Scottie Scheffler took a three-shot lead into the final round of the 2025 US PGA Championship to put a third Major Championship firmly in his sights.
Moving Day lived up to that billing, with eight different players holding at least a share of the lead at some stage and anywhere up to five tied at certain points.
But it was the World Number One who ended the round on top at 11 under par after playing the last five holes in five under, sparked by a brilliant eagle two at the 14th, with his nearest challenge coming from Swedish veteran Alex Noren at eight under.
The American has converted both of his previous 54-hole leads at Majors, winning the Masters in both 2022 and 2024, and he said: "It's a position I'd have liked to be in at the beginning of the week and I'll just go out and try to execute."
Scheffler's compatriots Davis Riley and JT Poston shared third place at seven under, with Jon Rahm joining Jhonattan Vegas, leader for the first two rounds, and Si Woo Kim at six under.
Scheffler picked up three birdies in the space of four holes on his front nine to move into a share of the lead with Kim.
He bogeyed the 11th but regained the shot at the next, and his response to another blip at the 13th was even more emphatic as he sent his tee-shot at the 304-yard, par-four 14th to three feet.
That eagle sparked a stunning finish as a birdie at the next took him ahead on his own for the first time and two more followed at the 17th and 18th holes to complete a six-under-par 65, the day's best round.
On his stunning shot at the 14th, he said: "I was trying to get a three wood up there on the front of the green, I actually didn't know if I could get there or not, but was able to get a nice result from a really well-executed shot."
Scheffler acknowledged a third Major "would mean a lot" and added: "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. 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."
He will be joined in the final group by Noren who, in his 40th Major Championship and only his second tournament since a long injury lay-off, produced a superb five-under-par 66.
A Scheffler-esque run of four birdies in the last five holes took him to eight under for the week and he said: "It feels good. I got it together.
"I kind of struggled a little bit in the wind with the iron shots and maybe overthought some of the shots but saved myself with some great bunker shots, and the putting was better today. Then finally hit some really good ones on 17 and 18 and it paid off."
Riley made three straight birdies round the turn in his 67 while Poston carded his second 68 of the week.
Rahm's 67 featured seven birdies, including three in a row from the 14th, offset by three dropped shots to leave him level with Kim and Vegas. Those three were among the players to lead the tournament at some point on Saturday along with Scheffler, Noren, Riley, Bryson DeChambeau and Matthieu Pavon.
The latter pair ended the day five under alongside Matt Fitzpatrick, Tony Finau and United States Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, whose European counterpart Luke Donald was one over.
Masters Champion Rory McIlroy, having made the weekend right on the cut line at one over, went round in 72 to drop a further shot back.
