ReutersGolf-Englishman Lewis and American English lead Honda Classic
Lewis joined American Harris English one stroke ahead of a large group on a day when Brooks Koepka made a triple-bogey and a double-bogey on his way to a 74 in the demanding conditions at water-lined PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Lewis hails from the same Welwyn Garden City
ReutersCasey struggles to come to terms with spectator-less golf
Fans are not lining up at the fairways at Harding Park as the year's first major championship in San Francisco is being staged behind closed doors amid the COVID-19 crisis. "It's just strange," the 43-year-old Casey said. Casey, making his 64th major appearance, has still grinded through the first three rounds to move up to seven-under for the tournament - two strokes behind leader Dustin Johnson.
The TelegraphUSPGA Championship 2020 leaderboard: latest scores from Harding Park
Padraig Harrington won the PGA Championship in 2008 to become the first European-born winner since Tommy Armour of Scotland in 1930. As for England, that goes back more than a century, when Jim Barnes won the Wanamaker Trophy for the second straight time in 1919. Three Englishmen have a chance to end that drought. It starts with Paul Casey, at 43 with his best chance to win a major. He was four behind at the 2008 Masters until closing with a 79. Casey birdied the eighth and ninth holes, two of the toughest at Harding Park, and then closed with all pars on the back nine for a 68. He was two shots behind Dustin Johnson. "I feel really, really good about the golf game, so yeah, I've played really well and I think that reflects in the clean scorecards I've been keeping, and I feel really positive going into tomorrow," Casey said. "I feel like I can continue that good play. We'll see what it yields." Another shot back were Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, who each had to settle for a 70 but still were very much in the mix. Rose already has a U.S. Open title. His victory in 2013 at Merion was a first for England since Tony Jacklin in 1970. He is trying to climb out of a mini-slump, but this is the third straight major he has been teeing off late in the final round, including the final group with U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland last summer at Pebble Beach. "You have to keep knocking on the door. If you are knocking on the door, more often than not, you do find that round that you need on a Sunday," Rose said. "That's when the door opens. You never quite know when that's going to happen." Fleetwood was a runner-up at the British Open last summer, and he was runner-up to Brooks Koepka at the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills by closing with a 63. Follow the fourth round here:
