“I’m definitely not out of it”, Jones said. “Just thinking about that gets you enough adrenaline to that there won’t be any issues”. “But, you know, I’ll learn from it and hopefully I’ll get another opportunity in the future to play in another PGA“.
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“As we were on the 18th tee those fatal words left my mouth and 30 seconds later the horn blew”.
Overnight leader Matt Jones stumbled to a 1-over-par 35-38=73 in today’s third round of the 97th PGA Championship to reach the three-quarter mark at 10-under 206, five shots back of 54-hole leader Jason Day.
“The experiences that I’ve had in the past in previous finishes, I think it’s setting me up for something big in the future”.
Starting on the back nine in favourable conditions for the early starters, Rose was two over par after four holes before recovering with five birdies in the next 11 to post an opening 69 at Whistling Straits.
Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who is aiming to become just the third player ever to win three majors in a season, birdied the first from 20 feet and added six pars to remain seven under.
Tracking Tiger: Woods was in danger of missing the cut, projected to be 2 over after completion of the second round.
“It’s awesome to be in the lead“, said Jones, who is making just his eighth appearance in a major. Finally rolled the ball coming in, and unfortunately it was too little, too late. “And it got me in the end”.
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With that, he carried a one-shot lead over Day into the back nine.
