PGA Championship 2015 Leaderboard: Sunday Scores, Results and Analysis

Spieth ordered himself to make that final putt, and make it he did.

With six straight 3s on his card, Jason Day looked determined as ever Saturday to finally get that first major. “We’ll talk about it, what I need to do and see if that’s the right move or not”, Woods said. “I haven’t won before, so that’s something that is possibly a new experience for me tomorrow”.

A remarkable six birdies and three pars on the back nine ensures he is adequately placed to do so. That magic started with a birdie putt at No. 11 Saturday, following 10 holes in which Spieth played solidly but just wasn’t scoring.

Meanwhile, a certain 22-year-old was making moves in the opposite direction, dropping birdies on six of his final eight holes.

“When I think of this being the last major of the year, it’s a little bit of a sad feeling because I really thoroughly enjoy playing in majors”, he said. The one on 12 was nice.

“… Golf runs like that, and it got me in the end”.

“I’m in a great position going into tomorrow and excited about the opportunity”.

So Mr. Spieth, when did you start having that conversation with yourself that a lost Grand Slam bid could be salvaged with a victory at Whistling Straits and a still-pretty-damn-historic season?

“I’m playing with Spieth”, Day said.

“I’m going to take a couple of weeks off just to sort of reassess everything”, he said. The official and the agent chased after Spieth, who wasn’t jogging in his spikes as much as he was bouncing in a zig-zagging way through the fans who stopped dead in their tracks, pointed in his direction, and called out his name. Branden Grace of South Africa, tied for the lead with three holes to play in the U.S. Open when he hit a tee shot out-of-bounds onto the train tracks at Chambers Bay, holed a bunker shot for birdie on the 18th hole for a 64 to finish three shots behind.

Martin Kaymer, who won the PGA the previous time it was held here back in 2010, is alone in fifth place at minus-11 after shooting 65.

Australia’s Jason Day has been trending in the right direction all week long.

“So far, 10 events this year, obviously it’s a very small sample, but I’m pleased at the way I’m starting to hit the ball”. It’s good to be in the lead. I haven’t been able to put consistently both together for an entire event.

Still, you get the impression that neither man does actually feel any sort of animosity toward the other.

Jones hit the ball off the mat and high-fived spectators on his way to the green.

That left Day two ahead of Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who reignited his hopes of a rare third major victory this year by firing a bogey-free 65 on a hot and steamy afternoon.

“I hit it good enough to be where I needed to be, but I putted terrible”, Woods said. And we’re off to the races. Perhaps already thinking of Sunday, he neglected to remove his hat to shake hands and dropped his putter, looking more flustered by golf convention than by the demands of the world’s most hard game. Look at it like this: If Spieth goes three for four in 2015, he will accomplish something at 22 that the great Nicklaus never accomplished over the 25 seasons that marked his major championship career (1962-86). He ripped off three birdies in a row, took a breather for two holes, then punctuated the round with another three-peat.

If the guy in second-place was nearly anyone else, Day would be the top storyline, but he comes in as a close second to Spieth’s pursuit of history. “When is he going to slow down?'” Spieth said.

He did just that and then afterwards offered a mild verbal threat as well. So it was an understatement when he said Saturday night, “A number of things can happen, especially on a final round of a major championship”.