Scottie Scheffler is favoured to knock off the third leg of his quest for the career grand slam at next month’s U.S. Open.

Scottie Scheffler capped the third round of the PGA Championship in style to grab a three-shot lead over Sweden’s Alex Noren on Saturday at Quail Hollow Club, where the world number one has a third major title in his grasp.

Two of the world’s top players voiced their displeasure with a decision by organizers of the PGA Championship to not allow preferred lies during the first round of the year’s second major after the course was hammered by rain this week.

Ryan Gerard stumbled late but still held a one-shot PGA Championship clubhouse lead at Quail Hollow where Rory McIlroy, in his first major since completing the career Grand Slam, struggled on a course he is used to dominating.

The PGA Championship is brimming with compelling storylines ahead of Thursday’s opening round, perhaps none bigger than whether Rory McIlroy will be able to build on his career Grand Slam success at one of his favourite venues.

Austria’s Sepp Straka enjoys flying under the radar but may find that harder to do at this week’s PGA Championship given he is fresh off the biggest win of his career that moved him into the top 10 of the world rankings.

Tiger Woods was among the first to congratulate Rory McIlroy on winning the Masters, welcoming him to an exclusive club of men’s players to have won golf’s Grand Slam.

A lucky bounce boosted Andrew Novak’s hopes of a first PGA Tour win at the Texas Open after his wayward tee shot on the par-three 16th ricocheted off a fence behind the green, rolled down a bank and came to a halt just feet from the hole.

Sergio Garcia’s missed 3-foot putt cost him a spot in The Open Championship.

South Africa’s Shaun Norris carded a 67 to take a four-shot lead on 14 under-par at the end of Saturday’s third round in the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open on a difficult day of scoring at the Houghton Golf Club.

The 15-time major champion also missed the Genesis Invitational in February following the death of his mother that month.

Tiger Woods said that talks toward a deal that would resolve the fissure in golf between the U.S.-based PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf are moving in the right direction.