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LIV-ing atop the leaderboard! Brooks Koepka leads the PGA Championship after third round with -6

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LIV-ing atop the leaderboard! Brooks Koepka leads the PGA Championship after third round with -6

LIV-ing at the top of the leaderboard! Brooks Koepka leads the PGA Championship after the third round at -6 while tour-mate Bryson DeChambeau trails by just three strokes

  • The LIV Golf star took home a 47-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to reach -6
  • About 0.9 inches of rain fell in Oak Hill, mostly between 8 am and 4 pm
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Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka led the field with a 4-under-par 66 for the second straight day to take control of the PGA Championship at a soggy Oak Hill Country Club on Saturday.

The LIV Golf star took home a 47-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to get to 6-under 204.

Koepka carded five birdies and just one bogey on a day when only nine players broke even.

He also caught up with Canada’s Corey Conners and Norway’s Viktor Hovland, who shared the lead with Scottie Scheffler entering the day.

Final mistakes held Conners (70) and Hovland (70) at 5 under for the championship. Bryson DeChambeau also shot a 70 to stay tied for fourth at 3 under.

Brooks Koepka leads -6 after the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday

Brooks Koepka leads -6 after the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday

Bryson DeChambeau finished the day close behind him in fourth place with a score of -3

Bryson DeChambeau finished the day close behind him in fourth place with a score of -3

Scheffler bogeyed four of his first seven holes and didn’t get a birdie to drop to No. 14 en route to 73. He fell to 2 under, tied for fifth with England’s Justin Rose (69).

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Almost 0.9 inches of rain fell at Oak Hill, mostly between 8 am and 4 pm local time, making the round a slog for everyone but particularly affecting those who played early.

Englishman Tommy Fleetwood’s 68 was the low round for most of the day until Koepka polished off his 66.

Koepka led the Masters through three rounds after dealing with sloppy weather on Friday and Saturday, similar to what players faced at Oak Hill.

But he lost to eventual champion Jon Rahm of Spain, and on Sunday he will try not to repeat what he described last week as a ‘choke.’

Conners’ second birdie of the day, a 9-footer at the par-3 15th, became the first player to reach 7 under this week.

But he put it back on the par-4 16th in ugly fashion.

Conners’ attempt to get out of a fairway bunker on No. 16 barely left the ground, hitting the face of the bunker in front of him and stabbing. He was given a free drop but his third shot was rough.

The two LIV tourmates shake hands after the 18th hole of the day at Oak Hill Country Club

The two LIV tourmates shake hands after the 18th hole of the day at Oak Hill Country Club

A subsequent double-bogey 6 spoiled what would become the only bogey-free round of the day.

Hovland might have tied Koepka at 6 under but landed in a greenside bunker on No. 18 and blasted out of the hole, leading to a bogey finish.

PGA professional Michael Block made three birdies on the back nine to shoot his third straight even-par 70 and tie for eighth with Justin Suh (73).

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He is expected to play Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (seventh place, 1 under) on Sunday.

Block, the head pro at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, Calif., could become the first club pro to finish in the top 20 at a PGA Championship since 1990.

The last top 10 finisher at the PGA was 50 years ago — when a 61-year-old Sam Snead, retired from the tour, competed as a professional at the club.