McIlroy's major tilt regresses as Schauffele leads US PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy's major tilt regressed on Friday as he failed to keep up with the leaders at the 106th US PGA Championship at Valhalla.

READ MORE: Scottie Scheffler started warm-up for second round in jail cell at PGA Championship after arrest Scheffler amazingly returned a 66 hours after being arrested – and subsequently released from police custody – following an incident outside the course. The fatal accident resulted in a delay of 80 minutes to all tee times and meant 18 players were unable to complete round two before darkness fell.

“It sucked to finish like that at Augusta and it sucked to lose to Scottie, but what’s exciting is that, at the end of the day, I knew I had three more majors coming up and to prep for that and get things as sharp as possible and just come out strong.Starting from the 10th, Morikawa birdied the 13th and 18th to reach the turn in 34 before making five consecutive birdies from the fourth.

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