US PGA Championship: Matt Fitzpatrick in contention as Mito Pereira leads at Southern Hills
England's Matt Fitzpatrick heads into Sunday's final round of the US PGA Championship in Oklahoma three shots behind surprise leader Mito Pereira.
Young's round included an eagle at the par-four 17th to move him to five under par, one ahead of Mexican Abraham Ancer, who shot a level-par 70, while Power is at three under.American Webb Simpson also defied the trend to post the low round of the day, a five-under 65, that hoisted him to one under and a climb of 54 places up the leaderboard.
It was a day where fortunes turned quickly and Fitzpatrick's round went from being solid to spectacular as he closed with back-to-back birdies, the last celebrated with the fist pump of a man who knows he has a real chance to win a first major trophy on Sunday. But the Texan, just like playing partner Pereira, is yet to win on the PGA Tour and the pressure of leading a major seemed to tell on a calamitous front nine.
But the 27-year-old from Santiago ran into his own problems around the turn, carding four bogeys and dropping more shots in a five-hole spell than he had all tournament.
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