2026 PGA Championship- Rory McIlroy's Third Round Highlights

Will attack a lot of these rules. It's a quick tee pick up and. Position a nice tee shot 123 to the hole. I think the one thing here is gotta be probably careful not to overspin it. The Ridge isn't even close today. We've seen some problems with the Ridge, but he's going right at it. Let's get this day started with the birdie. Get to even for the championship. Yesterday, if he could land this five or six steps on right on the left edge of the camera tower. The rare tap in. Pretty good from there. That's a good shot, isn't it? Score out here today. Get it going and don't give any away. Up the hill should go a little bit to his right. It's about that yesterday. This one, I mean, these are all important, but particularly keep a little bit of momentum going. This is the highest point on the screen where the hole is cut. This green is very typical. So many of these green so you play the safer shot it goes. Oh, that's where you didn't want to go. Jeff, thank you. This is McElroy now off the green at 4. Yeah, this is very doable. Good line, fairly flat. The way Saint Andrews set up a lot of kind of crossovers waiting on other groups. My guess is in 1920. Disappointing with the sandwich from the middle of here. Well, that's exactly the point. Wedge in hand and and you're having to chip for your third when you're looking to have it no more than 12 or 15 for birdie. Quick one, just dribble it down the hill. Just like that has one on the green. Andy Rory decided that it's downwind 397 yard hole. Let's just go ahead and put it on the green. Oh my goodness. Now everybody is going to try to drive the green at 13 today. Not everybody is going to try to drive the green at 6 Roy for Eagle. And you've got to pick the perfect speed. You know, sometimes you a little bit too firmly to catch his edge, and it's a little bit easier to go on in, but that's a nice. Now Rory is 7. Wind a little bit from left to right. He's got to start on the right turn and this one is going to get in the fairway. It's going to go way down by the green drive this one. Yeah, will it stay in the fairway though slopes from right to left? Roy with a similar shot 59 yards. Backstop behind him. Now Rory back over 7 downhill very quick around the hole. But that's the way he plays. He's got to start the right drawing it up against the wind right at it. So that was one bounce away. Probably not much break if you put it in with a little bit of speed. Asking to get in the trampled down area. They go spread to the ball spread to the ball right to the ball standing as tiny little circle around the ball. There you go. There you go. Tighten up right? Tighten up not a very good lie. Still looking for a birdie on a par 5 just. Surprising, yeah, only two chances a day, but. Could this be his first birdie in a pair 5? That was well done. I'd say I'd say yes is the answer to that question. Nice up and in from the fairway right in the mayor's office with 143 to a back right hole location. Into the breeze, 139 takes the bunker out of play. Safe, but he'll be a little disappointed with that. I'd give him. Speaking of putting, here's McElroy this 35 footer for a tie at the top. And there's not often you get many straight putts on these greens, but that one was up the hill. What do you make of this move threat? When really gusting over his left shoulder right now. And that one is going to find the green side bunker. We've seen a lot of excitement on this whole already today. Christopher Rayton hit the flagstick on his. OK, took the more direct route. It's well controlled and a chance for another birdie from McElroy. Can use a little speed. For a share of the lead. To four under McElroy has climbed to the top of the leaderboard early on moving day here at Arona makes all not a bad idea cult. Hoping breeze he has a darn. It's an easier hole location, but we still have not seen a shot inside of 6 feet all week. Yeah, that's a good one there though. Some 20 feet above the whole be very fast and Roy McElroy who was tied for 105th after Thursday's round. Has a chance to take the lead. He seemed awfully confused when trying to figure out that. I mentioned this 14th during there was 33 pucks the first two days of this 14th hole alone. Just absolutely incredible. The field played a long way. This 15th hole today 551 yards par 4. Man size par 4 that was hit, but it's turning on the wind June. Just nestled down about a yard into the rock. That was some self roughing it. Grab that golf club in the biggest way. If he can't power it out of that, no one can. That's fair enough. This is his third at the par 4 15th. Low driving love which going to have to scamper up that hill to get there. Work left. This will be big, not just for the scorecard before he's psyche. That's all the way down the left 290 to carry. Oh, thank you. Needs a soft bounce, doesn't get it. Trevor, we've seen that a lot this week. It's difficult. That's the line that's a little drift in the wind now. It's gotta slow down. So beyond the green from McElroy, love which laid wide open. Taking this one sky high that is upstairs, but so hard from behind that green Andrew. Hey, walking right after it. Andrew, there was a lot of indecision there. He was looking at Andrew Putnam. There's like a confluence of holes. You're on 9T and I feel like Rory got out of routine there a little bit. Must do over the bunker and this is 8 iron. Towering in the air, but getting swatted by the wind. Poor shot. Won't appeal on the line with this. Just see how soft the sand is because of his footprints. He decided to go to the square face of the upslope there. I might have opened the face of 17. Now the third trying to chip him apart. And that line nestled down in the green side apron too. So all in all, pretty back to 17. Just a tap in, but he joined the 6th major club. Is one of the guys to tie Trevino, Feldo and Nicholson left and hitting a fade here. The first couple days. The touch arms were way late. Is it enough to cover 25 front? Need some help on the ground. Yeah, he had some limb issues there, so tried to go low but. Porta soft bounce. Swale in front. If you pull this slightly, he could miss the green with a bad bounce. Off the high side should feed down there. This is really, really good for McElroy. That is magical. Yeah, that's 9 out of 10 right there. But not dead 187 feet away for par. What a sound that is huge right there. 27 putts today for Rory after 34 on Thursday, 30 putts on Friday 66. Who knows where the lead will be?