PGA Championship 2018 Tee Times: Pairings and Predictions for Sunday Schedule

Big names adorned the scoreboard at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis at the conclusion of Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship. Sunday's 18-hole finale is set up to be one of the most memorable rounds of the year.

Brooks Koepka threatened to run away with a big lead throughout the third round, as he had a five-stroke advantage in the middle of the back nine. However, he bogeyed the 14th and 15th holes, breathing life into the field, and his lead diminished to two strokes after 54 holes.

The advantage was down to a stroke at one point, but Koepka birdied the 17th hole to regain some of his lost momentum. Koepka followed up his second-round score of 63 with a four-under round of 66.

Koepka is at 12 under par, two strokes better than Adam Scott, who fired a five-under 65 to move into contention.

"I will be sticking to my routine," Koepka told the Golf Channel after his round. "I'm very disciplined, and I just have to keep doing what I'm doing. You have to find the fairways on this course, and I missed a couple on the back nine, but I did play well."

Koepka and Scott will play in the final pairing of Sunday's championship round in the final major championship of the year, and they will tee off at 1:55 p.m. ET. Rickie Fowler is in a third-place tie at nine-under after shooting a one-under 69 on moving day. He is level with Jon Rahm and Gary Woodland. Fowler and Rahm are paired together, and they will tee off at 1:45 p.m.

Tiger Woods is a huge factor, as he finished the rain-delayed second round with a 66 Saturday morning, and he matched that score in the third round. However, that round finished in disappointing fashion for Woods, who was four-under through eight holes but did not record a birdie on any of his final 10 holes.

That was especially disappointing on the par-five 17th hole after he reached the green in two and had a strong chance to record an eagle. However, he hammered that putt four-plus feet past the hole and was unable to convert his birdie putt.

Woods missed seven birdie and eagle putts of 20 feet or less on the final seven holes, per Justin Ray of the Golf Channel.

Woods was happy with the way he hit the ball throughout the second and third rounds, but he was disappointed that he could not gain any more ground on the back nine. Woods is at eight under par heading into the final round.

"I hit the ball well throughout the round," Woods told CBS interviewer Amanda Balionis. "But nothing would drop. I made a mistake on the eagle putt because I hit it too hard, and I should not have done that. However, I am in a good position for Sunday."

Woods, Justin Thomas, Jason Day, Stewart Cink, Shane Lowry and Charl Schwartzel will start the final round with scores of eight-under. Woods and Woodland will be paired for the final round, and they will tee off at 1:35 p.m.

Tee times for PGA Championship Leaders (All times ET)

12:55 p.m.: Francesco Molinari, Kevin Kisner

1:05 p.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Julian Suri

1:15 p.m: Justin Thomas, Shane Lowry

1:25 p.m.: Stewart Cink, Jason Day

1:35 p.m.: Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods

1:45 p.m.: Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler

1:55 p.m.: Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott.

Here are the tee times for the full field. 

Rahm fired a four-under par 66, and he was quite sharp on the back nine when he was three-under par. He told Balionis after the round that he hopes to make a few key putts Sunday, which would give him a chance to challenge the leaders.

TNT will start the broadcast of the final round at 11 a.m. ET, and CBS will take over at 2 p.m.

Predictions

Woods has been on fire when playing the front nine at Bellerive but has struggled on the back nine. He is 10-under through the opening holes but two-over on the closing portion of the course. If he can shoot a four-under 31 or a five-under 30 on the front nine, he could put incredible pressure on Koepka and Scott. The field would also be put on notice.

Woods has been playing sensationally with his irons, and if he can maintain that trend, he will have a chance to win his first major since the 2008 U.S. Open.

However, Koepka is something special. He has won the U.S. Open in back-to-back years, and he is a powerful man who can outdrive the competition on nearly every hole. He has been immune to pressure in the past two years and projects confidence. Koepka has shown he will not be intimidated by the moment.

Scott has perhaps the most picture-perfect swing in the sport. He is in contention because his iron play is sharp and his putting is much better than usual. However, it's difficult to see Scott doing well enough with the flat stick in a championship round to win.

Look for Woods to surge Sunday and Thomas to join him on the back nine. However, when it comes to winning time, Koepka has proved he can rise to the occasion and will do it again here.