Koepka takes one shot lead into final day
(BBC) – Two-time champion, Brooks Koepka, took a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the US PGA Championship with Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy among a stellar group of contenders at Oak Hill.
American Koepka, the 2018 and 2019 champion, compiled a four-under-par 66 to move to six under overall.
Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners are one shot adrift at five under, two ahead of Bryson DeChambeau.
Rose and Scottie Scheffler are four back, with McIlroy five behind.
Northern Ireland’s McIlroy, who secured the last of his four major titles at this championship in 2014, often found himself battling his own swing as well as some miserable on-course conditions.
The world number three started fast with two birdies in his first five holes but three bogeys in his next four threatened to derail his round.
However, three birdies on the back nine helped him post a creditable one-under par 69 for a second successive day.
England’s Rose, whose solitary major triumph arrived a decade ago at the US Open also carded a 69 in a round that was underscored by several superb long putts.
South California club professional Michael Block, who was playing with Rose, impressed again as he completed another eventful round at level par to remain in the top 10 and six strokes off the lead.