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All the reasons why Sunday at the PGA Championship still matters

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Brooks Koepka didn't widen his lead in the third round of the 101st PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on Saturday.

But the defending PGA Championship winner didn't give anything back to the rest of the field, either.

Koepka shot even-par 70, for a 54-hole total of 12 under, to maintain his seven-shot advantage heading into Sunday's final round, with his buddy Dustin Johnson, Harold Varner III, Luke List and Thailand's Jazz Janewattaanond chasing him as the closest competitors.

In the Masters era since 1934, there have been 24 instances of a golfer having a lead of five or more strokes through 54 holes at a major championship.