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Mmm, a strange one. Bryson DeChambeau has a decent chance for a birdie from about 15 feet on the second but his attempt is almost four feet short - not sure if he mishit it or misread it?

Either way, it's a second straight par for Bryson, who gives the waiting crowd some hand slaps as he walks to the third tee.

Meanwhile, it's almost a carbon copy of the first hole for Tony Finau, although this time he was slightly off line with his tee shot.

His approach was a club short and he has to chip from the front of the green to save par.

Since 1995, there have been 16 players to hold three-shot leads at the start of the final round of a major - and surprisingly just nine of those have gone on to win.

That shows you just how hard it is to close out one of golf's big four prizes - although Scottie Scheffler has managed to close one of those leads out, at the 2022 Masters.

Four of the seven instances of that lead being overturned have come at the US PGA Championship though, with three-shot leaders going just 2-4 during that spell.

Cause for hope for the field?

Joaquin Niemann is having a decent season on LIV golf and a very decent US PGA Championship, where he is now in a tie for 12th, with a chip-in eagle from just off the green, plus a birdie on the 10th largely responsible for the Chilean climbing around 20 places up the leaderboard.

A lot was made of golf's big names making their move at Quail Hollow on Saturday.

Somewhat under the radar, rounds of 67 and 68 respectively got American pair Davis Riley and JT Poston into the penultimate group in today's final round.

Both players have won events on the PGA Tour but a first major success would, without doubt, be the biggest moment of their career so far.

Tony Finau is one of the bigger hitters in the game but it's still a surprise to see anyone out-drive Bryson DeChambeau off the tee. That's what happened on the first.

Perfect openers for both are followed by pretty average approaches, with neither making it to the putting surface, but both chip to within four feet to salvage pars.

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Jon Rahm surged into contention with a four-under 67 in the third round but then joked it might have been even better had a fan he accidentally struck in the head with a golf ball had been skilled at football.

Rahm's approach shot at the par-four 11th was offline and struck a man who appeared to duck just as the ball ricocheted off him and raced right across the putting surface and into the rough from where the Spaniard made bogey.

The two-time major winner said: "I told him, if he was European and grew up playing soccer, football, and he just aimed a little bit better, maybe just get it closer to the hole."

Rahm, who starts five shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler, told his caddie to get a Sharpie ready as he was prepared to sign one of his golf gloves as a parting gift to the man for taking a ball off the head. "His response was, 'That may not be enough,'" Rahm said of his caddie's reaction. "I'm like, I don't know what else you want me to give him, right. We were kind of sorting through things between golf clubs and golf balls."

The encounter ended up being a light-hearted one as Rahm checked in on the man, gave him a hug and a signed golf ball for his troubles.

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A disappointing end to a disappointing week for Rory McIlroy, with a one-over round of 72 seeing him finish three over for the tournament.

Yes, his world has been turned upside down after completing the career Grand Slam at the Masters, but he will still have expected more here given his current form and his course form at Quail Hollow.

The Masters champion brought back down to Earth a little bit this week, so work to do to get back on track at the US Open next month.

Not the start Matt Fitzpatrick would have dreamed of when he went to bed last night.

The Englishman pumps his approach left into the rough and his chip on to the green sails 20-feet past the pin.

The former US Open winner begins with a bogey, with his effort for par holding left.

Matthieu Pavon is also far from happy after pitching to five feet and then failing to convert an early birdie chance with a putt completely lacking conviction.

The American duo of Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau are striding down the first hole after hitting the centre of the fairway with their opening tee shots of the final round at Quail Hollow.

They're sure to have the support of the galleries in North Carolina.

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Sheffield’s Matt Fitzpatrick was nearly alone on the Quail Hollow driving range a littler earlier, always a good sign in a major’s closing stages.

Three years after his US Open win, the 30-year-old needs early birdies to make Scottie Scheffler and company sweat.

Can Fitzy set the pace?

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Keegan Bradley is a fascinating subplot at the US PGA Championship, as the United States Ryder Cup captain is going the right way to playing his way on to his own team.

He's only really got Scottie Scheffler ahead of him on the leaderboard and he's tied with Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau in eighth.

A win seems unlikely, but a decent finish would see him jump up from 22nd where he currently sits in the automatic qualifying standings, with still plenty of golf to play.

Bradley has insisted he won't pick himself if he finishes outside the top six, but if he's seventh or eighth surely he'll be tempted? Let's see how he goes today.

Scottie Scheffler's winning form has been prolific, so much so that if he captures what would be his 15th career PGA Tour title today, then it would be the quickest between a first and 15th win on record.

Time Between first and 15th PGA Tour win since 1950

• Tiger Woods (1996 to 1999), 3 years, 32 days
• Jack Nicklaus (1962 to 1965), 3 years, 45 days
• Scottie Scheffler (2022 to 2025 with a win today), 3 years, 94 days

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Matt Wallace is out here trying to set Quail Hollow alight in the final round, chasing that early charge. ️Rocking an all-black outfit in 30C heat, he’s either the boldest man in golf or auditioning for a villain role in a Bond film.

Can the Englishman keep his cool and catch Scheffler who has a seven-shot advantage entering the final round?

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For a while on Saturday, it looked as if a surging Bryson DeChambeau - who has finished in at least a tie for sixth spot in four of the past five completed majors - would end the day top of the leaderboard.

The 2024 US Open champion led at eight under par standing on the 16th tee with five birdies and no bogeys on his card, only for his outstanding round to screech to a halt on Quail Hollow's tricky 'Green Mile' final stretch.

A bogey on 16 was compounded when he sent his tee shot into the water and made five on the par-three 17th. That dropped him to five under for the tournament, six behind Scottie Scheffler's lead.

But if DeChambeau can get on a roll early on, he's the type of player who can put some pressure on the world number one.

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Outfit of the day …. Tony Finau? He’s in the group at five under trying to put the squeeze on a seemingly unflappable Scottie Scheffler.

How do the top players score on Sunday at the majors? Here's the best final round scoring averages in major championships (minimum 10 rounds):

In short- Scottie's pretty good on Sundays...

• Collin Morikawa 69.67 (18 rounds)
• Scottie Scheffler 69.79 (19 rounds)
• Xander Schauffele 69.93 (28 rounds)
• Jon Rahm 69.96 (28 rounds)
• Rory McIlroy 70.23 (52 rounds)

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Scottie Scheffler doesn't give too much away, but he knows a third major would be a huge achievement for him:

"It would mean a lot. You know, these tournaments are very important to us, and you work your whole life to have a chance to win major tournaments, any tournament for that matter.

"But it's going to take another really good round. There's a lot of great players chasing me on the leaderboard and someone is going to put up a great round and it's up to me to go out there and have another really good round and finish off the tournament.

"Looking forward to the challenge."

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The only male French golfer to win a major championship is Arnaud Massy, who won the Open Championship in 1907.

Matthieu Pavon will need one hell of a round to become the second.

The same applies to Matt Fitzpatrick. If the Englishman were to finish higher than a tie for 10th it would be his best result in a major since winning the US Open in 2022.

Both have just got under way and found the heart of the fairway with perfect tee-shots.

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England’s Marco Penge has made a real impact on his US PGA debut. The 27-year-old is inside the top five statistically off the tee and in approach to the green. His ball striking has been world class this week. As someone said as he launched his driver at the range, ‘when he hits it, it stays hit!’

And Penge has made an impact out on the course today, chipping in for an eagle on the eighth. He's currently level par after 13 holes.

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Here are our leading groups - and the winner is probably one of the following:

• 18:40 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
• 19:00 Tony Finau (US), Bryson DeChambeau (US)
• 19:10 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Keegan Bradley (US)
• 19:20 Jon Rahm (Spa), Kim Si-woo (Kor)
• 19:30 Davis Riley (US), J.T. Poston (US)
• 19:40 Scottie Scheffler (US), Alex Noren (Swe)