Scottie Scheffler ‘anything but normal’ as world No 1 closes on major win at Quail Hollow

Scottie Scheffler fired a round-of-the-day 65 to move three ahead of Alex Noren at Quail Hollow; Scheffler made an eagle and three birdies in his last five holes; Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau among chasing pack; watch the PGA Championship live on Sunday from 4pm on Sky Sports Golf

Rich Beem, the 2002 PGA Championship winner, reflects on Scottie Scheffler’s sensational third-round 65 at Quail Hollow and ponders whether anyone can stop the world No 1 from closing out another major success…

It was an incredible round today and to finish off like Scottie did [five under through the final five holes], that just doesn’t happen around Quail Hollow – at least not for normal players!

As we know though, Scottie is anything but normal.

After his bogey at 13, there was the eagle at 14, birdie at 15, the missed birdie at 16 and then birdies again at 17 and 18 – you can’t write a better script than that going into the final round.

What we saw today was more like what we saw the last two years, where he was going crazy and winning everything. It’s what motivates the best in the game, going head to head against their peers.

It has been a little bit surprising to see Rory [McIlroy] come out this week and be a bit on the flat side, but it’s not surprising to see Scottie come out with a bit of a chip on his shoulder.

He’s saying, ‘everybody has been talking about the world No 2, when I’m world No 1 and know how good I am’. He’s showing us all that. He’s one of these players you would dream about being for one day, much less one week or one year.