PGA Championship leaderboard LIVE: Scottie Scheffler crushes field to win third major title
The world No 1 was chased by Jon Rahm among others but proved too good for the rest at Quail Hollow
Scottie Scheffler crushed the field to clinch his first PGA Championship and the third major title of his career.
Scheffler began the day three shots ahead of his nearest rival, Alex Noren, and the world No 1 got away with some wild tee shots as the chasing pack failed to capitalise.
Eventually Jon Rahm came to the fore, briefly sharing the lead with Scheffler, but his challenge fell apart over the final three holes as Scheffler stormed clear.
Rahm birdies 10 to close gap
Jon Rahm sticks a beautiful chip close to the flag at the 10th, and he rolls in the birdie to close the gap to only two. Have we finally found Scheffler’s challenger?
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (8)
-8 Rahm (10)
-7 Noren (8)
-6 Scott (13), DeChambeau (11), Poston (9), English (65)
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Scheffler and Noren walk away with pars on eight after missing birdie putts. There’s very little scoreboard movement right now, though one mover is Matt Fitzpatrick, who bogeys the 12th and slips back to five under.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (8)
-7 Rahm (9), Noren (8)
-6 Scott (13), DeChambeau (11), English (65)
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Scheffler and Noren batter their tee shots into the crowds down the left side of the fairway on eight. Both are fortunate to have good routes around trees to the green, though, and they each chip to about 12 feet.
Oh dear, Davis Riley records an eight at the seventh and he plunges down the leaderboard. At the same time, Rahm and DeChambeau both pick up shots and they are on the charge.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (6)
-7 Rahm (8)
-6 Scott (11), DeChambeau (10), Noren (6), Fitzpatrick (11), English (65)
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It’s been far from perfect golf by Scottie Scheffler so far today, but he’s doing enough, and that might be enough.
Scheffler's lead cut to four after bogey
Scheffler misses his par putt on six from perhaps seven feet, the ball staying half a cup left, and that’s a shot dropped.
Meanwhile Adam Scott and Tony Finau have both joined the chasing group on six under.
Leaderboard
-10 Scheffler (6)
-6 -Finau (9), Scott (10), Riley (6), Noren (5), Rahm (5), English (65)
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Riley drops a shot at the sixth, so Scheffler’s five-shot lead is restored.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (5)
-6 -Riley (6), Noren (5), Rahm (5), English (65)
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On five, Scheffler chips to 15 feet and then drains a brilliant left-to-right putt for par. Magical.
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It’s not quite happening for DeChambeau out there, who misreads his birdie putt on seven. It runs left and he thrashes his arm out to the right in frustration.
Back on the fifth hole, Scheffler has just flown the green with his approach from a fairway bunker.
Riley moves into second spot
Alex Noren bogeys the fourth, which Scheffler pars, and suddenly the American has a five-shot lead at the top.
But it doesn’t last long – ahead on the fifth, Davis Riley chips in with a slam dunk from the rough! That’s a valuable birdie and he’s up to solo second.
Leaderboard
-11 Scheffler (4)
-7 Riley (5)
-6 Noren (4), Rahm (5), English (65)
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