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Brooks Koepka takes 2-shot lead at PGA and goes for another major

St. Louis • Brooks Koepka sometimes gets ignored on television in the list of notable scores. In the gym, he gets overshadowed by Dustin Johnson

Koepka bullied rain-softened Bellerive on Saturday in the PGA Championship, building a five-shot lead until he had to scramble to avoid a slide on the back nine. He settled for a 4-under 66 and a two-shot lead over Adam Scott going into the final round of the final major of the year.

At stake is a chance to win three of the last six majors he played, and to join an elite list — Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen — as the only players to win the U.