FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – All Dustin Johnson needed was a par on the 18th hole to get into the final group Sunday at the PGA Championship.
Instead, he played one of his messiest holes of the day: A flailed drive into the bunker, a hack-out into the native area, a dumped wedge into the bunker and a closing bogey.
That dropped Johnson another shot behind Koepka, in the logjam in second place at 5-under 205 (Harold Varner III drew the final pairing), and needing a historic rally.
“I’m going to need some help from him,” said Johnson, after a third-round 69, “and then I’m going to have to play very, very well.