2019 PGA Championship (The 30Th of 46 Events in the PGA TOUR Season)
2019 PGA Championship (The 30th of 46 events in the PGA TOUR season) Farmingdale, New York May 13-19, 2019 Purse: $11,000,000 ($1,980,000 to the winner) Bethpage State Park Black Course Par/Yards: 35-35—70/7,459 Third-Round Notes – Saturday, May 18, 2019 Weather: Mostly Sunny. High of 71. Wind NNW 5-10 mph. Third-Round Leaderboard Brooks Koepka 63-65-70—198 (-12) Harold Varner III 71-67-67—205 (-5) Jazz Janewattananond 70-68-67—205 (-5) Luke List 68-68-69—205 (-5) Dustin Johnson 69-67-69—205 (-5) Things to Know • Defending champion Brooks Koepka holds largest 54-hole lead in PGA Championship history • Koepka leads/co-leads for the 12th time in last 34 rounds at a major; no player has led more than 6 in that time • Luke List and Dustin Johnson are the only two players in the field with three rounds in the 60s • Playing in final group with Koepka, Jordan Spieth (T8) posts first over-par score of the week (2-over 72) • Harold Varner III and Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond card 67s, low rounds of the day • Varner has 4 bogeys over 54 holes, the fewest of any player in the field Third-Round Lead Notes • 15 third-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win this season, most recently last week’s winner Sung Kang • Since 2000, 12 third-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win the PGA Championship: Tiger Woods/2000, David Toms/2001, Shaun Micheel/2003, Vijay Singh/2004, Phil Mickelson/2005, Tiger Woods/2006, Tiger Woods/2007, Rory McIlroy/2012, Rory McIlroy/2014, Jason Day/2015, Jimmy Walker/2016 and Brooks Koepka/2018 • Four wire-to-wire winners at the PGA Championship (no ties): Bobby Nichols (1964), Jack Nicklaus (1971), Raymond Floyd (1982) and Hal Sutton (1983) • The last player to win a major wire-to-wire was Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters Tournament) • Largest 54-hole lead at the PGA Championship o 7 – Brooks Koepka (2019/TBD) o 5 – Raymond Floyd (1969/Won and 1982/Won), Tom Watson (1978/T2) Largest 54-hole leads in major championships Tournament Leader Shot Lead Event Finish 1934 The Open Championship Cotton, Henry 10 Won 2000 U.S.
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