Ian here we are back with chris stroud. Currently tied for the lead this to remain there. . [captioning funded by cbs sports division] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ian dottie this hole has been unbelievable today. Ive seen so many lipouts. That was a good putt. Over to 1. Jim thomas. Nick as good as you can do. Jim thats paul casey inside of him and casey is at two under with the likes of patrick reed, who shot 69 earlier today and is in it to. 17. Ian how about the putt at 16 for jason day . Peter this is an 8iron right now on the way. What is that . Ian oh, peter. Thats exactly what chris stroud did. It didnt roll down quite as far. Just a little safe. Its so hard with the water there on the left and youre not too sure . Peter hes kind of had that frustrated look all day. He realizes his golf swing is out of sync and hes battling it all day long. Ian and when the course is as tough as it is, it plays on your mind and thats one of the hardest things to get by when the course is tough and it keeps beating you up hole after hole. Nick it really does. The mental effort on ere shot. Makes your eyes go wandering. Youre going to look to the right and left. See the water, see the bunker. You have to paint yourself a really good picture and that takes a lot of mental effort out there today when its pretty warm. Ian hideki now, peter. Peter 8iron. Ian looks pretty straight from here. Peter on a pretty good line but i dont know that he got it all. Ian non ripples so it must be in the bunker or just in the rough settled down. The bunker is not bad. Peter i think it might be in the long grass just left of the bunker but i lost it in the air. Ian the bunkers have been so much better to play from than that long rough. Thats for sure. Peter its not like there are many places on this fwosk to bail out and play safe. Now kisner with a 7iron. Ian on a good line. Thipe stopped way quicker than ive seen any other balls stop. It must have landed just on the front fridge. Every other ball has bounced up. 18 tee. Jim this was earlier, oosthuizen. Dottie signaled right very quickly. Nick struggling to stay it in down there these couple of holes, because theyre right there, these guys at five usually. Jim heres thomas live on the green. By the way, that other ball, i beg your pardon, belonged to rickie fowler, who was in closer than justin. Paul casey got a bad hop with his second shot and it hopped into thick rough and then chipped it back over the green, right in front of the green. Very nearly came across another one of the players bags before a caddie moved it. Could have been a pencil. Stroud on the tee. Dottie just made that one bogey all week, coming a is the last. Nick hes a little shorter than the short of the other guys. That hells. He can freely swing it. Jim so again, fouler is the fowler is the best of the three coming in here. Casey is going to lose at least a shot and rickie has a chance to pick up one after the double at 1. Nick weve had three threeputts on this home. Just got to get it started then a bit of a misread and its still going. Look at that. Its gone six feet past. Jim barely made contact with that. This was the hole location when rickie won in the playoff against rory and d. A. Points. Remember, it was that front left position and he was, that day, able to throw a wedge in there for about the point where he has the putt for par. Holed it for the birdie and the win. Nick its very different now with the bermuda grass, the subair. Theyve turned the golf course into a major golf course. Its maybe got an little close to the edge today we could do with a few more birdies. Hopefully the hole locations are a little easier tomorrow but thats what makes are all about. Its meant to be a physical, mental and technical test. Jim 17. Ian hideki in the bunker, peter . Peter im on the other side of the pond but i believe hes in the grass just short of the bunker and its going to take all of his deft touch with the green run wag from him. Ian he and jason talking to see whos to go. I see it now. Just in the san. Nick so much hook in this bunker shot, isnt there . Ian 02 in bunkers today and not a good lie. And quick, nick. Quick and hook. Very nicely dont hell be happy with that. Uphill putt left for par. And now, peter, before, chris stroud hit it in the same place as jason. Well get back there. Just off the edge. Jim rickie for par. Nick oh, carnage down the last three holes. Isnt that unbelievable . Played beautifully. We were talking him up on how smart and consistent hed been and now wallop. Jim and paul casey missed the green by a foot and it disappeared in that thick bermuda and he made double. Nick wow, went from two under to two over in his round. Jim 17. Ian it just goes to show how difficult a chip this is because jason stay normally money with this type of chip and hes chosen the puter. Peter fit gets to the hole its going to go six or seven feet bit. Is that what youve seen, ian . Ian totally. Chris stroud hit a good one and it went seven feet by. Nick this is very much like the masters. You have to plot or plan ok, if im going to miss it, im going to leave in it this little quadrant and even if i have a sixfooter at least its left edge or right edge. You tonight want to leave yourself anything, even a fourfooter with a foot of break. Thipe has to hook quickly. Nick as we said, thats the last thing you wanted to do. He went higher and it got stuck up. Ian exactly. It didnt get to the downslope. At 1. Jim just a moment ago. Par for thomas. Twounder par round. Hes at minus five. Thats the best in to this point. He better fowler by four and casey by five today. Now oosthuizen blocked out. Dottie he has no lie, no clean look at the flag. This is a very wise move. Nick just got to be careful and just play for the five. Just because its a wedge now for your third, you cant get super carried away. Hit it 15, 20 feet, twoputt, get out with a five. Jim 17. Ian for birdie. To extend the lead now. Weve seen that movie before today. Peter hes had at least a half a dozen putts where a portion of the ball was over the hole and didnt go in. Ian hes been solid. Just one bad shot, really, that weve seen, and a lot of putts so close. Colonial champion earlier this year in similar style grasses, these bermuda grasses. Have a look at both of these putts. Chris stroud coming up here at 16. And both putts exactly the same thing. Maybe a fraction too much pace but they looked like they were heading pretty close to center. Both kisner and stroud. Back at 16 green. Nick like theyre doing a dance. Ian 18 now. Jim and stroud coming in dottie a 6iron from 185 on the fwround but playing 190. Five yards of uphill. Jim good shot. Nick yeah, thats all you can do. Forget that flag. Jim very smartly played today by stroud. Nick absolutely. Rickie and quite a few guys were playing that way but still got seriously tadged getting into the clubhouse. Jim 17. Ian this putt for jason day. Hes got to try and keep that momentum on his side coming off three birdies in a row. Doesnt want to give it back here. He looks like a different person the last three holes after all the frustration early. Peter again, if this goes in, it has to go in at deadweight. Ian you can see how far out to the right hes aiming and hell barely touch it. No. Thats what he was expecting the first putt to do. To come all the way downhill. E he just didnt quite get to it that fall point. Nick yeah, he went a little too high. The more he was aiming right he didnt realize how much uphill it was that first 20 feet before it hit the ridge. Ian jason day, bogey at 17. We two to the last. Jim and the third shot for louis. Dottie thats starting just right of the flagstick. Needs a little spin to the left. Beautiful. Jim hes going to have a great chance of getting out of here with a par. Nick that is an awesome wedge. Dottie that is smart golf, nick faldo. Nick brave as well. I was saying go long and take the five but looks like he could make the four. Jim 17. Ian after the very smart bunker shot. Matsuyama makes a three. So kisner at eight, stroud at seven, matsuyama at six. Meet the double chalupa. Couldnt get any better . Get it with a doritos locos taco, a crunchy taco, and a medium drink. The new limited edition 5 double chalupa box. Love it while it lasts. Only at taco bell. [bong] we make finding yours applianceseven easier. Asy. With top rated brands, reviews, even sidebyside comparisons. Your appliance is easily within reach. Save up to 25 on select appliance brands. Only at the home depot. [ dramatic music playing ] cameras. Introducing the newly redesigned gla suv. [ indistinct radio chatter ] at a price thatll make you feel like youve gotten away with something. The 2018 gla. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Jim were back live at 1. They say you have to be a little defensive to play around here. Nick yeah. Jim and chris stroud, again from the golden triangle, southeast texas, went to the same high school, Port Neches Groves High School that produced maybe the best defensive mind in the nfl, wade phillips. Nick oh, really . Jim lets see if he has to be careful here again. Dottie throw it up to the apex and then get it let it gather speed but dont force the issue. Jim easy now. Nick thats kind of ok. Well maybe not now. Four feet past on the downhill is nothing but eight is getting a little more gift difficult. Jim hi decky back on the tee. Hideki back on the tee. Peter seems to have found his rhythm the last couple of tee shots. Nick going to be right down the left edge. Really good. Really good. Jim excellent. Kisner. Nick he needs the perfect draw off the left edge of that right bunker. Peter yeah, he can get to that bunker if he doesnt turn it over. Jim doesnt even have to watch it. Nick that helps when you know even if you reached it youd be in the back of it with plenty of room, no lip issues. Jim hes miles back of matsuyama but fine. Peter nick, your guess is as good as mine here with jason. His bad ones have been left. His good ones have been spot on. Nick hes got to hit the perfect draw because thats what he likes to play. He has to trust he can swing fractionally in to out. Square clubface and just turn a tiny draw. Short underneath it, you see. Scared of hitting it left hes blocked to it where oh, even worse where Louis Oosthuizen was. Peter hes way up on the bank by the cart path and most likely it will be a pitchout. Nick most definitely. Might be a serious one. He might be stick behind a tree. Might be coming out sideways, or backwards even. Jim rainbow in the distance. Brings back memories of winged foot 20 years ago. 1997 pga. Davis loves very touching win. Now stroud for par. Nick hes got his little formula working. Angles the putter for the practice stroke and then everything goes left. Comes down right to left and goes back the other way. Jim id be interesting finding out, if we can overnight, the threeputt percentage here, its got to rank up there with the highest weve seen at a major. You get on these greens remember stroud . You saw fowler ahead of him. You would think in most cases these would normally be twoputts, if you dont even make it. Fowler had a chance under normal circumstance but not here. Nick if you can get away with just one threeputt a day, four for the week, thats pretty darn good. Jim ayes ayes hasen Louis Oosthuizen is in at five under. Shoots 71 even though he had that wrist issue earlier. Stroud shoots 7 to come in at minus six. Kisner is in the fairway. His lead now has increased to two as he comes up the 8th. The 99th pak championship is sponsored by jim tonight on cbs were back tomorrow, finalround coverage, 2 00 eastern time. Final round of the year in major championship golf 2017. Who will join sergio garcia, Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth as a major champion this year . Nick well, at least we have plenty of guys really in the hunt, dont we . Whatever kisner finishes, eight. We have half a dozen very much, very much still in it. A couple of major champions, obviously with day and Louis Oosthuizen. Jim 16 players in red figures. Casey dropped back to even. Had a poor finish here with the unlucky break at 18. Hopped just off the green, led to a double. But how far back do you go . Kisner coming up 18, whos in position off the team. Just as we suspected, this thing could barack back up at the end and compress it and bring a lot of folks into it. Nick if its equally as difficult tomorrow and we throw in the sunday fourth round trying win a major. If it was to come back to six, five under could win and then you can go down to the ones maybe. Somebody could shoot a great score and post. Thats the way to do it here. Post a score but i think we have enough right at the top of the leaderboard in those top six names there. More than likely going to get our winner from there. Jim earlier today in the first two groups there were a pair of 67s shot including j. B. Holmes. We didnt see the afternoon yield anything quite like this but i cant help but think of spieth and Dustin Johnson and your mexico ill roadway. If mcilroy, if they could have somehow found a way to shoot 67 they could have gotten themselves back in it for sunday. So day just as you suspected, nick, stymied. Nearly stymied. Peter when i first looked at it, i thought it would be a pitchout to a 150yard third shot but hes moving the crowd back and thinking about going down the cart path line. Nick wrecked where could he end up, though . Seriously. Peter i dont know. Theres nothing been trees and concrete. I dont know what hes looking at. Nick you are kidding me. This is entertainment. Its going to take 10 minutes to get everybody back because like many, they cant believe hes thinking of going down there. Now, the best he could finish, peter is 30, 40 yards front right in the rough pitching it over the ice cream scoop at the front of the green. Jim and the Green Running away toward the ware. Peter well, hes making a high hook practice swing so well have to let him show us what hes visualizing. Nick lets pull out from the blimp. Im guessing if he could get it into that area that would be pretty fantastic or maybe keep going as far as he can to get almost past the flag. I didnt see this one. This is unbelievable. Jim peter, it looks like theres one tree a yard in front then another one some 20 yards. Whats he going to do with that . Go to the right of it . Peter yeah, go to the right of it and the one in front of him i believe is going to impact his followthrough. Jim tried to go under it. Uhoh. That is peter it caught something and now its up here by the pavilion some place. Jim going to end up in the bushes. Peter that was a decision born from fatigue, i believe. Nick good point i cant believe colon swatton didnt give him a wedge and start walking. Saying thats the only choice, mate. Jim kisner ready to go with his second. Nick steady, steady, steady. Hang on. Oh. Oh jim wait until you see this next shot, though. Nick hes got no shot at all. Jeesh. Peter virtually every shot that hes hit thats been errant except for that one at 16 has got an tremendous bounce or break too. You have to have those if you want to win a championship. Jim its going to be tough to make five from this nick yeah. It would be a great five. Chip it out 20 feet. Jim hightechy makes par here, who knows, he could be coleader here. Peter yeah, hes got 149. This is on a fairly aggressive line just right of the home. Nick oh, a super shot. Super shot. Exactly. I would say plan a where you want to leave it. Jason has the garden going. Its like a horticultural show. Folks, can we get you to move back . Well drop it there and hit right over here. Nick now, if jason day could have just seen what lays haze Louis Oosthuizen did. Peter i can tell you that his second shot ended up in the middle of the bushes. Hes looking to take an unplayable lie of relief and locking at that spot between him and the hole going back as far as he can. That shot. Hedge right in front of him. Lets bring in mark wilson. Hes about to take the unplayable and play his fourth. What do you see here . Mark thats right. He hit his second shot into the bushes. Theres no free relief from the bushes. Hes deemed this ball unplayable and is going to drop keeping that point where the ball was in the bushes directly between the hole and the spot in which hes dropping and it now hes dropped into it a position where hes going to get relief from this temporary immovable structure. Lets see if he has interference from the t. I. O. Jim were back to Royal Birkdale on the 13th hole on sunday. Nick i was just going to say the same thing. If he could find the range, he could drop it back there. Peter wherever this relief ends up being, hes got a sevenfoot bush right in front of him. Jim i dont see how he gets it over. Unless he goes out sideways. Nick that bush is higher than the fences at the grand national. Oh, boy, this is half laugh that is the craziest decision ive ever seen a professional make, peter, trying to play that second shot. This is from outer space were zooming in. International space station. Especially if kisner makes six, drops back to six. Hes going to really kick himself. Jim kisner a lot of time to think about a shot that is borderline impossible on its own. Nick hes watching on the july wrong jumbotron on the leaderboard. Jim good luck w