Smalley takes two-shot lead into final round of US PGA Championship but big names lurk

The Guardian is reporting Smalley takes two-shot lead into final round of US PGA Championship but big names lurk. Home hope surges to six under thanks to round of 68Rahm among five on four under; McIlroy is three underThe leaderboard was spinning like a tombola at Aronimink on Saturday, where at one point or another just about every player in the field had a birdie putt to take a share of the lead and then a bogey putt to let go of it again. When the drum finally stopped turning, Alex Smalley, a 29-year-old from North Carolina who has never won a professional golf tournament, was top of the leaderboard on six under, two shots clear of a five-way tie for second. No disrespect to Smalley, the world No 78, but the field are queued up like bowling balls on the rack waiting to take a run at him on Sunday.Philadelphia loves an underdog, but it’s probably best if the trumpeter waits another day before he strikes up the opening notes of the Rocky theme. Continue reading...

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