Scheffler takes three shot lead into final round of PGA Championship
Full report on Saturday’s potentially telling third round:
Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 02:43
Scheffler leads by three overnight
Jonny Vegas bogeys the final hole and drops back to six under par, five shots off the pace, having started the day with a two-shot lead.
-7 Riley (67), Poston (68)
-6 Rahm (67), Kim (71), Pavon (71), Vegas (73)
Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 00:33
Scheffler posts final birdie to lead by three
What an incredible hour and a half of golf by the world No 1, who has a stranglehold of this PGA Championship. Scheffler makes the birdie on 18 and that’s five shots made through the final five holes.
This is Scheffler’s tournament to lose, and a third major title – after winning the Masters twice – is only 18 holes away.

Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 00:21
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Scheffler finds the heart of the 18th green with his approach and he’s making a mockery of these brutal final three holes…
Lawrence Ostlere18 May 2025 00:13
Scheffler extends lead at the top
Scheffler drains the birdie! He reads the left-to-right putt perfectly and heads to the 18th tee with a two-shot lead.
-7 Riley (67), Poston (68), Kim (17), Pavon (16), Vegas (16)
Lawrence Ostlere17 May 2025 23:57
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Our leader Scheffler hits a beautiful seven iron into the heart of the 17th green, and he’ll have a look at a birdie putt from perhaps 20 feet.
Lawrence Ostlere17 May 2025 23:49
Pavon climbs to within one shot of lead
Jonny Vegas drops a shot on 15, as Matthieu Pavon makes back-to-back birdies to move to eight under.
-8 Noren (66), Pavon (15)
-7 Riley (67), Kim (15), Vegas (15)
-6 Rahm (67), Poston (16)
Lawrence Ostlere17 May 2025 23:36
Scheffler assumes outright lead
Just as Jonny Vegas gets into a right mess on 15, finding the water with his tee shot, Scottie Scheffler becomes the first player to reach nine under par with a birdie on the par-five 15th.
Will he still have the lead on the other side of the Green Mile?
-8 Noren (66), Vegas (14)
-7 Riley (67), Kim (15), Pavon (14)
-6 Rahm (67), Poston (16)
Lawrence Ostlere17 May 2025 23:27
Vegas rejoins leaders with birdie
Jonny Vegas birdies the short 14th to move to eight under alongside the leaders once more.
DeChambeau manages to par the last and ends a very promising day three back on five under, having at one stage led on his own at eight under par – this is what Quail Hollow’s brutal finish can do to a great round.
-8 Noren (66), Scheffler (15), Vegas (14)
-7 Riley (67), Pavon (14)
-6 Rahm (67), Poston (16), Kim (15)
Lawrence Ostlere17 May 2025 23:20