Seamus Power leads in clubhouse after 67 at US PGA Championship

Seamus Power is the clubhouse leader at three under following a scintillating third round 67 at the US PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

In only his second major appearance after his bow at Augusta, the Waterford golfer showed superb composure, particularly on his back nine to card a three-under-par round on a challenging day in Tulsa.

With the leaders Mito Pereira and Will Zalatoris dropping shots, not to mention an implosion from Rory McIlroy, Power carded six birdies and three bogeys - but four of those birdies came in the final seven holes as he finished with a flourish.

It was not such a happy round for Shane Lowry who couldn't catch fire to recover ground on the leaders. He opened with seven pars before a bogey at eight, he got a shot back at 12 but back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16 took the wind out of his sails, despite a final birdie at 17.

The 2019 Open champion is three over for the tournament after a 71.

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Meanwhile Tiger Woods could sit out the final round after recording his worst ever score in the US PGA Championship as a successful battle to make the cut took a heavy toll.

Woods only made the weekend with a shot to spare courtesy of playing the final seven holes of his second round in two under, a brilliant effort which still left the 15-time major winner 12 shots off the lead.

The 46-year-old had nevertheless talked up his chances of making a surge through the field, citing the 63 shot by Bubba Watson on Friday as the kind of score which was possible.

However, while Webb Simpson showed that might be true with a 65, Woods had to play his last four holes in one under par simply to break 80 after making five bogeys in succession in a major for the first time in his professional