Kisner leads the USPGA with Matsuyama on his tail

It was a mad old moving day finish at the USPGA at Quail Hollow, but Kevin Kisner remains the leader going into the final day.

Kisner was two shots ahead with just three to play when he found water on the 16th hole, and went on to make double bogey.

But that was not the end of the dramas in his round. With a pulled approach on the 18^th, he had a massive stroke of good fortune, as his ball ricocheted off a bridge and into the rough.

He went onto to make a bogey, and get back into the clubhouse with a one over 72, and a one shot lead.

He was not the only one to struggle on the Green Mile, as Chris Stroud managed to three­–putt for bogey on both of the last two holes, to finish one shot off the leader.

On shot behind is Hideki Matsuyama, who had a poor moving day by his standards. He could only manage a +2 73, but he’s still very much in the mix.

He looked strangely out of form today. We love his swing, and its simplicity, but he was not full of confidence today. Maybe the win at Firestone, and now three tough rounds at an exacting Quail Hollow is beginning to take its toll.

He’ll need some proper R&R to be properly ready to take it on tomorrow and fight it out with a resilient Kisner.

Meanwhile Jason Day was having a rum day of it. He was out in 36 with a single birdie and two bogeys, before going on a crazy rollercoaster back nine.

A double bogey on the 12^th, followed by a bogey on the 13^th, and he was struggling. He then pulled out three birdies in a row through 14 to 16 to reassert himself. But there were more shenanigans to be had, as he dropped another shot on the 17^th, before a disastrous 18^th, where he made an eight!

It did not need to be that way, as he had a straightforward chip back onto the fairway, and could easily have sucked it up and taken the pain.

But instead he opted to try and play onto the green, by literally slinging it around a tree. That plan massively misfired, and he found himself in bushes by the latrines.

A penalty drop later, and a rescue shot that did not make it to the green, saw him card a quadruple–bogey, and post a 77 to fall way back to T16.

Round of the day belonged to Canada’s Graham DeLaet, who shot six under from the 13^th through to the 16^th, with eagles on the 14^th and 15^th, and birdies on the 13^th and 16^th! 

He’s T7 with a moving day 68, and must be rueing his double bogey on the 11th.

With four players within two shots of the leader, this one isn’t over by a long shot, or a short one for that matter! 

Here's the PGA's moving day tournament wrap:

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