Justin Thomas wins 2022 US PGA Championship – as it happened
- Thomas edges Will Zalatoris in three-hole playoff
- Mito Pereira suffers double-bogey heartbreak on 72nd hole
- Official PGA Championship leaderboard
Yep, it was too good to last. McIlroy chunks his chip up from the side of 6, and he can't make the lengthy par putt he leaves himself. He's four over for this hole this week. The par-threes really have done a number on him. A large one. He slips back to -3.
More McIlroy magic! He crashes a 357-yard drive down the par-five 5th, then from the centre of the fairway finds a greenside bunker with his second. The mistake doesn't cost him anything, though. He splashes out from 30 yards to four feet, and tidies up for his fourth birdie in a row. He's doing it again, isn't he? Chances of making it five on the spin look remote, though. He found water to the left of the par-three 6th yesterday, and, clearly not of a mind to do it again, sends his tee shot down the swale to the right of the green.
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