Rory McIlroy stormed back on Friday at the PGA Championship 2026 to find himself "right in the tournament". The Masters champion is now just five shots off the halfway lead at Aronimink Golf Club, with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler ominously placed two back at -2.
Leaderboard Update
Maverick McNealy joined round one’s overnight co-leader Alex Smalley at the top of the PGA Championship leaderboard, though superstar talent started to descend on the top of the leaderboard ahead of the weekend. Ludvig Aberg is also two back at -2, while Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Gotterup, Aldrich Potgieter, Stephan Jaeger, Min Woo Lee and Max Greyserman are one shot closer at -3, with the major championship wide open at the half-way stage.
Third Round Tee Times and Schedule
Here are the third round tee times and schedule on moving day in south-west Philadelphia:
- 12:45 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Alex Noren (Swe)
- 12:54 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Michael Brennan
- 13:03 Taylor Pendrith (Can), John Keefer
- 13:12 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), William Mouw
- 13:21 Shane Lowry (Irl), Brian Campbell
- 13:30 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Daniel Berger
- 13:39 Luke Donald (Eng), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
- 13:48 Michael Kim, John Parry (Eng)
- 13:57 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Padraig Harrington (Irl)
- 14:06 Daniel Brown (Eng), Chris Kirk
- 14:15 Justin Rose (Eng), Brian Harman
- 14:24 Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Sami Valimaki (Fin)
- 14:33 Kazuki Higa (Jpn), Mikael Lindberg (Swe)
- 14:42 Keith Mitchell, Sam Burns
- 14:51 Tom Hoge, Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
- 15:00 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Denny McCarthy
- 15:20 Sam Stevens, Chandler Blanchet
- 15:30 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
- 15:40 Casey Jarvis (Rsa), Matt Wallace (Eng)
- 15:50 Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson
- 16:00 Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
- 16:10 Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
- 16:20 Sahith Theegala, Bud Cauley
- 16:30 Ben Griffin, Ryan Gerard
- 16:40 Collin Morikawa, Matti Schmid (Ger)
- 16:50 Nick Taylor (Can), Corey Conners (Can)
- 17:10 Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Ben Kern [CFT]
- 17:20 Ryan Fox (Nzl), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)
- 17:30 Rico Hoey (Phi), Cameron Smith (Aus)
- 17:40 Haotong Li (Chn), Patrick Reed
- 17:50 Jon Rahm (Esp), Andrew Putnam
- 18:00 Jason Day (Aus), Patrick Cantlay
- 18:10 Kurt Kitayama, Aaron Rai (Eng)
- 18:20 Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Andrew Novak
- 18:30 Harris English, Si Woo Kim (Kor)
- 18:40 Scottie Scheffler, David Puig (Esp)
- 19:00 Cameron Young, Justin Thomas
- 19:10 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Max Greyserman
- 19:20 Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)
- 19:30 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Chris Gotterup
How to Watch
The PGA Championship 2026 third round coverage begins at 3pm BST on Saturday and fourth round coverage begins at 4pm BST on Sunday, with Sky Sports Golf covering the tournament in its entirety.
