Rory McIlroy charges up PGA Championship leaderboard
Rory McIlroy made a 'Moving Day' charge at the PGA Championship, climbing the leaderboard after a tough start.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Rory McIlroy’s Moving Day charge lifted him temporarily into the lead at the 108 th PGA Championship before stalling late on Saturday at Aronimink Golf Club. McIlroy carded six birdies in the third round to shoot 4-under 66 for the second straight day and improve to 3-under 207.
“Better,” McIlroy said of his play, which he had described succinctly as “shit,” on Thursday and “not shit” on Friday. “No profanity today, so keep it clean,” he said. McIlroy’s start on Thursday was marred by a dreadful finish, a string of four bogeys to finish the round, the first time he’d ever done that on Tour.
McIlroy was T-105 on the leaderboard at the end of the first round after posting a 4-over 74 on Thursday. But he reminded himself that he was only seven back, the same amount that he trailed after the opening round of the 2025 Masters, where he'd go on to win and complete the career Grand Slam. More: Our PGA Championship hub: Videos, scores, more “I was two ahead going into the final day.
So there's a lot of golf and a lot of things can happen during the course of a golf tournament,” McIlroy said. “I've progressively just got a little bit closer to the lead each day. ” McIlroy complained about the course setup, which he said was designed to protect par.