US PGA Championship: Will Zalatoris opens one-shot lead – BBC Sport

Will Zalatoris has four top-10 finishes from seven major starts-9 W Zalatoris (US); -8 M Pereira (Chi); -6 J Thomas (US); -5 B Watson (US); -4 R McIlroy (NI), A Ancer (Mex)Selected others: -3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -2 T Hatton (Eng), C Smith (Aus); +1 R MacIntyre (Sco), T Fleetwood (Eng), J Rose (Eng); +3 T Woods (US); Missed cut:+6 S Scheffler (US), D Johnson (US)American Will Zalatoris takes a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the US PGA Championship after overnight leader Rory McIlroy dropped back on day two. McIlroy began the day one shot clear of the field but the Northern Irishman finished it five behind Zalatoris, who reached nine under at Southern Hills.He carded a bogey-free five-under 65 with conditions favouring the late wave in Oklahoma, although McIlroy shot 71.Chile’s Mito Pereira, on his second major start, is second at eight under.Australian Cameron Smith, who won the Players Championship in March, struck fellow player Aaron Wise on the head with a wayward tee shot on the second.Wise, who was on the adjacent seventh hole, was down for “about 20 seconds” and needed treatment, but was able to complete his round – albeit with a head that was…
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