2020 PGA Championship (The 32Nd of 36 Events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season)

2020 PGA Championship (The 32Nd of 36 Events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season)

2020 PGA Championship (The 32nd of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season) San Francisco, California August 6-9, 2020 FedExCup Points: 600 TPC Harding Park Par/Yards: 35-35—70/7,251 Purse: $11,000,000/$1,980,000 Third-Round Notes – Saturday, August 8, 2020 Weather: Mostly Cloudy. High of 61. Wind WSW 10-15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph. Third-Round Leaderboard Dustin Johnson 69-67-65—201 (-9) Scottie Scheffler 66-71-65—202 (-8) Cameron Champ 71-64-67—202 (-8) Collin Morikawa 69-69-65—203 (-7) Paul Casey 68-67-68—203 (-7) Brooks Koepka 68-68-69—203 (-7) Things to Know • Dustin Johnson seeks second major championship title; is 0-for-3 in previous 54-hole lead/co-leads in majors • Brooks Koepka is two strokes back as he seeks third consecutive PGA Championship title • PGA TOUR Rookie Scottie Scheffler seeks first PGA TOUR win in PGA Championship debut • Sacramento native Cameron Champ seeks first major title; Leads field in Driving Distance • Collin Morikawa seeks third PGA TOUR win and first major in his 26th professional start Third-Round Lead Notes 13 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the PGA Championship since 2000 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, Brooks Koepka/2018, Brooks Koepka/2019 17 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win on PGA TOUR in 2019-20 (Most recent: Michael Thompson/3M Open) Leader (entering the week) Player Dustin Johnson Age 36 (6/22/1984) FedExCup 25 OWGR 5 Starts at PGA Championship 10 Wins at PGA Championship 0 Top-10s at PGA Championship 5 PGA TOUR starts 270 PGA TOUR wins 21 PGA TOUR top-10s 99 Starts in 2019-20 10 Wins in 2019-20 1 Top-10s in 2019-20 3 Dustin Johnson (1/-9) • Records his eighth straight round in the 60s at the PGA Championship • Makes career most birdies in a major championship round with eight in the third round • Seeks second major championship title (2016 U.S. Open/Oakmont) in 43rd career start in a major • Holds 54-hole lead/co-lead in a major for the fourth time; has failed to convert a 54-hole lead to victory in a major: 2018 U.S. Open/3, 2015 U.S. Open/T2, 2010 U.S. Open/T8 • Has converted eight of 17 previous 54-hole leads/co-leads in 72-hole events (most recently: 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship) • Owns four runner-ups in majors: 2019 PGA Championship/2, 2019 Masters/T2, 2015 U.S. Open/T2, 2011 Open Championship/T2 • Earned 21st career PGA TOUR title at 2020 Travelers Championship, extending his streak of earning at least one title to 13 consecutive seasons • Leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (6.705); Made 140’ 6” of putts and needed 24 putts in round three Scottie Scheffler (T2/-8) • In search of first PGA TOUR victory in his 31st start; last player to earn first TOUR victory at a major: Danny Willett/2016 Masters • PGA TOUR Rookie is making his third start in a major and first at the PGA Championship (2019 U.S. Open/MC, 2017 U.S. Open/T27, 2016 U.S. Open/MC) • Seeks to become first rookie to win a major since Keegan Bradley at the 2011 PGA Championship • Looks to become the ninth player to win the PGA Championship in his debut; Eight players have won the PGA Championship in their tournament debut: Keegan Bradley (2011), Shaun Micheel (2003), John Daly (1991), Bob Tway (1986), Doug Ford (1955), Bob Hamilton (1944), Tom Creavy (1931), Jim Barnes (1916) • Reigning Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year after two wins in 2019; Four former Korn Ferry Tour Players have gone on to win majors: Tom Lehman (1996 Open Championship), Stewart Cink (2009 Open Championship) , Zach Johnson (2015 Open Championship, 2007 Masters), Jimmy Walker (2016 PGA Championship) • Looks to join Viktor Hovland as rookie winners on TOUR in 2019-20 Cameron Champ (T2/-8) • Sacramento native seeks first major title in third major championship appearance: 2017 U.S. Open/T32, 2019 PGA Championship/T54 • Owns two PGA TOUR wins: 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship, 2019 Safeway Open • Leads the field in Driving Distance (324.5); the last major winner who led in Driving Distance: Justin Thomas/2017 PGA Championship • Posted low round of the tournament in round two (64) • Is one of seven African-American winners on the PGA TOUR Brooks Koepka (T4/-7) • Made three consecutive bogeys (Nos. 13-15) and finished with birdies at No. 16 and 18 to post 69 • 18 of his last 23 major rounds have been in the 60s • Has been inside the top-four of the leaderboard after 54 holes in his last six majors • Came from behind after 54 holes in one of four major titles: 2017 U.S. Open/T2 (one back) • Seeks third consecutive PGA Championship title and fifth major championship victory (wins: 2017 U.S. Open, 2018 U.S. Open, 2018 PGA Championship, 2019 PGA Championship) • Looks to become the first player since 1956 to win the same major in three consecutive years; players in the last 100 years to accomplish the feat: Walter Hagen (PGA Championship in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927) and Peter Thomson (The Open Championship in 1954, 1955, 1956) • Last player to win at least one major in four consecutive years: Tiger Woods (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) • With a win, would tie Phil Mickelson for the second-most major championship titles among active players • With a win, would become the third-youngest player to win five majors since WWII, behind only Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus Additional Player Notes • Bryson DeChambeau, who seeks first major championship title in 15th appearance, closed his round with a 95’ 5” birdie putt, the longest made putt on the PGA TOUR since the 2017 RBC Canadian Open (Nick Watney/95’ 7”) • Making his 64th start in a major, Paul Casey (T4) has the most major starts since 2002 without a win • 36-hole leader Haotong Li posted a 3-over 73 and is T13 Hole statistics Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-3 8th (3.423) Par-5 10th (4.590) R2 Par-4 9th (4.439) Par-5 10th (4.452) R3 Par-4 13th (4.456) Par-4 7th (3.506) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 35.776 35.340 71.115 -- R2 35.974 35.355 71.329 71.222 R3 34.987 35.430 70.418 71.059 Bogey-free rounds R1 (4): Jason Day (65), Tom Lewis (67), Gary Woodland (67), Brian Harman (68) R2 (4): Patrick Cantlay (68), Paul Casey (67), Haotong Li (65), Webb Simpson (68) R3 (1): Patrick Cantlay (66) .

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