WASHINGTON: Jon Rahm, chasing the world number one ranking, birdied four of the last six holes to seize a four-stroke lead after Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) third round of the US PGA Memorial tournament. If Rahm is alone in second, he needs McIlroy outside the top 30 and Justin Thomas not to win. Rahm sank a five-foot birdie putt at the par-5 seventh but found a bunker and made bogey at the par-3 eighth. In his late charge, Rahm sank a 13-foot birdie putt at 13, dropped his approach just beyond four feet and sank the putt at 14, holed a three-foot putt at the par-5 15th and rolled in a 26-foot birdie putt at the par-3 16th. Double-bogey disaster then struck Finau at the par-3 12th when he found the rough, needed two chips to reach the green and missed a 10-foot bogey putt.

Source: Manila Times July 19, 2020 17:37 UTC