Golf Phil Mickelson, PGA Championship Leader
Gary Player
once answered that black is mystery, sophistication, strength and elegance, which is why the historic South African golfer used to go out to play completely in black;
hence his nickname 'the black knight'.
The first 10 holes of the third day of
Phil Mickelson
was an ode to all those values that good old Player coined.
Mickelson, also dressed in rigorous black, chained five birdies in those first ten holes, a golf gale that gave him five strokes of advantage, and brought him closer to the dream of being, at 50 years old, the most veteran golfer to win a tournament of the Grand Slam in the history of golf. A beautiful story that seemed accessible in the middle of this third day, but with Mickelson there is always a tomorrow, for the good and for the bad.
The so far perfect drives from the left-hander began to get stuck, at hole 12 he reached the bunker that made him lose a stroke and a bad three wood at the exit of hole 13 ended with the splash of his ball in the water.
The two-hole +3 sequence shook the foundations of his hitherto masterpiece on Kiawah Island and opened the way for uproar on the leaderboard with roosters at the level of
Brooks Koepka
or
Louis Oosthuizen.
Phil Mickelson fought the final five holes with two pairs, especially commendable was the 18 to finish with 70 strokes and -7, a result that keeps him in the lead of the PGA Championship with a stroke advantage.
Good old Phil is only 18 holes apart to be the first 50-year-old to win a major.
Minutes earlier, Brooks Koepka blew a short par putt to finish at -6.
He will sleep one blow from Mickelson, the South African Oosthuizen remains at two.
They are three of the only 12 players who remain under par after 54 holes of the second major of the season, a high note for the preparation of Pete Dye's design and the strategy of the PGA of America.
Jon Rahm's frustration
Jon Rahm
couldn't give himself a chance for victory on Sunday, the only surviving Spaniard tried, but the putt abandoned him in key moments of the third round.
Missed birdie opportunities and two final bogeys ended up sapping Barrika's patience: "putting has been the only problem,
I haven't made a single one,
what do you want me to tell you, too many birdie putts of less than three meters that I haven't made . I don't know what to say. It doesn't matter anymore, I want the day to end tomorrow and go home, I'm too far from the leader. "
The hot frustration of the world number three was evident, after finishing with a lap of par (+3 in total) occupying the 38th place.
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