PGA Championship Leaderboard 2014: Twitter Reacts to Day 3 Results and Standings

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Published: August 10, 2014

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Eighteen holes separate Rory McIlroy from his fourth major title and second of 2014.

Golf isn't immune from the kind of hot takes penned by sports writers who are already labeling McIlroy the next Tiger Woods and predicting he'll beat Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors. If McIlroy wins at the Valhalla Golf Club, they'll only be more emboldened.

Through three rounds, the Northern Irish star holds a one-stroke lead over Bernd Wiesberger. Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson sit third and fourth, respectively.



Each of the three major winners from this year have held the lead after 54 holes, so that bodes well for the 25-year-old, per ESPN Stats and Info:



McIlroy found himself in some trouble spots on the back nine but somehow recovered to avoid a costly bogey. That's a sign of both his strong composure and great technique. Lisa Cornwell of Golf Channel was particularly impressed with his peerless swing:



Many would agree that another McIlroy win would be fun to watch and create a lot of intrigue for the 2015 PGA Tour season.

Despite having a deep pool of talent, golf needs at least one golfer to distance himself from the pack and become the guy to define an era, much as Tiger Woods was in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Maybe Rory can be the person to do that.

Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman sees a couple of other ways in which the PGA Championship could end that would give fans something to talk about in the following days:



Mickelson is one of the biggest stars in the sport. A triumph at Valhalla would be particularly thrilling considering Lefty has done next to nothing on the PGA Tour this year. He's without a single top-10 finish in 2014.

This would be one of the more improbable wins of his career if he can have a strong final round and supplant McIlroy.

At the other end of the spectrum, Fowler has been ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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