Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy has famously tried for a decade for a fifth, and Sunday is another good chance to end the drought.
PINEHURST, N.C. — A large sum of money undoubtedly would have been in play had there been odds on Rory McIlroywinning another major championship in the 10 years since he last hoisted one of the game’s biggest trophies.There’s the inevitable belief that if he could have won two PGA Championships to this point, a third would make perfect sense.
But three strokes is nothing in this cauldron and on a golf course that can jump up and grab you at any time. Ask Ludvig Aberg, who made a triple-bogey 7 at the 13th hole. Ask DeChambeau, who seemingly out of nowhere made a double-bogey 6 at the 16th.“I'm pretty much in the same position that I was last year going into the final day at LACC,” McIlroy said, referring to last year’s U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, where he finished a shot behind Wyndham Clark.
Would it be better to be grouped with DeChambeau, whose 67 gave him three rounds in the 60s and a three-shot advantage? It was his seventh consecutive round of 69 or better in a major championship and was in keeping with his solid year in the game’s biggest tournaments. “It was amazing,” he said of the fans Saturday. “I can’t thank them enough. It was a blessing. Man, they riled me up. It just gives me a spike in my adrenaline and allows me to focus more on delivering for the fans and for myself and for my family. It just inspires me.”
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