McIlroy chasing history with rivals in hot pursuit
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RORY McIlroy was chasing more golf history as the third round of the PGA Championship teed off yesterday with the world No. 1 leading by a stroke at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky.
The 25-year-old could become the fourth-youngest player to win a fourth career major after Young Tom Morris, Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.
He would be the first man since Padraig Harrington in 2008 to win two majors in the same year and two in a row, the Irishman having taken the British Open and PGA titles six years ago.
Coming off his third major victory last month at the British Open and a victory last week in a warm-up event for the year’s last major event, McIlroy stood on 9-under par 133 after 36 holes.
Hot on McIlroy’s heels in the hunt for the US$1.8 million top prize were a mix of young stars, major winners and veterans hungry for their first major crown.
Australian Jason Day, whose five top-five major finishes without a win include three runner-up efforts, and 44-year-old American Jim Furyk, last year’s PGA runner-up whose lone major win came at the 2003 US Open, shared second on 134. Another stroke adrift are Americans Rickie Fowler and Ryan Palmer.
Woods, a 14-time major champion, missed the cut after battling through the second round with back pain.
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