Sunny Oak Hill posing final-round challenge
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Warm, sunny weather and quickening greens greeted the early starters in yesterday’s final round at the PGA Championship as overnight leader Jim Furyk prepared for a mid-afternoon tee-off.
Only seven players were under par for the day in the early going at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, where British Open champion Phil Mickelson, second-last in a field of 75 after the third round, was 2 over after 15 holes.
With little margin for error in approaching the smallish greens as they dried out and sped up in blazing sunshine, Mickelson was at 12 over.
Four-time champion Tiger Woods, whose bid for a first major title in five years unravelled after scores of 71, 70 and 73 to sit 13 shots off the pace overnight, was level for the day after parring his first two holes.
Most fans at Oak Hill, however, were waiting for the later starters to set out as the year’s final major began to build toward a likely exciting finale given its tightly bunched leaderboard.
Furyk, bidding for a second major title a decade after claiming his first, was in the final pairing with fellow American Jason Dufner, who was alone on second place overnight.
Furyk seized control by carding a 2-under 68 on Saturday to post a 9-under total of 201.
Henrik Stenson, hunting a first major title, goes into the final round two shots off the pace at 7 under, a stroke better than fellow Swede Jonas Blixt.
Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia and American Steve Stricker were tied for fifth at 5 under with Rory McIlroy also in the mix, at 3 under, after resurrecting his title defense with a superb 67 on Saturday.
(Reuters)
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