US PGA Championship golf: 'Bogey train' – Tiger Woods withdraws as 'awesome' Mito Pereira claims lead, Sunday tee times

Mito Pereira will carry a three-shot lead into the final day of the 104th US PGA Championship after a brutal third round that prompted an ailing Tiger Woods to withdraw from the season's second major at Southern Hills in Tulsa. Wood performed a minor miracle to make the cut by a stroke on Friday as he followed an opening 74 with a one-under 69, but the wheels came off in garish fashion on Saturday as he slumped to a nine-over 79. Ad/> It was his third worst round at a major since he turned professional in 1996.

Yet still better than his storm-lashed 81 at the 2002 Open Championship around Muirfield or the 80 he clocked amid ongoing back problems during the 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay. PGA Championship'Very interesting' – When does McIlroy continue title bid in Tulsa?21 HOURS AGO The life-threatening injuries he sustained in a car crash in February 2021 continue to impede his ability to play pain-free golf on such gruelling days when the weather conditions prove more exacting than the yardage. Woods bravely managed to avoid an 80 by covering the final four holes in minus one, but has seen enough.

For this week at least. «I just didn't play well. I didn't hit the ball very well,» said the 15-time major winner, who dropped to a morale-shattering plus 12 and joint last spot after starting the day at three over.

«I'm sore.» /> “I thought I hit a good tee shot down the 2nd and ended up in the water. I just never really got any kind of momentum on my side. /> Woods finished 47th at the US Masters last month, but will attempt to improve his physical condition before the US Open at Brookline (13-19 June) and the 150th Open Championship hosted by St Andrews (14-17 July) this summer.