Overview
- Alex Smalley birdied four of his last six on Saturday to shoot 68 and reach six under with a two-shot 54-hole lead.
- The chase is unusually tight with 21 players within four shots and roughly 30 within five, led by Jon Rahm, Ludvig Åberg, Aaron Rai, Nick Taylor and Matti Schmid at four under, with Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Reed at three under.
- Players and analysts say Aronimink plays tougher than it looks because cambered fairways shed balls into thick rough and gusts test approach shots, which Johnson Wagner called the narrowest fairways he has seen.
- Defending champion Scottie Scheffler struggled on the greens during a third-round 71 and sits at one under, five back, saying the bunched board makes it "anybody's tournament."
- If players are tied after 72 holes, the PGA Championship will be decided by a three-hole aggregate playoff.