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In the crowd-free quiet of the P.G.A. Championship on Saturday, Collin Morikawa could hear two kayakers on the lake below the 16th hole of TPC Harding Park trying to identify golfers on the cliff above them. Eventually, the pair came up with the name of the player walking with Morikawa — Adam Scott, the former world No. 1 from Australia.
They didn’t recognize Morikawa, whose profile is becoming a lot higher this weekend.
Morikawa, 23, put himself squarely into contention ahead of Sunday’s final round with a five-under-par 65 on the often-vexing San Francisco municipal course.