At the top of the 2017 PGA Championship leaderboard, you have Kevin Kisner extending his lead to 8-under. Look lower. And lower. And lower yet, and you’ll find tournament favorite Rory McIlroy, who gradually fell until he flirted with missing the cutline entirely and going home early.
2017 PGA Championship leaderboard: Rory McIlroy flirts with cutline before late rally
The favorite was 4-over at one point before a pair of late birdies bought him some breathing room.
After floundering all the way to a 4-over score with three holes to go, McIlroy finished up with birdies on the seventh and eighth holes — his putt for birdie on the ninth teased him by failing to fall in the cup from a hair’s width away — to all but punch his weekend card with a round of 72 and a two-day total of 2-over. The projected appears as if it will be either 3- or 4-over.
Groupmate Jon Rahm was not nearly so strong finishing up, so his is a plus-3 total. He should at least be safe from the cut at that figure. The final member of the threesome, Rickie Fowler, shot 70 for the day, good for T4 as the afternoon grouping take to the course.
Gary Woodland should be taking the course soon, with Thursday leader Thorbjorn Olesen scheduled for just after 2 p.m.
PGA Championship leaderboard 2017
Rank | Name | Total | Thru | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Kevin Kisner | -8 | F* | -4 |
| T1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -8 | F | -7 |
| 3 | Jason Day | -6 | F | -5 |
| T4 | Francesco Molinari | -5 | F* | -7 |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | -5 | F* | -4 |
| T4 | Chris Stroud | -5 | 13* | -2 |
| T7 | Rickie Fowler | -3 | F* | -1 |
| T7 | Justin Thomas | -3 | F | -5 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | -3 | F | -1 |
| 10 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | F | -2 |
| T11 | D.A. Points | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Ryan Fox | -1 | F | -5 |
| T11 | Grayson Murray | -1 | F* | 2 |
| T11 | Sung Kang | -1 | F* | E |
| T11 | Brooks Koepka | -1 | F | 2 |
| T11 | Scott Brown | -1 | 15 | -3 |
| T11 | James Hahn | -1 | 14* | -3 |
| T18 | Ryan Moore | E | F* | E |
| T18 | Chez Reavie | E | F | -1 |
| T18 | Patrick Reed | E | F | 2 |
| T18 | Gary Woodland | E | F* | 3 |
| T18 | Zach Johnson | E | 15 | E |
| T23 | Bud Cauley | 1 | F | 3 |
| T23 | Graham DeLaet | 1 | F | 2 |
| T23 | Patrick Cantlay | 1 | F | E |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Tony Finau | 1 | F* | 3 |
| T23 | Alex Noren | 1 | F | -2 |
| T23 | Daniel Summerhays | 1 | F | -4 |
| T23 | Lee Westwood | 1 | 15 | -1 |
| T31 | Omar Uresti | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Rory McIlroy | 2 | F* | 1 |
| T31 | Brian Harman | 2 | F | 4 |
| T31 | Bill Haas | 2 | F | -2 |
| T31 | Bryson DeChambeau | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Dylan Frittelli | 2 | F* | E |
| T31 | Robert Streb | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Chris Wood | 2 | F | 1 |
| T31 | Jim Herman | 2 | F* | 4 |
| T31 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Dustin Johnson | 2 | F | 3 |
| T31 | Henrik Stenson | 2 | F | -1 |
| T31 | Keegan Bradley | 2 | 16 | -1 |
| T31 | Thorbjorn Olesen | 2 | 15* | 6 |
| T31 | Richard Sterne | 2 | 13* | E |
| T46 | Lucas Glover | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jason Kokrak | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Anirban Lahiri | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Jon Rahm | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Steve Stricker | 3 | F | -1 |
| T46 | Matt Kuchar | 3 | F* | 3 |
| T46 | Jordan L Smith | 3 | F* | 4 |
| T46 | Jamie Lovemark | 3 | F* | E |
| T46 | Ian Poulter | 3 | F | E |
| T46 | Tommy Fleetwood | 3 | F | 4 |
| T46 | Vijay Singh | 3 | F* | -1 |
| T46 | Jordan Spieth | 3 | F | 2 |
| T46 | Charley Hoffman | 3 | 16 | -1 |
| T46 | David Lingmerth | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| T46 | K.T. Kim | 3 | 14* | 1 |
| T61 | Hideto Tanihara | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Russell Henley | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Pat Perez | 4 | F* | 5 |
| T61 | Webb Simpson | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Billy Horschel | 4 | F* | -1 |
| T61 | Marc Leishman | 4 | F | E |
| T61 | Jason Dufner | 4 | F* | 1 |
| T61 | Sean O'Hair | 4 | F* | 4 |
| T61 | Kelly Kraft | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| T70 | Satoshi Kodaira | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Adam Scott | 5 | F* | 5 |
| T70 | Kevin Chappell | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Cody Gribble | 5 | F | 4 |
| T70 | Charles Howell III | 5 | F* | -2 |
| T70 | J.B. Holmes | 5 | F* | 2 |
| T70 | Hudson Swafford | 5 | 15* | -1 |
| T70 | Bernd Wiesberger | 5 | 15* | 3 |
| -- | Projected Cut | 5 | -- | -- |
| T78 | Justin Rose | 6 | F* | 1 |
| T78 | Ross Fisher | 6 | F* | 2 |
| T78 | Jeunghun Wang | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Hao Tong Li | 6 | F | 4 |
| T78 | Kevin Na | 6 | F* | -2 |
| T78 | Peter Uihlein | 6 | F* | 3 |
| T78 | Brendan Steele | 6 | 15* | 3 |
| T78 | Scott Hend | 6 | 14 | 5 |
| T86 | Joost Luiten | 7 | F | 2 |
| T86 | Luke Donald | 7 | F* | 2 |
| T86 | Tyrrell Hatton | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Daniel Berger | 7 | F* | 5 |
| T86 | Martin Laird | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Graeme McDowell | 7 | F | 5 |
| T86 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 7 | F* | 4 |
| T86 | Alexander Levy | 7 | F | 3 |
| T86 | Luke List | 7 | F* | 3 |
| T86 | Bubba Watson | 7 | F | 1 |
| T86 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| T97 | Shaun Micheel | 8 | F | 6 |
| T97 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 8 | F* | 3 |
| T97 | Jimmy Walker | 8 | F* | -2 |
| T97 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 | F | 1 |
| T97 | Jhonattan Vegas | 8 | F* | 1 |
| T97 | Russell Knox | 8 | F | 2 |
| T97 | Ernie Els | 8 | F | -1 |
| T97 | William McGirt | 8 | F* | 2 |
| T97 | Sergio Garcia | 8 | F | 4 |
| T106 | Yuta Ikeda | 9 | F | 8 |
| T106 | Branden Grace | 9 | F* | 3 |
| T106 | Soren Kjeldsen | 9 | F | 7 |
| T106 | Jonas Blixt | 9 | F | 6 |
| T106 | Pablo Larrazabal | 9 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Emiliano Grillo | 10 | F | 3 |
| T111 | Jim Furyk | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Wesley Bryan | 10 | F* | 7 |
| T111 | Andy Sullivan | 10 | F* | 3 |
| T111 | Kyle Stanley | 10 | F* | 5 |
| T111 | Danny Willett | 10 | F* | 8 |
| T111 | Padraig Harrington | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| T111 | Davis Love III | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| T111 | Greg Gregory | 10 | 14* | 4 |
| T120 | Thongchai Jaidee | 11 | F | 2 |
| T120 | Phil Mickelson | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Rich Berberian, Jr. | 11 | F* | 3 |
| T120 | Fabrizio Zanotti | 11 | F* | 2 |
| T120 | John Daly | 11 | F* | 8 |
| T120 | Kenny Pigman | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| T126 | Matt Dobyns | 12 | F* | 7 |
| T126 | Danny Lee | 12 | F | 7 |
| T126 | Jaysen Hansen | 12 | F | -1 |
| T126 | Rich Beem | 12 | F* | 1 |
| T126 | Brandon Stone | 12 | 15* | 4 |
| T131 | Y.E. Yang | 13 | F | 8 |
| T131 | Adam Hadwin | 13 | F | 5 |
| T131 | Xander Schauffele | 13 | F* | 10 |
| T131 | Cameron Smith | 13 | 15* | 9 |
| T131 | Patrick Rodgers | 13 | 14 | 5 |
| T136 | Thomas Bjorn | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Chris Kirk | 14 | F* | 5 |
| T136 | JJ Wood | 14 | F | 7 |
| T136 | David McNabb | 14 | F* | 7 |
| T136 | Thomas Pieters | 14 | F* | 6 |
| T136 | Rod Pampling | 14 | F* | 8 |
| T142 | Jamie Broce | 15 | F | 7 |
| T142 | Scott Hebert | 15 | F | 3 |
| T142 | Young-han Song | 15 | F* | 6 |
| T145 | Mike Small | 17 | F* | 8 |
| T145 | Alex Beach | 17 | F* | 9 |
| T145 | Chris Moody | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Adam Rainaud | 17 | F* | 7 |
| T145 | Ryan Vermeer | 17 | 13* | 6 |
| 150 | Rod Perry | 21 | F | 10 |
| T151 | Paul Claxton | 23 | F | 12 |
| T151 | Stuart Deane | 23 | F | 10 |
| 153 | David Muttitt | 25 | F | 12 |
| WD | Andrew Johnston | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Si Woo Kim | -- | -- | -- |
| WD | Brian Smock | -- | -- | -- |
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