PGA Championship : Aronimink GC Tee Times Leaderboard
With a superb scrambling bogey free round of 65 on moving day, Canada'a Nick Taylor, reknown for playing well on the toughest courses has shot himself right up to the front of the pack T2 -4.
In 54 holes he has only 3 bogeys which is incredible on this Aronimink GC, 44 pars and 7 birdies, 5 of them today.
He is #1 in scrambling, T2 in strokes gained. All this bodes well for him tomorrow, however the pack in contention is enormous for what will be a cavalry charge to the finish sometime on what is forecast to be a hot sunny Sunday to decide the 108 PGA Championship.
There are 28 guys from -1 to -4 and the lead at -6 is a 29 year old American owgr #78 Alex Smalley looking for his1st win. To his credit he was +3 through 4 holes for 37, but his back nine was terrific with 5 birdies 31 and 67 69 68 -6, and a 2 shot lead.
Canadians
Nick Taylor T2 69 72 65 -4
Taylor Pendrith T45 72 72 67 +1
Corey Conners T54 68 73 72 +3
Sudarshan Yellamaraju 75 75 MC
Sunday
The first of 41 pairings are off the 1st tee at 7.40am EST.
Group 27: 1205 Scheffler, Puig
Group 35 1325 Rose, Niemann
Group 37: 1355 Reed, McNealy
Group 38: 1405 McIlroy, Schauffele
Group 40: 1425 Taylor, Rahm
Group 41: 1435 Smalley, Schmid
It is impossible to pick a winner with this many players in contention. 30 or more in all, makes it difficult for anyone player to achieve separation no matter who they are.
McIlroy, Rahm, Schauffele, Rose, Aberg, Reed, Matsuyama, Koepka, even Scheffler who did not make a move T23 67 71 71 -1 still have a chance, just to name a few...
So I expect the old Cavalry charge Sunday afternoon with the likelihood of a playoff.
Bryan Angus
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