Summary

  • Champion: -9 Rai

  • Rai becomes eighth English player to win a major since World War II and first to win this title since 1919

  • Selected: -6 Rahm, Smalley; -5 Schmid, Thomas, Aberg; -4 Smith, Schauffele, McIlroy

  • -3 Rose, Reed; -2 Scheffler (69), M Fitzpatrick (65); -1 Spieth (68), Harrington (69)

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Steven Sutcliffe, Paul Higham, Joe Bradshaw and Matt Gault

  1. Another one slips by for Smith

    Smith -5 (14)

    A lovely shot into the par-three 14th gives Cameron Smith another chance to join Matti Schmid, but this time he burns the right edge!

    He can't believe that didn't drop.

  2. Par for Rahm

    Rahm -4, Taylor -5 (8)

    Just a little four-foot tester for Jon Rahm to save his par but in it goes for a three on the eighth and he can now tackle the par-five ninth - which is the easiest hole on the course today and has yielded six eagles.

  3. Smalley -4, Schmid -6 (7)

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    No drama at all on the 438-yard par-four seventh for Matti Schmid or Alex Smalley.

    The German's broom-handle putter has a striking resemblance to the weapon of choice of his compatriot and two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer.

    But his approach is so effective as he rolls up to three feet from downtown and tidies up to make a regulation par.

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    It's fascinating that if you make a course pretty difficult, the players really cluster together in terms of scoring. I guess if you don't have the opportunity to hit a few wonder shots, nobody can really get out in front.

    Tim, Chesham

  5. Win it on the back nine

    A graph showing how holes are playing over and under par - 13 and 16 are under par

    As Rory McIlroy makes the turn, let's look at the back nine in front of him.

    Two of the holes are playing under par. As for the rest? Strap in.

  6. McIlroy fails to capitalise

    McIlroy -4, Schauffele -4 (9)

    A spectacular moonball from Rory McIlroy gives him the longest drive of the day at the par-five ninth at a cool 379 yards.

    Seven iron in hand from 207, but he comes up short and will need to negotiate a huge slope between ball and flag.

    Out with the putter...and it's a bit speedy. Nine-footer for birdie, with plenty of left-to-right break and he misses it.

    That's a hole you simply have to birdie, especially after such a glorious drive.

    No such trouble for Xander Schauffele, though. He makes his first birdie of the day and joins McIlroy at four-under.

  7. Bogeys for Aberg and Rai

    Aberg -3, Rai -3 (8)

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    Ludvig Aberg. Aaron Rai. Meet the toughest hole at this brutal test of golf.

    The eighth has chewed up this group and spat them out with dropped shots apiece.

    Going backwards after promising starts.

  8. Smith just misses out

    Smith -5 (13)

    Cameron Smith has reached the driveable par-four 13th.

    With a three-wood, he finds the bunker short right of the green, where so many have gone.

    It's a good leave, with plenty of green to work with, but he catches it a bit heavy and has 20 feet for a birdie.

    This would be huge. No! It burns the left edge and it's just a par.

  9. I'm looking into this play-off question [20:51 BST].

    And we were right to begin with. The US PGA Championship itself says they will all play in the same group no matter how many.

    They will play three holes, the 10th, 17th and 18th and the aggregate score will win.

    I'm here for that - but it could be a long night.

  10. Bogey for Rahm

    Rahm -4, Taylor -5 (7)

    Jon Rahm missed the seventh fairway to the right - the one spot you really can't afford to miss it. From there he chops out into the opposite rough and when he digs it up onto the green he's left with 40 feet for par.

    He misses so that's a shot gone. Big mistake off the tee.

  11. Rose -3 (10)

    Great up and down.

    A wild slice off the tee had put Justin Rose in all sorts of bother on the 10th.

    However, the former world number one wriggles out of it with a superb wedge to three feet with this third before tidying up.

  12. Scheffler defence over after putting woes

    Scheffler -2 (69)

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    That's the Scottie Scheffler defence over as he finishes with a par on 18 to close with a 69 to finish on two under after another bitterly disappointing day on the greens.

    The two bogeys he made on 14 and 17 came from missing putts from just two and three feet and highlighted just how much he struggled with his putting - as tee-to-green he ranked fourth across the tournament.

    We've seen this before with Scheffler and it's something he needs to sort out quickly before it costs him more majors.

  13. BBC Radio 5 Live

    Re 20:58 Oli Wilson has just said on 5 Live, that if for instance there were six in the play-off they would play it in two groups of three.

    So let's see. Who knows, maybe someone will come charging through to win this tournament by three shots...

  14. 'Big turning point'

    Smalley -4, Schmid -6 (6)

    Oliver Wilson
    Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

    That was a big turning point.

    Matti Schmid will have have a massive adrenaline rush but he just has to stay in the moment.

    For Alex Smalley, it’s a double whammy. That was one of the easiest holes in the course too so it’ll really, really hurt. Not a good time to do that.

  15. Double trouble for Smalley as Schmid goes solo

    Smalley -4, Schmid -6 (6)

    Alex Smalley runs into problems of his own making on the sixth after shunting his drive left into the thick rough.

    And when he can't generate the club speed needed, his second just trundles another 40 yards forward into more gnarly stuff.

    His third fares no better and thinning his chip 20 feet past means his time at the top of the leaderboard looks set to end.

    Two more putts ensure it does as he cards a unwelcome double.

    He is replaced by Matti Schmid, who drains a 20-footer for birdie to go solo.

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    So can someone tell me how a playoff with 7 people would work…? Looking forward to that -5 group creating chaos

    Ali, Surrey

    However many there are, we think they'll all just play in the same group.

    Absolute carnage.

  17. Smith saves another

    Smith -5 (12)

    After yet another missed fairway, Cameron Smith can only hack out to the front of the green. He's left with 85 feet, and after rolling his first up to five feet, he rolls in a pressure-packed par putt.

    Wayward off the tee, rock solid on the greens. An interesting combination.

  18. Aberg makes bogey

    Aberg -4, Rai -4 (7)

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    I mentioned Aaron Rai and Ludvig Aberg scrapping for par. The Englishman does his job and gets out of there unscathed.

    Aberg's ball was buried in the collar at the back of the green and couldn't control his chip. He needs to put it in from 20 feet to save par and can't make it happen. He'll slip back.

  19. McIlroy -4, Schauffele -3 (8)

    Another conservative shot from Rory McIlroy, this time into the daunting 216 yard par-three eighth.

    From the middle of the green, he cozies his putt down to hole and taps in for par. Rinse and repeat. He had that early birdie on two, but it's been pretty vanilla since then.

    But he isn't making any bogeys - and that's crucial.

  20. Smalley -6 (5)

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    5 Live have just played Alex Smalley's interview from last night where he explained about living in the Wanamaker dormitory for three years when at Duke college.

    He and his family have joked since then that the Wanamaker trophy would be a fitting one for him to win.

    Given he's yet to get his hands on a PGA Tour victory, perhaps it is written in his script...