- Sheffield golfer makes 67 to trail Mito Pereira by three shots
- Chilean, the world No 100, is playing only his second major
An English golfer was on a roll in the early stages of the US PGA Championship. ‘Long Jim’ Barnes, who emigrated to the United States from Cornwall, won this event – then in match play form – in 1916 and 1919. It was not played during the two intervening years.
Staggeringly, in more than a century that has passed since there has been no flag of St George adjacent to a US PGA winner. History will therefore not be on Matt Fitzpatrick’s side on day four at Southern Hills but it dictates how significant a success for the Yorkshireman would be.
Written by Ewan Murray at Southern Hills
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/22/matt-fitzpatrick-in-frame-going-into-final-round-of-us-pga-championship under the title “Matt Fitzpatrick in frame going into final round of US PGA Championship”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
