Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
Now on to the stories so far on day three...
Summary
American Dustin Johnson leads by one going into final round
England's Paul Casey two shots off the lead, Justin Rose one further back
TPC Harding Park in San Francisco hosts rescheduled tournament from 6-9 August
No spectators allowed due to Covid-19 restrictions
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Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
Top 10 win probabilitiespublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
I'm not sure exactly how they work these things out but, according to Data Golf's live predictive model,, external here were the top 10 win probabilities at 21:00 BST. Come back to me in the wee small hours on Monday and ask me how much we should read into them:
- Brooks Koepka (T2, -6, 11.3%)
- Jason Day (T2, -6, 9.7%)
- Tommy Fleetwood (T2, -6, 9.2%)
- Daniel Berger (T2, -6, 8.4%)
- Justin Rose (T2, -6, 6.8%)
- Xander Schauffele (T11, -4, 6.5%)
- Haotong Li (1, -8, 5.5%)
- Paul Casey (T8, -5, 4.2%)
- Dustin Johnson (T11, -4, 3.9%)
- Cameron Champ (T16, -3, 3.1%)
Postpublished at 22:13 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
Li Haotong is the first man ranked outside the top 100 to be leading a major after 36 holes since Ricky Barnes at the 2009 US Open.
The American was still leading after the third round but ultimately finished tied for second, two shots behind compatriot Lucas Glover, who missed the cut yesterday on three over.
And what happened to Ricky Barnes? He reached 58 in the world in 2010 but the 39-year-old hasn't played in a major since 2011.
Remaining third-round pairings and tee-timespublished at 22:07 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
All times BST - US unless stated
22:10 Lanto Griffin, Xander Schauffele
22.20 Paul Casey (Eng), Brendon Todd
22.30 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Cameron Champ
22:40 Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose (Eng)
22:50 Jason Day (Aus), Daniel Berger
23:00 Li Haotong (Chn), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
Li and the chasing packpublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
-8 Li Haotong (Chn)
-6 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Justin Rose (Eng), Jason Day (Aus), Brooks Koepka (US), Daniel Berger (US), Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra)
-5 Paul Casey (Eng), Cameron Champ (US), Brendon Todd (US), Brendan Steele (4) (US)
He couldn't, could he?published at 21:50 British Summer Time 8 August 2020
If Li Haotong finishes on top of the leaderboard by close of play on Sunday then I will change my Twitter profile to 'Li Haotong Is Golf' for a week.
It's not that I don't think he can't win the US PGA, it's just the chasing pack includes Brooks Koepka, who has won the past two US PGAs, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson and Daniel Berger.
Prove me wrong Li, prove me wrong.
So join us for the third round of the 2020 US PGA.
Image source, Reuters