Mito Pereira (-9) is trying to become the first Chilean to win a golf major. He currently leads American Will Zalatoris and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick by three strokes each. Here are live updates of the 2022 PGA Championship from the Southern Hills Championship Course in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2:49 PM–Seems to be a three-horse race at the moment with Pereira at -9, and Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris at -6…Pereira and Fitzpatrick are the only two golfers in the field who have been under par in each of the first three rounds…
2:50 PM—Fitzpatrick bogeys the first…drops down to -5…
3:02 PM–Pereira pars the first two holes…
3:03 PM–Remember in the previous seven major winners in Southern Hills, the winner at the halfway point has won the major each time…that could give advantage to Zalatoris, as he was the leader at the end of Friday…in order for that to happen, he needs to make up three strokes on Pereira…
3:09 PM—4th round of the 2022 PGA Championship did not begin with Tiger Woods, as he pulled out with his leg problem…
3:17 PM–Pereira bogeys the third hole…two stroke lead on Zalatoris, and three stroke lead on Fitzpatrick and Young…
3:19 PM—Zalatoris birdie the fourth hole…now only one back of Pereira…
3:21 PM—With the Pereira bogey, American Cameron Young is now in contention at -5…
3:22 PM–Of the four golfers in contention, none have won a PGA event in the past…
3:22 PM–Young misses easy par putt on the fourth…
3:30 PM–Fitzpatrick birdies the fourth…returns to -6, and two back of Pereira…
3:31 PM—Currently we have four golfers with four different scores, either in the lead or within three strokes of the lead…Pereira at -8, Zalatoris at -7, Fitzpatrick at -6, and Young at -5…
3:38 PM–Young birdies the fifth…goes to -6 and two back of Zalatoris and Pereira…
3:39 PM–Zalatoris birdies the fifth…tied with Pereira for the lead at -8…
3:41 PM–Zalatoris errant tee shot at the sixth…
3:46 PM–Zalatoris’s ball appears to be in bush…
3:47 PM–Zalatoris has one stroke penalty as his golf ball was in an unplayable area….
3:49 PM–Pereira records first birdie of the day on the fifth..goes to -9, and one stroke lead on Zalatoris…
3:55 PM–Zalatoris gets ball on the green from cart path…
3:57 PM–Zalatoris bogeys the sixth…two back of Pereira…Fitzpatrick and Young tied for third at -6…
4:01 PM–Fitzpatrick’s tee shot goes into the creek on the sixth…drops to -5…
4:10 PM—Zalatoris bogeys the seventh…drops to -6…
4:22 PM–Pereira bogeys the seventh…drops to -8…
4:32 PM–Pereira bogeys the eighth…drops to -7…
4:44 PM–2017 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas just moved into contention with a birdie on the 12th…moves to -4…
4:48 PM–Pereira delivers an impressive par putt when he had his previous shot in the bunker…remains at -7 after nine holes…
5:01 PM—Zalatoris has a ball lie near the creek on the 12th…
5:03 PM–Fitzpatrick records first bogey on the back nine all week…drops to -4 after the 10th hole…
5:07 PM—Zalatoris bogeys the 12th…drops to -5…
5:07 PM–Young has not enough power on his par putt on the 12th…settle for par
5:10 PM–American Chris Kirk eagles the 17th…goes from -1 to -3…
5:11 PM–Fitzpatrick bogeys the 11th…drops to -3 and of contention at the moment…
5:12 PM–Key par putt by Pereira on the 11th to stay at -7…
5:13 PM–Just like we had earlier in the day, we have four golfers placed 1, 2, 3, and 4, who have different scores for the tournament, but are within one stroke of each other…1) Pereira -7, 2) Young -6, 3) Zalatoris -5 4) Thomas -4
5:18 PM–Pereira struggled on the 12th…has bogeyed the hole over the first three rodunds…
5:19 PM–Thomas has key par putt on the 14th…
5:21 PM–England’s Tommy Fleetwood notched five birdies over the last seven holes to finish at -3…
5:23 PM–Pereira bogeys the 12th…falls to -6….
5:25 PM–American Cameron Young now tied with the lead with Pereira at -6…Young is from Briarcliff Manor, New York…
5:27 PM–Those at -3 are not out of this yet…there you can find American Chris Kirk, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick!
5:30 PM—Thomas’s birdie putt on the 15th moves just left and has to settle for par to remain -4…
5:37 PM–Young bogeys 14th…moves down to -5…
5:37 PM—Pereira birdies the 13th…moves to -7…
5:47 PM–Young misses birdie putt on 15th way to the left…
5:48 PM–Pereira bogeys the 14th..moves down to -6…
5:49 PM–Zalatioris pars the 15th hole…
5:58 PM—Fitzpatrick long birdie putt to go to -4…
6:00 PM—Thomas birdies 17th…moves to -5…
6:06 PM—Zalatoris bogeys the 16th…moves down to -4…
6:13 PM—Pereira pars 16th…remains at -6…
6:17 PM–Thomas pars 18th…finishes at -5 and a score of 67 on Sunday…
6:22 PM–Zalatoris birdies 17th…goes to -5….
6:22 PM—Young birdies 17 to go to -4 and two back of Pereira…
6:31 PM–Fitzpatrick bogeys the 17th…drops to -3…
6:32 PM—Pereiera pars 17th…with birdie putt, Pereira’s attempt misses by one rotation…
6:35 PM—Pereira lands into water in the 18th…Faldo believes he chose the wrong club…
6:36 PM—Zalatoris long par putt to remain and finish at -5…
6:37 PM—Young pars the 18th…
6:48 PM–Fitzpatrick pars 18th to finish at -3…
6:50 PM—Pereira double bogeys 18th and finishes at -4 and in third place…one back of Americans Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris…
PLAYOFF
6:52 PM–We have a playoff–Americans Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris at -5…remarkable comeback by Thomas, who began the day at -2 and seven back of Pereira…
7:08 PM–Zalatoris birdies the 13th hole…1st playoff hole in three-hole aggregate
7:10 PM–Thomas birdies the 13th hole…
7:13 PM—Great tee shot by Thomas…lands on the green…
7:20 PM–Zalatoris pars 17th hole in a playoff…
7:22 PM–Thomas birdies 17th in a playoff…moves to -2 in the playoff…Zalatoris is at -1…
7:24 PM—Thomas and Zalatoris on the green in a playoff on the 18th hole…
7:28 PM–Thomas becomes the first player ever to birdie the first two holes of a three-hole aggregate in PGA Championship history…
7:34 PM–Justin Thomas has two putts to win the PGA Championship…
7:36 PM—Justin Thomas wins 2022 PGA Championship with a par putt…
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