CHARLOTTE: Scottie Scheffler charged into a share of the lead with Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas and Spain’s Jon Rahm in Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship while Bryson DeChambeau surged into contention.
World number one Scheffler, a two-time Masters champion, joined two-time major winner Rahm and 36-hole leader Vegas, without a top-20 finish in 16 major starts, on seven under par as the last group made the turn at Quail Hollow, where a morning storm delayed the start.
Scheffler opened with a bogey but answered with a tap-in birdie at the par-three fourth hole, an 18-foot birdie putt at the fifth and an eight-foot birdie putt at the par-five seventh to put the American on seven-under.