Scheffler takes three shot lead into final PGA round

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months after being arrested and driven off to jail in handcuffs during the US PGA Championship, Scottie Scheffler will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the same tournament at Quail Hollow.

- PHIL CASEY

Scheffler covered his last five holes in five under par to complete a superb third round of 65 and reach 11 under par, with Sweden's Alex Noren his nearest challenger on eight under in just his second competitive start since October.

Americans Davis Riley and JT Poston share third place on seven under, with Jon Rahm, halfway leader Jhonattan Vegas and Si Woo Kim on six under.

Bryson DeChambeau is another stroke back – alongside England’s Matt Fitzpatrick – after stumbling badly on the closing three-hole stretch known as “The Green Mile”, the US Open champion dropping a shot on the 16th and making a double bogey on the 17th after finding the water short of the green.

Scheffler’s shocking arrest last year happened before the second round as he attempted to get around the traffic jam caused by an earlier fatal accident outside Valhalla.