️ Updates from the final round at Aronimink Golf Club
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Let’s start with the weather report. It’s going to be the warmest day of the week, so expect the course to get firmer and faster as the day goes on. Given the contours and kinks of the fairways and greens, that’ll be a double-edged sword. The wind has been pretty benign so far today, but it’s expected to get up as we progress, so the earlier starters have had an advantage. All in all, similar to yesterday, when scoring became progressively harder. Goodness knows how this is likely to pan out as a result, but if someone breaks from the pack and posts a score mid-afternoon, things could get interesting for the final pairings.
At the risk of becoming a hostage to fortune, there’s a fair chance this is going to end in a play-off, isn’t there. So with 47 players starting the day within seven shots of the lead – and the record comeback from a 54-hole deficit by a winner at the PGA Championship is seven – let’s not concern ourselves too much with the possible outcomes, narratives and permutations. Instead, let’s just go with the flow. Here’s how the top of the leaderboard looked after 54 holes …
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