A solvent Brooks Koepka repeats 66 and leads by one on the PGA

Interesting ‘moving day’ (movement day) in Oak Hill CC from Rochester (NY)headquarters of 105th PGAa third day that lacks nothing: rain through a pipe, suffering, bogeys, wet clothes, some gloves to throw… There are groups, the Spanish Jon Rahm (42nd with 216, +6, after finishing with 72) and Pablo Larrazabal (58th with 218 after a glorious 74) who played 18 holes with water and at various times of the game, fell hard. At six o’clock in the evening local time the field began to lose spectators, wet to the skin because it was after a hard day for them.

When the leaders left, it was still raining but less, and about an hour and a half the rain stopped and it looked like the sun was going to come out, but no, the sky was very dark again and they opened the umbrellas again. and put on a wetsuit. Of these, men like world number 2 scottie schefflerwinner of two tournaments this 2023 and Masters champion in 2022, and favorite after Rahm’s ‘holes’ and two solvent rounds, gave up a lot of ground with four bogeys in the first 9 holes to sign off with a birdie in 10 and 18 and finish with 73 and 208.

With the cheetah who keeps quiet, like who doesn’t like the thing, with that serious ritual and no extra muscle on his face, the winner of two PGAs and two US Opens, and second last month at the Augusta Masters, Brooks Koepka, a piece of player, very solvent and solid this Saturday, is the solo leader. From less to more repeats the 66 of the second round for 204 (-6). Koepka presented the credentials to fight this Sunday for his fifth ‘big one’. He is now the great candidate for success.

The Canadian held up well Corey Conners, who was seeking to become the second golfer from his country to win a ‘major’ after two decades (Mike Weir wore the green jacket of the Masters), until an error hitting the fairway bunker on the 16th led him to sign a double bogey. Two last pair and also 70 and 205, while the Norwegian Victor Hovland He was one of those who gave excitement on this day with aggressive and bold shots that put him second to one shot after signing on par 70 and 205.

Until the 13th hole, the same did not happen to his partner. Bryson DeChambeaualthough in the end he slightly changed the plan with a par 70 and 207 (-3), while the Europeans Justin Rose69 for 208 at 42 years old and has a US Open on his record and Rory McIlroy, 69 for 209 (-1), they also did not want to let Hovland down in the fight for the title. From 16 players under par on Thursday, it became 9 on Friday and this Saturday they were seven in the red. And it can be said that among these seven cracks is the fight for the Wanamaker Trophy.

Classification on day 3 (par 70):

204 Brooks Koepka (USA)

205 Viktor Hovland (North)

Corey Conners (Can)

207 Bryson DeChambeau (USA)

208 Justin Rose (GBR)

Scottie Scheffler (USA)

209 Rory McIlroy (GBR)

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211 Shane Lowry (Irl)

Tommy Fleetwood (GBR)

213 Patrick Cantlay (USA)

Hideki Matsuyama (Japanese)

214 Cameron Smith (Aus)

215 Dustin Johnson (USA)

216 Jon Rahm (Span/42nd)

Jordan Spieth (USA)

218 Pablo Larrrazábal (Span/58º)

220 Justin Thomas (USA)

Phil Mickelson (USA)