Article 6MXA7 US PGA Championship 2024: third round – as it happened

US PGA Championship 2024: third round – as it happened

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Scott Murray
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This could be the lowest scoring day in major-championship history," opines Sky commentator Paul McGinley. No wind, soft greens, warm sunshine, all that. This being the case, you don't want to be going backwards too much at any given point. So it's a big putt for Bob MacIntyre on 3. Having dropped a shot at 2, he's facing another bogey at 3. Unless he makes a 15-footer, he'll effectively be making his fourth in his last five holes of play. But in it goes, and Scotland's only representative here remains at -6.

Shane Lowry is this close to holding out from a greenside bunker at 6. That's an end to his run of birdies, though. Tom Hoge drains a monster from downtown on 17, his fourth birdie of the day, and he's -6. And there are opening birdies for Bryson DeChambeau and Austin Eckroat. A lot of players throwing darts, with the course there for the taking.

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