for that. Just gun it a little bit. It takes off. 18. Here’s Norin for birdie. Get there. It does. Alex Norin from nowhere has taken the lead alone at the PGA Championship. Look at that. Four under in his last five. Remarkable. Finished 12th last year at Valhalla. His best ever finish in a PGA Championship. His best ever major as a tie for six at the Open in 2017. He has designs on better than that. has designs on joining Henrik Stenson as the only two Swedish men to win a major championship with Henrik winning that incredible battle with Mickelson at 2016 and Trun back to 13. Pavon has another look now. not too bad with that sensational round of 66 on May 17, 2025. He will remember that for a long time, Alex. Maybe tomorrow these players will be a little more careful where they place their approach shots. Downhill putts above the hole. Very, very difficult. Roy Hollow. Just a very difficult day to control the golf ball in general. Day has changed a lot. 14. See Kim lengthy bunker shot. Needs to fly just onto the putting surface. Thought he did, but it checked up. Little unlucky there. I thought that would skip forward a bit more. Davis Riley, two time all-American out of Alabama. That’s a great up and down. He was a superb junior player. He lost twice in the finals of the US Junior AM. Once to Wills Outdoors and once to Scotty Sheffller. He finished 21st at the Masters earlier this year. So a nice little major run from him. 13. That was the power park for Fitzpatrick. And another three putt from above the hole. These aren’t the water holes either. It’s a surprise. 18. Here’s Bryson. Got to shake off the double. That’s three. That’s three. Wood and back to regular programming, Jim. It’s beautiful. He went from leading this tournament to now tied for ninth at 14. Kim, [Applause] go making a par here with that hole location today. You’re losing to the field. Absolutely. Thing at about 3.5, three eagles and 30 birdies. Yeah, Trevor, neither Siwu or Max got their second shots inside of Scotty’s T-OT’s got this for Bernie. It has been cold for him. Just never got this thing on track from the very beginning. He’s four over for the day. Yeah, I think a lot of that is obviously the swing change. He’s been struggling with the ball striking and Trevor on a tough day like this with the wind swirling, it really exposes you. Yeah, especially when you got that added pressure of being near the lead in a major championship, but just five greens in regulation. His putter has been under so much heat. Didn’t even hit a green until the eighth. This T shot by Scotty Schuffer, Frank Nabolo reminded me a lot of Kyle Morawa’s T- shot at 16 at Nording Park when he won the Waker. Yeah, he drove the par four, that was that was just an incredible shot at the perfect time in his career. And now we thought after it came to rest here inside three feet, we thought it’d be for the outright lead. But then Norin went and made birdie to push the lead number to eight, which he can join with one stroke. That’s an eagle and quail. And Sheffller sends shock waves around this PGA Championship layout. He is back to a tie for the lead with an eagle at the 14th. And he heads to the 15th which he eagled on on Thursday. 304 to the hole. 296 to the front. Holding up that draw into the left to right wind. Could not dream it up any better than that. Little fist bump with Teddy and he is coming here to 15 that ordinarily you would think the players can take advantage of but if you are playing the fade that wind hard out of the left this T-shot can be awkward for the faders. Meanwhile, back on the T of 14, Pavon, less than driver trying to hold it off that left to right wind. He’s been the best so far today, Dy, of the final grouping. He’s even. The other two, Fitzpatrick and Vegas are one over. Couple of short short putts missed, but all was all in all pretty solid ball striking. In good shape now. Off to get the bounce down. 15 JT Poston to get to six under. Left to right putt for birdie. Oh, and he stamps it. Posting to six under to 14. Return to sender over here. 14. Great one there, Andrew. Here is Vegas. another where a driver would likely be too much. Look at this kick. This could somehow maneuver around and up. Okay, settle back in that little low spot. But some fireworks with Eagle to join Norin for the lead. [Music] But that’s so close. Yeah. Straight out. [Music] Thank God. We’re back at 18. Bryson is in that right fairway bunker. He was flabbergasted when he got you and saw the ball in the sand. Jim, that’s nine iron on the way. Back to back holes. He comes up short with the nine. Head up. Head up. Head up. Come on. Come on. Come on. Bryson. 15 minutes ago. It looked like he could go into the night possibly as the leader of the story, the headliner. Yeah, he was looking like the most solid player on the course until he got all day long. 16. Meanwhile, Scotty still waiting over at 15. And that’s Michael Thorbjornson in the fairway at 15. Just 235 in he catches the greenside bunker. Such an impressive young player and hits the ball a long way. Back on the tea. She chefller waiting his turn. Andrew has just been so impressive to watch. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Tuesday or Saturday of a major championship. He just goes about his business and he looks so calm doing it. Cole, you’ve known him pretty much his whole life. Has he always had this calm demeanor even as a as a kid? No. He used to be a little fiery. Doesn’t like to lose. I think that’s one thing Ted Scott has helped him out with so much. [Applause] [Music] Seems to like it and just in the fairway there. So a chance for Sheffller here at the par five. It’s played as the third easiest hole today. 18 back at 18 trying to manage. It’s a really rough stretch here at the finish. Bryson with his third ball back in the stands. Little pitch and runner and some check. He’ll be delighted with that. Amazing trying to stop the bleeding here off the bogey double on 16 and 17. He is frustrated kicking himself all the way to the finish. She had the lead at one time here just moments ago. Is now shared by Sheffller and Norin. [Music] Two. Oh, working. Do you feel like you’re in an SNL skit? Right. Just do it with one. Oh, just do it with one. Yeah. He says he has back. Oh, he has it back. His back. Okay. All right. You wonder why we drink. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. We’re good. Okay, great. Try it again. Hey, Drew. You going to wait? Wait for me. You in a two You’re in a different car, right? You’re in a Can I go with you? He’s The 107th PGA Championship on CBS Sports is sponsored by Chrome Tour from Callaway, the new gold standard. Progressive Bundle Home and Auto and Safe. and by Vanguard. 50 years of changing the way the world invests. This is the US National Whitewater Center here in Charlotte. Home to the world’s largest man-made whitewater [Music] river. Meanwhile, over at the 15th and Thor Bjornson, you saw his approach. Here’s his third. Okay. Below the hole and then puck coming to get to six under par. Back one. Here’s Fitzpatrick. Yeah. Up where he missed it yesterday and made three. This is going to be hard to just to make four. That didn’t even get out of the long stuff, did it, Dudy? It did not. He’s trying to feed it down into the bowl and get a little shoot forward. Came out with nothing on it. Back here at 18, you got Verizon looking for a par would complete a round of 200 par 69. That looked far more promising than that score. Oh, really, Jim? It’s just one missed putt on 16, then the faulty nine iron back there on 17. Start of the day, five back currently three behind. Well, he did a good job to salvage a part at the 18th, but the green mile took its toll. It is a toll road coming home. Yeah. plus three over the last three holes. Certainly going to be a threat tomorrow. You know that. Absolutely. At 14 pavon, check this out with the putter, Trevor. I like it. Me, too. So much safer, easier to control the speed, the check at 15. Let’s see if the Stanford product could knock in a birdie. Back to 14 now. The third shot Fitzpatrick and this got away from him. Watch out. It is gone. There’s some thick rough that’ll stop it. Fortunate 16. The 31year-old born in Hickory, North Carolina. Poston having a fine championship. 215 yds right into the heart. Superb shot. Three wins in the PJ tour. This is a step up back to 14. His third time now around the green. Of course, he’s always cross-handed, but he’s gone crossways here at the 14th. Sure has. This is the easiest hole in the golf course. and he’s giving up strokes. They’ll have that putt for a bogey. And Scotty continues to wait to go after this par five into the 15th. So, meantime, here is Vegas putting it from off the green. Feels like he hit this T-OT yesterday for Eagle. Could take the lead. Not bad. tendency for him all day long is to be short, but I don’t blame him for not taking a good hard rip at that one. Yeah, especially after he just watched what Fitzpatrick did. Exactly. But he’ll have that one from just outside 3 ft to get back into a share of second place of of first place, I beg your pardon, with Sheffler and North. Mhm. So Pulma, he’s down there deep. Seaw looks to be the first to strike out of this trio. Let’s go over to Andrew. Green is now clear. Good looking T-shot here, Colt. Yep. 270 yards coming up the hill. And this mini driver has been a weapon for him this season. Big long back swing. This one headed right. Should get a kick left though. Yeah, that’s okay over there. Yeah, there it comes. Well played by Siu Kim. was just 21 years old when he won the players back in 2017. And now Scotty, he’s got 252 and the ball’s above his feet. Going with 3-wood. I think with his natural cut and the ball above his feet, this should neutralize it. Oh, he’s launched this way up there. Wow. And this is headed at the right side of the green. A similar spot to Seeu. Jim mentioned, Scott, he made Eagle here back in the opening round. Only one Eagle today at 15. It was Cam Davis. As we go to 14, Fitzpatrick just made his butt for Bogey to drop back to 400. And now Vegas, the four to eight footers this year have been his kryptonite. Watch how he hits down on it a little bit. Dy pops it. Pops it in. Got to give him credit. They got off to a horrendous start. Bogey the first two holes. No bogey since. Yeah, he’s hanging in there. That’s a good regroup. Let’s take a look at the Chase Sapphire Championship highlights, including Alex Noran digging this one out at 14. That was so cool how he just cut the hands across that. [Music] That That was good. Check out 15. This is a little bunker clinic right here. then at 17 to take the lead. Actually tied the lead. He wasn’t done. You’re talking about conquering this green mile. 17 and 18. The main birdies. Yeah. Perfect speed right there. Four under the last five for Narin. You won’t see that finish many times around here. You won’t. Sure you can see 14 and 15. And look at that putting right there. 23 putts on the day. But to go 423 over the last three holes. That’s rare stuff. Bone has his birdie to get the seven under. Just a beautiful look coming across the water with our drone coverage of 15. But meantime, it’s 16. This is what’s happening with Poston. Great look for three here. Not much in this. Had a very solid season, too. His 15th start. One mis cut for the 31y old. He trails by two. Shefflla non at the top. Good. Left. See. Get out of the way. Ready? He’s all right. Johnny Vegas. Come on, baby. We showed it to you during our eye on the course. We’ll show it to you again. What a big mistake by Vegas off the tea here at 15. Andrew, this is a really odd miss for him. He only hit a pole that didn’t cover the trees at two. His only miss of the day left other than this. And that’s what I touched on earlier. That is an awkward T- shot with that wind hard out of the left with out of bounds on the right. Players are just trying to fit it in there just right of the trees. Probably some sort of toe strike. And up ahead now the third for Sheffler. Awkward little angle. Has to fly it up on top. Get it to check. That’s going to be a nasty little putt. Andrew have a chance to get to nine under as we check in with Amanda. Joining us now is Alex Norin. Alex, this is just your second start back since being sidelined with multiple injuries back in October of 2024. You’ve now put yourself in a position to win your first major championship heading into Sunday. What have you found so quickly? Yeah, I mean I I just tried to get back to where I was before I got injured, you know, see my caddy, see my coach, work on the stuff we worked on. Um, and today was probably the best scoring day uh I’ve ever had. probably I had so many bunker shots uh that that kind of kept me in the game and then and then uh really good shots on 171 18. I struggle with the iron shots and wet shots and you know this so tricky around here with the firm greens and now with a win. So, and then I finally hit some good shots towards the end. You’re known as one of the hardest workers on the PGA Tour. You’ve won 10 times in Europe. I I just wonder when the game’s taken away from you, what kind of perspective do you have now? The smile hasn’t stopped. I have to imagine that’s part of it. Yeah. And it it’s good to, you know, take a break sometimes and and see the family, spend a lot of time with the kids and and you know, you you I missed it, but I also liked what I had at the time when I was away, which kind of helps me maybe relax a little bit and don’t think it’s the end of the world if you play bad. So, uh, it was a nice feeling, but also great to be back, you know, with a purpose and and in life again. It’s been great to see you back. Thanks for the time. Good luck. Thank you. Great perspective there. Siu Kim now as his third. I would say a much simpler shot than Scotty had. [Applause] When this championship began in 1916, it was won by a European Jim Barnes, long Jim Barnes, who was the head professional at that time at White Marsh Valley Country Club outside of Philadelphia. Then he won it again in 19 after they took a couple years off for the war all the way until Podrick Harrington before we had the European win the waker. Then Martin Kimer at Whistling Straits and Rory 2012 2014. There has not been an international player who has won this tournament since 2015 when Jason Day won at Whistling Straits. Americans have won it every year since. We’re back at 15. And Sew Kim for birdie. Little more work than he wanted, but a note today. Seawwood to seven under. Herby’s at two of his last three holes. And back just off the fairway at 15. It’s Jonathan Vegas taking a drop. Meanwhile, now Sheffller for birdie. Yes sir. Sheffler goes Eagle Birdie on 14 and 15 and now he needs to buckle up. Can’t stress it enough. Scoring on 14 and 15 coming down the stretch tomorrow. Even today with the green mile ahead. Another look. [Applause] And now Vegas. [Music] [Applause] [Music] All right. Now Fitzpatrick will hit his second. Playing up six yds. 268 to the front. Plus six. Plus six. [Music] Not enough pluses. [Music] Six short. Yes. Did see Bryson hit a really nice shot out of that bunker a short time ago. He’s not sure where it is. Leavon. That’s 257. Turning over pretty hard left of the bunker. into the rough. Now the attention turns to Vegas. They seem to get a pretty decent drop. You can see most of the golf ball 219 front 225 to the hole. That’s a fivewood that he’s taken. He’s actually added a touch of loft, too. Doesn’t like it. It’s long. So, he’ll have to get up and down from beyond the green to save par here at 15. Let’s go to 17. And JT Poston here at the par three. Only 32% of the players have hit the green in regulation today. Three in the water. It’s a decent line. One of the better shots. Three birdies now. Seen a couple recently. Birdie from the postman. 16T. It’s the third of the three par five, par fours that are over 500 yds. Col, you go back about a month. All the discussion was about Scotty’s hand winless. got the win at Baron Nelson and then took last week off. Looked like he was one step ahead of us. Tracing by Top Tracer is brought to you in partnership with Rolex. Some amazing views of the type of shots that need to be hit around Quail Hollow. Yeah, Frank, I think Scotty was really patient coming back from that injury. him and Randy Smith were working on some things and they felt a few weeks ago it was coming. I’m not totally sure what they’re waiting on, Frank. To me, the fairway looks clear. Should be distance measuring devices are allowed in this championship. Just have the up and down metering on it. Notice on the range last night with Randy Smith, they’re just working on his hip rotation. Just making sure those hips rotate quickly through because he has his unique leg action. Yeah, I talked to Randy about that today before they went out and it was also about making sure the hips rotate at the correct time. Just making sure they don’t spin out too early. Slight dog leg right path forward. [Music] be ready. This one is flirting with that bunker. Oh, wow. That was fortunate. Third. Good break. He’s set off the tape. He’s rolling the dice. World number one. Looking for major number three in Charlotte. [Music] We’re back with Scotty Sheffller having overtaken the field here today included in this great round an eagle at the 14th and just moments ago a birdie at 15 and we’re at the 15th. Daddy, this is a quick one. It is quicker than quick and through the shadows. Settle. He can get out here with five. Yeah. All high for par for Vegas at 15 to 17. Ah, here’s here’s a look at Alex Smallley from just off the back left edge of 17. got it to seven under yesterday. Today he just won. Look at this. It’s perfect. And a little wrap of honor for Alex Smallley at 17. Legs in Greensboro. That’s the 90th hole out here at the PGA Championship for the week. The 90th. Take a look. Take another look. Yeah, let’s go. So smallly to two under 15 and Pavon [Applause] that is masterful from there. There was nothing working in his in his favor. Great shot as we go to 16. Now Seawwood definitely needs to keep this left of that fairway bunker. Listen, this is a good one. Slightly left of where Scotty hit it down the middle. He’s got plenty of pop there, too. He’s driven driven Scotty a few times today. Yeah, that nice bounce absolutely helped him there. 15 Fitzpatrick out of the bunker. Oh, this is looking good. Similar to the shot that Dambo hit here at 15. Yeah, that’s been the spot to miss it. We remember making one there before. Can JT Poston post another birdie here at 17. [Music] Not to beat one of last year. Had a pretty good season. Six top 10s. By the way, tomorrow live coverage of the PGA Championship final round begins on ESPN Plus at 8 a.m. with ESPN. Scott Vanfeld and crew Curtis Strange on the air 10:00 a.m. And then at 1 Eastern, we’re back here on CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus to the finish. Let’s go to 15. Big putt for Vegas and he’s not able to save par. So the T-OT costly here at the par five. Gotti, he’s talked a lot about having a more stressfree attitude on the golf course, not trying to put too much pressure on himself, especially at the majors. And he seems like he’s had a pretty good way about him here these first three days. She has a generally really positive disposition and I think he appreciates winning last year and being healthy again around the world and in for that was a full 360 and that takes him to eight under par backto back for the native of France. Take another look at this one. Mhm. to 16 near the top of the hill. Second shot slightly downhill. Should be sew first. Yeah, Frankie’s got 199 out and has sixironir. And I know he likes to go at every flag stick, but nothing wrong with keeping this one 20 ft left of it. There’s not much brighter this one and not much past it. Well, this is right of it. That’s a mistake. Yeah, that’s a poor shot there. It’s deceptive. This it’s like an infinity edge green. So, it’s tough to judge that distance perception, but knows that’s the one spot. Vegas here at 15 for Bogey. All right, so back to seven under for Jonathan Vegas. And now two behind the lead of Scotty Sheffler to 16. Scotty’s T-shot down the right consequently a little closer. 198 left and he has seven iron. I would have to think with that club, Frank, he’s looking short and left of this hole. Yeah. Hopefully he’s forgotten about what happened on Thursday here. One left, made six. Golfers never forget. This is just barely left of it. Gorgeous pass at it. Little right to left breeze and a perfect little hold into it. That is a great shot. Shefflliper trying to put a little hammer down there. Lead is one. Might just change to two in a matter of minutes. [Music] [Music] By the way, tonight on CBS Sports Network, get caught up on all of today’s action and highlights and interviews. Look ahead to tomorrow’s final round. Don’t miss PGA Championship Clubhouse Report tonight at 8 Eastern over on CBS Sports Network with Kelly Tilman, Brian Croll, Michael Breed, Roger Steel, Ali Letter. Don’t want to miss it. Just go out to the 16th. Greenside bunker shot for Seawoop. His third one of the day. Didn’t get the first two up and down. Much better there. Nicely played. Now all the way back Mute Pavon 8 under has generally driven the ball very well today. Gosh, he teased it up close to that tea market, hasn’t he? That scares me. He’s just played the cut all day long. Even on the second hole, dog leg left played the cut even though the hole goes the other way. [Applause] Wonderful how the lake just circumnavigates 13 over the left side. 14th divable par four 15’s involved creeps its way around to the 17th green Frank my apologies to see he did get it up and down on the first hole an awful long time ago this to get to double digits over the and purest approach shot I’ve seen in here today. John Ram had hit an absolute beauty to inside 3 ft. Yeah, this is a very good look here, Frank coming up the hill. He can be aggressive with it. Should go with a claw from this distance. He stood up out of that right at impact. Another duos on that one. Three miles playing about a shot over park. Strike out rejection on quail today. 72 and a half. He lived 17. See the thing in the strike seem to block it. Yeah, the strike was out of the middle but the face was tilted open. New Zealander Ryan Fox on the tea here of the par three. Seven iron. See, even the big hitters are hitting seven irons here. This is looking good. Just carries. And here it comes. Best shot of the day. Inside four feet. [Applause] Oxy. Seventh hole. Where two start this morning. Rory Maroy plus two. This is for par. Drove it in the water. 50 ft. Some fire from all over the place. [Music] Started really on day one. Disappointing week. Still a great season. Oakmont to come and of course the final major of the year, Royal Port Rush. It’ll be a homecoming for him. Beautiful view. 16. Just the one bunker. There’s only 61 bunkers here at Quail Hollow. Don’t need a 100 odd bunkers. As long as they’re in play. Now, Seawwood. This one coming down the hill. I think he can keep it inside the hole. Yeah, good up and down. He’s one of players, so he can handle the heat. He’s 20 20 holes away from perhaps winning his first major champion. That man, well, he’s looking for major number three. One of golf’s oldest and most prestigious championships. [Music] and we’re back. Second shot for Pavant. Guy who’s come through the green mile pretty much unscathed this week. Only one over. That’s a sixiron. Keep flying that little cup. Trying to catch a piece of that little ridge, but I think it’s too far left. It’s going to get caught up. might not run off the edge. Now Fitzpatrick, same club. Frank, we’ll fly it lower. This one’s turning on the breeze. Firmer bounce. Consequently, still fine. Really didn’t get the gusts we anticipated. forecast gust close to 30 miles an hour. Has probably enjoyed that. Now Vegas lip issues. He’s going with eight iron just to be on the safe side. 200 yd total. Going to have to crush it into the wind. Find it a little heavy maybe. Oh yeah, definitely. Just the drive of the last couple of holes. Yeah. Way left on 15. Had to take the penalty drop at 18. JT Poston trying to be a home state hero. Better be careful here. Okay. Safe. He’s won in North Carolina before. Greensboro back in 2019. You know what was great about that win? He went 72 holes without a bogey. Yeah. Bogey free. First guy in 45 years to do that. I think Lee Trevino was the one before that. Was indeed. Trevino, two-time winner of this championship. Let’s go to 17. And Ryan Fox after that exquisite seven iron for birdie. Well, I didn’t expect a fox to do well around here. Coach John Fox, a member here at Quail Hollow, called in to say hello to us all earlier today. So another Fox and his dad of course Grant Fox one of the the most famous rugby players from the All Blacks the New Zealand team Frank famous famous man Oakland boy grandpa too also represented New Zealand so it’s a they’re used to it at that level. Yes South Africans hated Grant Fox because he kept beating us. He was so good. Two of the great rugby nations in the world, South Africa and New Zealand. Christian Zedenhood. Speaking of South Africa, that’s a bogey for Christian. He actually works with the uh the head pro at my club, Jupiter Hills down in Florida, Jason Bale, who’s PGA teacher of the year. Jason, congratulations on that great honor. Now, Michael Thor Thor Bjönson, excuse me. Easy for me to say. That’s a bogey bogey. 1617 for Michael, you got to go a little bit better early on in this back nine, but then like so many finding it tough here in the closing stages of the third round. Now, Scotty on the T. Ian, he’s pulled seven iron. That’s the carry at 177. That’s the popular choice. Colt Bryson Deambo hit nine iron short left in the water. Similar to the last, he’s going to try to hoist a high fade. Hold it up against that right to left wind. Just hit the same shot he did on the last. Great. [Applause] Right at the center of the green. Beautifully done. exactly where he wanted it. Middle of the green, no stress. He’s got a one-shot lead over Alex Noran who’s in the clubhouse. The brilliant 66. His club face awareness and control is just off the chart. Yeah, he knows exactly where it is, doesn’t he? Now back at 16. The third shot for Vegas. In the ballpark of 60 65 yards going high. Brilliant. Brilliant. [Applause] Sean Salvage is full [Applause] [Music] 17 and Siu Kim. Also has seven iron. We talked all week again how tough these R3s are, but he’s been taking advantage of them. He certainly has, especially with that one yesterday at the sixth. That barely covered. And it’s not looks easy from there, but they’ve been having trouble getting it inside 10 ft from there. And with him using the long putter, it’ll be interesting to see if he goes ahead with that or if he tries to chip it. That’s a very good point. Sometimes easier with the extra weight with the long putter. Extra weight in the head for the off the green putts. Now Max Zew likes to use the fivewood around the greens as well. See what he chooses when we get up there. But Max stuffed one on the last hole and wasn’t able to capitalize. trying to turn it in with the breeze. Little draw. Needed another yard or two. Just a bad day for Max. Couldn’t get it going. Couldn’t hit a green until the eighth. It’s just been a struggle. It’s been a struggle most of the year starting to turn things around. But the pressure of a big tournament, Frank, will really tell on you, won’t it? Certainly will. Pavon would take two from here into the teeth of the wind and still strong enough to be a factor. As soon as it came off the putt ahead, make make a make a case for Pavon tomorrow or Vegas for example. They’re I don’t know what’s going to happen over the next two holes, but I mean what’s got to happen for them? Well, I I think this is a difficult whole golf course to close on. So, if they get through this now and can play a solid round tomorrow and post, I think it’s going to be very difficult for whoever is the champion. So, if they’re not in that last group and they they do get those two tasks done, it could happen. So, post post and wait. Post and wait. Now, Fitzpatrick from the back. Same goes for this guy, too. He’s done it before. Another player trying to put the pieces together. Change coaches over the last 12 months. It’s like grip change. Used to have the weak right hand. That’s been strengthened a little. Always that search to get better. Sometimes you go down a rabbit hole. One top 10 in the last 12 months. Step in the right direction. Aerial coverage provided by Goodyear for the past hundred years. If it’s a big event, the Goodyear blimp is there. Maybe just little bit left to right towards the end of the part. Yeah, over 70 ft for that first. Pavant. I mean, one of the things, Dy, the reason I asked the question, he just has that one shot shape. He reminds me of like the opposite of Tom Layman. Everything went the other way. But but he knew he could count on that shot. He leans hard into it and knows that that is his shot. Only time he got burned by it badly today was at at six and again at the last hole, but he got away okay with both. Threw even even par for both those holes. Oh, when you have something like that you can rely on and you putt how he’s been putting. This one just slips by, but he’s in the top 10 this week. You’ve always got a chance. Let one slip though here. this and and the sloppy three putt at at nine will kind of keep you awake at night. But I think his perspective is pretty darn good, too. Real patches around this golf course. You’ve got to be tight through a couple of key holes with a couple of holes that you require to hit the big shot. Couple of T- shots like 18 where can’t miss right or left. He’s within two at the moment of Shefflop. 17. This one shouldn’t be too hard. Nice lie. Little ups slope to the flag. This is just like the ones they practice every day. And that’s what they expect to do, right Cole? Absolutely. Inside three ft every time from the good lie. Here’s Poston at 18. This will go a long way right here. Boy, he can putt. Can he ever putt? JT Poston trying to follow the in the footsteps of North Carolina born PGA champions like Raymond Floyd, Davis Love. Number 17. Little bump and run for Seiwoo. Oh, it grabbed. He scooped it. Just rode right up the face on him. Like he took back a little shot trying to one of his better ones. And we saw the lovely pitch from Vegas. Oh, that’s a four to be proud of. Did nothing really with the second shot out of the bunker. Third shot just beautiful as Donnie described 17 live now over at 17. I mentioned earlier that he won the Byron Nelson a couple of weeks ago. Shot 31 under one by eight shots. One of the great records in golf is from Byron Nelson. He won 18 tournaments in one year. He won 11 tournaments in a row in 1945. And the third of those 11 wins in a row came right here in town in Charlotte at Meyers Park Country Club. Lots of great golf courses here in the area. He beat Sam Sneed in a playoff to win the Charlotte Open back then. Now Scotty, boy, that looks perfect. And perfect it is. Scotty Sheffller to 10 under power. He leads the PGA Championship by two. Look at that back nine. Birdie’s at 12, 15, 17 with a little eagle thrown in there at 14. Number one in the world. And there’s a reason why. He does everything better than everyone else when he’s playing the way he is now. Sensational stuff. And Ian, he gave it a little fist pump there. We haven’t seen much emotion from him the last several times he’s teed it up. No, he stays very calm and to himself. He’s uh a great example. If you’re watching at home and you have children playing the game, just have them follow his footsteps. Watch him. He’s a great role model. Now, Seawwood. Oh, big part from Seiwoo. Well done, Sew. That’s huge to just stay in touch. most times in the final round. Last pairing or grouping in majors in the last five years. Scotty Sheffller, Colin Morau, Bryson Desambo and Brooks Kepler in three each. I think this is going to be four for Scotty. He made a two across the lake at 14 and he makes a two on the other side at 17. look good all the way. If someone is going to win the PGA Championship, they’re going to have to beat this man tomorrow. We all thought he was one of the top three favorites coming in at the start of the week, and he’s proving us right. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Back at the tea now. They were watching. They certainly were. Seven iron for Fitzpatrick. I heard him say sit down as soon as it got up in the air. Do he seems to be hitting it quite a long way today. A little even a little farther than I’m used to seeing. I think he’s starting to gain momentum and confidence and it’s it’s increased swing speed, ball speed. Absolutely. He can really move it off the tea now. Yeah, he hit the longest drive of the week at the second hole today. 362. It’s a beautiful setting. Wonderful place to to watch up here on the hill. See 16 green, 14 green, 17, 18 off to the right. Johnny, this is seven iron in Johnny Vegas’s hand. And my goodness, did he get lucky yesterday here with hitting that rake? A rake on the side of the bunker. It was either going to be into the long stuff or in that gap. It got got a great break. Just turning over a little. Settle down. That’s dangerous. Just stays on. Be good, Johnny. Be good. Got to shout out to another famous man from Charlotte that used to sit behind this screen. I took his chair and we all remember him well. Peter Rooster House. So fond of as a member here at Quail Hollow. And another little reference there for Rusty. He had two holes in one on par threes obviously in the PGA Championships throughout the years. God bless you Pete. And once again a popular spot, popular miss for Pavon. Do you park? Do you chip? CBS Sports presents the official partners of the 107th PGA Championship. Chase Sapphire, upgrade your travel and dining experiences. T-Mobile for business, exclusive 5G solutions partner. And by Corbridge Financial, helping more people take action in their financial lives. Our leader has come to the 18th as he has surged on this second side to take control of the tournament by two at the moment. Absolutely put his foot on the gas four under in his last four holes. Trevor, he’s made the big bad green mile look rather innocent so far today. Sure has. He has just taken control of this tournament and cult. I know he’s got one hole to play, but the last seven times he’s had the outright lead after 54 holes, he’s gone on to convert that. Not one bit surprised. Yep. This is where you got to put a lot of trust in your golf swing. That wind off the left. You got to start it down the left and challenge that creek. Aiming up the left hand side. Fade coming. I mean, this is just a clinic. They’re away. Is that in a little divot there? It seemed to kind of oscillate a little bit like it. Yes, it looks like it’s right in the divot. There’s a wrinkle. [Music] Seeell. See who’s got this one fading towards that fairway bunker. Needs to take a seat. [Music] No, I think down in it. Seeu he thinks it could be short 17. It should be Fitzpatrick first and where his ball has come to rest as it slid down the hill. He’s not going to be able to putt that because of the sprinkler head in front of him. have to chip, which makes spin control, the shot choice really important because he’s going to handle have to handle this on a on a nose on a on a side slope. Once again, just watch this grip as he goes left hand low and the the left thumb is all the way over on the right side of the grip and he hinges in such a different fashion. He’s a wonderful short game exponent. I think it helps him get a little lean in the shaft, a little forward lean in the shaft, which gets that front edge of the club underneath the ball spin. Just a hard shot. Yeah, not horrible to get that to 10 ft. Nope. So hard to loft it from a down slope to a firm green. It’s almost impossible to really explain that how hard it is as Scotty walks down off the 18th T. Just a little stroll in the lead again by two. 13 of 14 fairways today in these conditions. Unbelievable. Just controls the ball so well. Pon next to go. Doy, what have you liked about Pon’s game? I I think it’s been a control game. Um he’s bounced back well. He’s been true to his ball shape, all flight. Um and he’s been true to this as well from around the greens. He’s been really quick to choose the putter, keep the ball on the ground, and control the speed. I mentioned earlier that he played in the final group with Bryson Tambo at the US Open last year at Pinehurst number two. So he learned a lot from that experience. Very steep bank there. Hard to get it up the hill when you know it’s so quick on the other side of the hole. Ended up finishing fifth, but watching someone win a major is always a great memory. Sort of figure out what they did so well. I played with Nick Faldo when he won in 1990 at the Open and he just did so many things well. I learned from that. Same thing. I played with Meg Malon in 91 in the final round of the women’s open at Colonial. Yes. And went on to win the first major of the following year. You learn from it. You do a little self uh self-reflection. Mhm. As you look at his scorecard and see his reaction when he gets up and takes a look at this lie that’s in either a divot or some sort of depression. But four under over the last four holes. If he can make a four here at 18, there’d be a round of 66 which would match Alex Norren’s round and they would be paired together tomorrow. Mainly keeping the head down right now. I don’t think he has any idea yet. Doesn’t look too bad. Maybe a replaced divot. It is right at the back end of a replaced divot. Yeah, Trevor, I’m down here and it is sitting kind of It is on a replaced divot. Half of the ball’s on it, half of it’s off of it. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. Okay. Yeah, maybe push the ball back a couple inches. Just make sure you get a bit more angle of attack. Catch that ball first. Squeeze something out there. He’s only going to have a short club in. I mentioned Lee Trevino a couple of times having won this championship twice including here in the state of North Carolina. Let’s go to 17 first. Yes, Jim. 70 ft away. Two putts would be good for Johnny. Considering the length of the putt, not a lot of movement. Oh, he’s done very well. So, you would think he’d be able to make that one stay at seven under par. Right in the mix. over at nine. Rory hoping this will be the final stroke of a one over par round of 72. There’s no Saturday charge today for the Masters champion. No ball striking has been an issue. Eight greens yesterday, nine today. Not what he was looking for. played with Xander, the champion a year ago for the fourth straight competitive round at Quail Hollow. The two were playing together last May. They did here Thursday, Friday, and today. And they might in fact find themselves side by side again tomorrow. They’ll both end at plus [Applause] two back to 17. See a couple of uh putts for pars here. First one from Fitzpatrick. You don’t win US Opens without being able to grind. So true, Doy. And grind he can do well. Remains at five under par. Five unders in a tie for ninth currently. So when Scotty and family moved down from Ridgewood, New Jersey to Dallas, he started playing golf. was just a wee lad out at Royal Oaks Country Club. There was a legend out there practicing all the time playing the champions tour, one of the all-time greats in Lee Trevino. But he would watch players that were on the tour working with the man that would be his lifelong teacher and instructor in Randy Smith. Guys like Martin Flores and Harrison Frasier, Justin Leonard, and Colt No. He idolized them all. Now Colts out here following around today. Here’s Seiwoo. That’s five iron from a really good lie. Strike was nice. Coming in hot though, [Applause] Trevor. He’s hit some good bunker shots today. That one will be a test though. If you had this line, what would you do, Trevor? I’d move it back in my stance a little bit. Colt, has he had any reaction at all after seeing that? Him and Teddy just took a look at it, but doesn’t seem to bother him. I agree with you. Just put it back in the stance a little bit. Kind of trap it. Mhm. But Trevor, I was talking to Scotty’s dad the other night. He’s like, you know, I’m a little worried Scotty doesn’t know the golf course really well. Do you think he has a chance? I said, Mr. Sheffler. If it’s got 18 holes and 18 flag sticks and they play the game the same way, he’s going to be just fine. He sure will be. What’s that? Little gust. Big gust. How far are we looking at? 166. 155 to the front. He needs to fly at 160 to get up top. If anything, keep it just a touch left of this whole location. That’s an eight iron on the way. All over it. If it’s a number, it’s the number. Gorgeous shot by Sheffller. He’s got it all. The divot didn’t matter one bit. Little abbreviated finish as he’s knocking it down out of that lie. Strokes gained off the tea today. First strokes gained approach first right there. Ball first divot after the ball. Not much reaction in his face all day. No, there never is really until the end and he gets sometimes pretty worked up and emotional about it. 17 shoved it there. Unfortunate bogey for Pavon. Three putter 16, bogey 17. Drops back to six. Now again tomorrow the lineup 8 a.m. ESPN plus will be on. See the early action. Rory will be one of those early starters along with Shoffley. And then the coverage continues on ESPN at 10:00 Eastern time in the morning. We’re back here at 1 CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus. I’m just thinking how things have really turned on a dime here in the space of an hour. At 520 today, Bryson was eight under. Scotty was six under. Rahm was six under. An hour later, Scotty’s nine under. He’s now 10 under. Rahm made a bogey on 17 to drop back. Bryson had issues with the green mile. If Sheffler makes this and gets to 11 under, all of a sudden guys like Rah and Dashambo are so far back. No kidding. He holds this putt. He’ll be five ahead of Ram, six ahead of Bryson. Vegas has tapped in at 17. We come to the home hole at minus 7. hasn’t been the easiest of days with all the gust and guesswork that comes with it. Well, it starts with you get out of bed, you find out that there’s been a weather delay, tea times get changed from pairings to groupings. You’re making that adjustment. Yeah. You have your day all laid out in terms of your warm up, your stretch, and when you’re going to get there and go through your PT and sure, all of a sudden everything’s changed. Man, these guys are creatures of habit. They got really, really tight routines with everybody on their team, whether it be physios, when they’re going to meet their caddy, how they’re going to go through the strategy. Trevor Scotty was really stressed about it. I asked him on the range if he was excited about the third member of his group because it was supposed to be him and Maxi. He said, “Who is it?” He didn’t even know. Well, tomorrow the weather’s supposed to be beautiful, so not going to be any change as far as the times tomorrow. And he’ll be going late. Here’s laying his fourth. I drove it left in the water off the tea and just trying to get out of here with a five. How about a four, Cole? Come on. Back on the tea. Vegas ripped that one right on that target line. It’s a little tight draw with the 3-wood now. Seeu green side. Well, this is a tough one here. Little bit of a downhill lie and the green runs straight away from him. I think he’s looking a little right here, Trevor, just to play safe. He is. Try and get it to check on the hill. Just like that. Exquisite shot by Seeu. Hopes to get in at minus 7. And this could be important. You look at 37 of the last 40 champions in the PGA have been within four shots going into the final round. Seawe right now needs to make that putt to stay at seven. Sheffler could get to 11. Scotty with his two majors. Both of them at Augusta. Both of them he was in the final pairing. on his way to victory. He’s still going to have to wait for Max Homa to get in the hole here. But Trevor, I’d say nothing compares to Augusta National. But I mean, you look at this golf course. It’s a big golf course. Pretty generous off the tea with very severe sloping greens, much like Augusta National. Oh, it does drop. Good for him, but it’s still a bogey. 76 for Max. The lone birdie today coming at the eighth. [Music] So now Scotty with a chance to create more separation. Just feels like the atmosphere and the crowd around this green is going to be willing this ball into the whole cult. It is a packed house. Awesome scene here at 18. But I’m with you. He is the fan favorite and he has a great look at birdie right around 10 ft moving to his left. Would he got a little read off of Seeu’s bunker shot. I just think he he made sure he knows now that it is going a little bit to his left. And it’s normally pretty quick going this direction. So this for 65, the round of the day and a three-shot lead heading into the final round. It’s a Sheffller showcase performance. Scotty’s thinking what green mile five under the last five holes for the world number one. Look at him talking to play in take the ball out of the cup. He was charged and they’re chanting Scotty here in Charlotte. He’s won two Green Jackets today. He won the green mile with all that going on. Here is Seiwoo to try to get this in the hole for a great up and down. He tugged it. Trevor, I think Sew’s got to say, “Get me away from this guy. I’ve seen enough of him making birdies.” He’s tried every time they played together. Scotty shoots something spectacular. That’s what Frank was saying earlier. Scoring average playing with him is 65. And this is the 11th time in competition. And he shot 65 today. Did Scotty. They might be chanting this tomorrow at about this time. You know, the thing is, Trevor, here he was a month ago in Augusta presenting the Green Jacket, putting it on the shoulders of Rory. He’s not a guy that carries any envy in him. No. However, the competitive fires, they burn. And you know, he wanted to get his place re-established coming off a seven win year on the tour last season. Oh, absolutely. And an Olympic gold medal performance with a Sunday that will never be forgotten. Oh, yeah. He’s he’s heard all the chatter and you can see it from this reaction right here. Colt referenced earlier. This guy is uber competitive. Love to know what he was saying right there. Only he knows how the last grouping coming in with Vegas. Sixironir on the way on a beautiful line to start coming right over the flag stick. Doy. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Somebody threw that out. It’s Fitzpatrick. That seven iron negotiating the tree. That is a very good shot. He had no room for wiggle. It’s going to just roll off, but the grass will hold it up. Now put vom. Best angle of all three. Eight iriron plays five yds uphill. Walking off strip it. Wow. Right over it. Long. Hit it too. Good. [Music] Well, when the best are able to show you what they’re capable of doing, it is so special just to sit back and admire greatness at its very best. You don’t think Scotty Sheffer wants another leg of the Grand Slam. He’s taken care of business twice at Augusta, but the other three hasn’t claimed one yet, tomorrow. It’ll be precisely what he is all about. It’s not the money, it’s not anything, but one thing, legacy. [Music] Tonight on CBS begins with FBI Most Wanted, followed by back-to-back editions of 48 hours since tonight on [Music] CBS. himself signing the card. Just triple checking the numbers once more. They add up to 65. And look, you look at Homer and Seiu Kim. They’ve kind of a blank stare. I’m sure they’re watching the action off of the monitor, but they had a front row seat today to see Scotty, particularly down the stretch, show his magnificence. Yeah, for sure. And what a difference a year makes. If you think back to Valhalla, the off the course issues, they had a 73 in that third round, but today 65 remarkable round of golf. It’s really true though, isn’t it? Do you know him well? We’ve been there to document so many of his great moments and he’s only 28 years old. what he’s driven by is just stacking wins one after another. And don’t think for a second he doesn’t want to get something other than just the Augusta wins on his major championship resume. [Music] Donnie, you’ve been out there with this group and you guys have been down the fairway listening to A lot of noise, a lot of roars coming down the stretch. How about that? Noise has been big and it’s traveled a long way. The Colt was right. I mean, just the the arena here is fantastic and the support in the community. It’s it’s just it’s been terrific. Charlotte always shows up and shows out. Just a sporting town. Perform Look at that swing. He had to take it down. He’s done the opposite of what Sheffller’s done at the Green Mile. Bogey 16, bogey 17. And now the issues here. Just as soon as we said he’d gotten through relatively unskathe for the week. It’s going to be Norn and Sheffler tomorrow in the final pairing. What do you make of that? Well, two guys who love to hit a fade. Sheffller super focused, super determined. Like you say, he’s all about legacy. He’s all about winning. Norin, a guy with new perspective coming off of the injuries, hasn’t really been tested on this sort of a stage. has got a lot of wins on the DP World Tour. None on the PGA Tour. Not too much experience behind them either. Post in Vegas, Riley. Then you get to Rahm Sew Kim Dambo. But are they too far back? Keegan Bradley is also at five. Female. Adam Scott at four. You know, ordinarily I would say no, they’re not too far back, but we’re talking about Scotty Sheffller here. This is a chance for Vegas, albeit long odds. You never know, to get to eight. Shoot an even par round. It’s not tracking though. It’s a wandering. Got to give him credit though after that bogey bogey start. It was shaky at best. I thought it could be a big number at the end of the day, Dy, at the start there. Now really if you take out the water ball at 15 which caused the bogey on the second easiest hole. He has hung in there really well. I don’t think there too many people that would have ever predicted that Alex Norn would be in a final pairing on Sunday at the PGA just his second week back after going from October to early May without playing a competitive round out with a torn hamstring and glute issues. Here’s Pavone. Scotty Shepard wouldn’t surprise anyone, but hats off to Alex Norin. He also had just a sensational finish on this Saturday. What we saw at Augusta is how fast things can change in these majors. You just never know. That had Rory up by two over Bryson going into the last round and he had to go four behind Rory before he found third. So, it’s kind of similar. It’s three between first and second and four between first and third. Matthew pours it in. This group didn’t have a chance to feed off of one another today, Donnie. They did not. the uh the momentum was established early and and it it tried. We had all sorts of action down there at 14, but just never really carried through. Hey, this is where Jonathan’s par. This is the area that can give him some trouble at times. Not too much in this. Back up the hill. He makes it. He’s paired with Grom tomorrow. That was You could see it off the face. Mhm. That’s the final stroke of the day in a round of 73. Okay, Amanda, it’s your time. Scotty, you began the day three back and you’re heading bless you and cough. The allergies are really bad here in Charlotte. That’s our first breaking news of this evening. Uh but you are leaving. You’re leaving as the leader. You haven’t done one of these before. Uh talk about what you’re proud of during a really on a difficult golf course and you made it look pretty easy today. Um yeah, I hung in there really well today. I got off to a uh Sorry. We can get you a water. Come on. Yeah, we might as well do this. That’s okay. Go ahead. Okay. Thank you. Um, yeah, I got off to, uh, you know, I bogeied the first. I actually felt like I hit two pretty good shots in there. Um, I just battled really hard today. It was really tough out there. The greens were firming up. The wind was really gusty today. I think that was probably the most challenging part. And the the greens were firming up as well. But overall did a good job of staying patient and um, hitting some nice shots. When Randy joined us on air at the Byron Nelson, he said that you were really getting control of your golf ball. We saw you and Randy working on some sort of hip drill last night. What have you guys been working on? And more importantly, what have you found? Well, it’s just a little thing we do to kind of help get my hips moving properly through the golf ball. You know, just a couple little feels like that to kind of get us going. And that’s kind of what Randy saw yesterday was maybe my hips weren’t moving the way he wanted to through the ball. And um you know, it was a good little swing thought for me today. I definitely struck the ball a lot better today than I did the last couple days. You’ve been dominating the final five holes of this golf course and not many people are able to do that. Why the big emotion from those birdies on 17 and 18 today and what does that do for you tomorrow? Well, yeah, I guess the the qualifier there would be big emotion for me. I don’t know. Um, no, I think it’s it was an important time in the in the round. You know, I wanted to finish off the