Scheffler six behind Griffin and Schmid in Fort Worth
Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the third round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/PGA of America)
World number one Scottie Scheffler is lurking just six shots behind Ben Griffin and Germany’s Matti Schmid heading into the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas.
Chasing his third win in as many starts, the Texan was left to rue three back-nine bogeys as he made an eagle and seven birdies in a six-under 64 to move to tied seventh on seven-under.
“You are always going to hope to go play a perfect round; it basically never happens,” said Scheffler, who was seven under after 11 holes before he bogeyed the 12th and 13th and followed birdies at the 16th and 17th with a bogey at the last.
“I mean, three bogeys definitely hurts, especially when you are trying to chase, but overall I did some good things today. I'm definitely going to need to do more of the same tomorrow.”
Griffin and Schmidt shot 68s to lead by four shots from Rickie Fowler (67) on 13-under, with Robert MacIntyre, Nick Hardy and Akshay Bhatia a shot further back.
Apart from the six-shot deficit, Scheffler’s biggest challenge is fatigue.
“Well, I would say mentally I definitely am a bit tired,” he said. “I'm definitely taking a lighter schedule this week than I normally would at a tournament, but overall, my game feels like it's in a good spot. I felt like I was able to get some good rest to start this week.
“I'm just out here battling. I had a good day today. The first two days definitely could have been a bit better, but we'll see how things shake out during the course of the afternoon and see what I can do tomorrow.”
Like Scheffler, Seamus Power had his ups and downs and carded a 69 that left him 51st on one-under.
After making the cut on the mark, he bogeyed the fourth and sixth but after rattling four birdies in a row from the eighth, he dropped another shot at the 14th.
