Another major chance for Day
After series of nearmisses, Aussie takes two-shot lead at PGA.
With six SHEBOYGAN, WIS.— straight 3s on his card, Jason Day looked determined as ever Saturday to finally get that first major. He had a 6-under 66 and built a two-shot lead in the PGA Championship, the third straight major he has at least a share of the lead going into the final round.
One look at the leaderboard at the name right behind him — Jordan Spieth — made it clear itwon’t be easy.
Spieth was five shots behind and had two holes to play when he capped off a stunning charge along the back nine at Whistling Straits with six birdies over his last eight holes, including three in a row at the end that gave him a 7-under 65 to get into the final group.
“Very pleased to have a chance to win another major,” Spieth said.
He is trying to join Tiger Woods (2000) and Ben Hogan (1953) as the only players to win three majors in one year, and Spieth hopes to rely on his experience of having already won the Masters and U.S. Open this year.
The game once CENTERVILLE— introduced to him with such a nasty snub now comes with a full embrace, filled with communal love and hopefully, where his youngest and quite impressive daughter, Trisha, is concerned, future medical promise.
Dr. Raj Kulkarni, a successful local orthodontist who was raised in India, was remembering one of his first introductions to golf. His company was sponsoring an outing at a local course and though he didn’t play the game or know its rules, he was fascinated.
“I was with one of my staff members in a cart and I wanted to get a closer look at the way people drive the ball off the tee,” he said. “One group was playing the men’s tees, but the back tee was empty so I took the cart up there to get a direct