Scottie Scheffler heads into the final round of the 107th hosting of the PGA Championship declaring he’s looking forward to the challenge in not only capturing a maiden Rodman Wanamaker trophy but a third major of his career.
Scheffler, 28, posting a ‘moving day’ 65 to snare a three shot lead at 11-under on the host Quail Hollow course.
He was asked post his round his thoughts what it would mean now as a father to win a third major in his career.
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“It would mean a lot. You know, these tournaments are very important to us, and you work your whole life to have a chance to win major tournaments, any tournament for that matter, and tomorrow I have a good opportunity to go out there and try and win the golf tournament”, said the World No. 1
“But it’s going to take another really good round. There’s a lot of great players chasing me on the leaderboard and someone is going to put up a great round and it’s up to me to go out there and have another really good round and finish off the tournament.
“Looking forward to the challenge”.
Third-Round Notes – Saturday, May 17, 2025
Weather: Morning thunderstorms turn to sunny skies in the afternoon. High of 86. Wind WSW 14-18 mph, with gusts to 28 mph. The start of the round was delayed due to dangerous weather conditions, with tournament officials making the change to threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 from 11:43 a.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Scottie Scheffler (1st/-11) – with a victory
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- Would earn third major championship title (2022, 2024 Masters Tournament) in his 23rd start in a major.
- Would become the 48th player with three or more major championships
- 14 players have won the Masters Tournament and PGA Championship in their career (most recent: Rory McIlroy)
- Would become the 65th player with 15 or more wins on the PGA TOUR; would move to T59 on the all-time wins list
- Would join Rory McIlroy and Sepp Straka as multiple winners this season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson).
- Would be his fourth consecutive season with multiple wins (2022/4; 2023/2; 2024/7; 2025/2)
- Would earn his fifth top-10 finish in six PGA Championship starts (T4/2020, T8/2021, MC/2022, T2/2023, T8/2024).
- Would record the 40th victory by a 54-hole leader/co-leader in PGA Championship history.
- Would improve to 3-for-3 when leading/co-leading after 54 holes at a major (2022, 2024 Masters Tournament).
- Holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the 16th time; is 9-for-15 to date when leading/co-leading entering the final round in individual stroke-play events on TOUR, having converted his last five
Results with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (majors in bold):
| Tournament | Lead | Result |
| 2025 PGA Championship | Leads by 3 | TBD |
| 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson | Led by 8 | Won by 8 |
| 2024 TOUR Championship | Led by 5 | Won by 4 |
| 2024 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | Led by 4 | Won by 1 |
| 2024 RBC Heritage | Led by 1 | Won by 3 |
| 2024 Masters Tournament | Led by 1 | Won by 4 |
| 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open | Tied | T2 |
| 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | Tied | Won by 5 |
| 2023 BMW Championship | Tied | T2 |
| 2023 PLAYERS Championship | Led by 2 | Won by 5 |
| 2023 WM Phoenix Open | Led by 2 | Won by 2 |
| 2022 TOUR Championship | Led by 6 | T2 |
| 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge | Led by 2 | P2 |
| 2022 Masters Tournament | Led by 3 | Won by 3 |
| 2021 Texas Children’s Houston Open | Led by 1 | T2 |
| 2020 American Express | Tied | 3rd |
Alex Noren (2nd/-8) – with a victory
- Would earn first major championship title in his 40th start in a major (best finish: T6/2017 Open Championship)
- Would pick up his first PGA TOUR win in his 185th start; has three runner-up finishes (2018 Farmers Insurance Open, 2022 Barracuda Championship, 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship)
- Would join Henrik Stenson (2016 Open Championship) as major championship winners from Sweden
- Would join the following European winners of the PGA Championship: Jim Barnes (1916, 1919), Padraig Harrington (2008), Martin Kaymer (2010), Rory McIlroy (2012, 2014)
- Would become the first international player to win the PGA Championship since Jason Day (2015)
- Would become the 15th international winner in the first 23 events this season
Miscellaneous Notes
- The largest come-from-behind win after 54 holes at the PGA Championship is seven shots (John Mahaffey/1978, Justin Thomas/2022)
- One week before his title defense at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Davis Riley (T3/-7) trails by four in bid for his first major championship title in eight starts (best finish: T13/2022 PGA Championship); previous-best 54-hole position in a major championship is T10 (2022 PGA Championship/T13)
- J.T. Poston (T3/-7) has yet to record a top-25 finish in 17 prior major championship starts; best finish in a major came at the 2024 Masters Tournament (T30)
- Jon Rahm (T5/-6) is five behind Scheffler in bid for third major championship title (2021 U.S. Open, 2023 Masters Tournament); eight players have won a Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship during their career, with Rory McIlroy the most recent to do so.
- One day after recording the longest ace in major championship history (252 yards on No. 6), Si Woo Kim (T5/-6) cards an even-par 71 and trails by five; the last player to have an ace at a major championship and go on to win is David Toms at the 2001 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club (R3/No. 15).
- Jhonattan Vegas (T5/-6) records a third-round 73 to fall five behind Scheffler; would become the seventh player to carry the outright lead after the first and second rounds of a PGA Championship to victory (most recent: Xander Schauffele/2024)
