{"id":647698,"date":"2026-05-17T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647698\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:59:08","slug":"pga-championship-leaderboard-alex-smalley-leads-a-loaded-leaderboard-at-aronimink-entering-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647698\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship leaderboard: Alex Smalley leads a loaded leaderboard at Aronimink entering Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re three days into the second major championship of the season, and the tournament is still very much wide open.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Smalley surged ahead late on Saturday to take a two-shot lead over the field entering the final day of the PGA Championship. He got to 6-under on the week, which is the lowest anyone has reached so far at Aronimink at any point.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But a massive group is right behind him. There are five golfers sitting at 4-under, including Jon Rahm and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/golf\/article\/pga-championship-aaron-two-gloves-rai-holds-a-share-of-the-lead-at-aronimink-but-why-does-he-wear-two-gloves-213255428.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aaron \u201cTwo Gloves\u201d Rai;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Aaron \u201cTwo Gloves\u201d Rai&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron \u201cTwo Gloves\u201d Rai<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/golf\/article\/pga-championship-rory-mcilroy-storms-back-as-mother-nature-provides-a-gift-190800752.html\" data-i13n=\"slk:Rory McIlroy made a bit of a run on Saturday;cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rory McIlroy made a bit of a run on Saturday;slk:Rory McIlroy made a bit of a run on Saturday;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rory McIlroy made a bit of a run on Saturday&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">Rory McIlroy made a bit of a run on Saturday<\/a> in the early wave, too. After starting the day at 1-over, he posted a 4-under 66 in the third round to get within a shot of the leaders at the time. He leads the group at 3-under with Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele and Maverick McNealy.<\/p>\n<p>While Smalley is in the lead, the major is still anybody\u2019s to grab come Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see who survives and can make a play for the Wanamaker Trophy. For now, here\u2019s a look at the top of the leaderboard entering the final round.<\/p>\n<p>POSITION<\/p>\n<p>PLAYER<\/p>\n<p>SCORE<\/p>\n<p>THRU<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Alex Smalley<\/p>\n<p>-6<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>T2<\/p>\n<p>Matti Schmid<\/p>\n<p>-4<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>T2<\/p>\n<p>Jon Rahm<\/p>\n<p>-4<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>T2<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rai<\/p>\n<p>-4<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>T2<\/p>\n<p>Ludvig \u00c5berg<\/p>\n<p>-4<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>T2<\/p>\n<p>Nick Taylor<\/p>\n<p>-4<\/p>\n<p>F<\/p>\n<p>For <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/yahoo\/leaderboard\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the full leaderboard, click here;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the full leaderboard, click here&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">the full leaderboard, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>How to watch the PGA Championship<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Championship is being broadcast this week on ESPN and CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, May 17 <br \/>ESPN: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET <br \/>CBS: 1-7 p.m. ET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re three days into the second major championship of the season, and the tournament is still very much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[36298,427,13755,36304,14192,99],"class_list":["post-647698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-alex-smalley","tag-golf","tag-jon-rahm","tag-patrick-reed","tag-pga-championship","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}