PGA Championship 2024: Updated Predictions for Top Prize Money for Day 3

Saturday has the potential to be an incredible day of golf at the 2024 PGA Championship.

Xander Schauffele's chase of his first major title tops the leaderboard, but he is only in front by a shot over Collin Morikawa in the hunt for the $3.15 million winners' purse.

Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas are the major champions within six shots of the lead.

Schauffele will play with Morikawa in the final pairing. Morikawa turned in a more consistent first two rounds and could be ready to pounce on the lead on Saturday.

The rest of the groupings will be decided once the second round finishes up on Saturday morning. A handful of threesomes did not complete their rounds on Friday.

Scheffler is expected to be in one of the final groups and he could mount yet another push to the top as he pursues his second major crown of the season.

Scheffler seems inevitable in his current form.

The two-time major winner finished in either first or second in four of his last nine major appearances.

Scheffler was not fazed by his chaotic start to Friday. He went out and shot a 66 to get within three shots of Schauffele.

No one would be surprised if Scheffler ends Saturday on top of the leaderboard. His presence should put pressure on the final pairing from the start.

Scheffler opened the tournament with rounds of 67 and 66. A similar round on Saturday will push him into double digits under par and give him a good chance of landing in Sunday's final pairing.

Morikawa's 66-65 start was a bit more impressive than Schauffele's 62-68 beginning.

Sure, Schauffele tied the record for lowest round in a major for the second time in his career on Thursday, but he was not as dominant on Friday.

Schauffele was more consistent with pars, while Morikawa burst to the top with five consecutive birdies on the back nine. The two would have been tied if Morikawa had not bogeyed the 18th hole.

Schauffele produced a similar start last week at the Wells Fargo Championship. He carded a 64 and 67 to start and then faded behind Rory McIlroy with rounds of 70 and 71.

The 36-hole leader owns five third-round scores in the 70s on the PGA Tour this season. He has two third-round scores in the 60s over his last six tournaments.

Morikawa shot a third-round 69 at the Masters to get himself into contention. Five of his six major rounds this season have been 71 or better.

Morikawa's consistency could pace him in front of Schauffele from Saturday's final group and it could set up a rematch from Sunday at Augusta with him and Scheffler.

Koepka probably should be closer to the lead than he currently is.

The five-time major winner missed four putts from between three and six feet away from the cup on Friday.

Koepka still found a way to shoot a 68 with eight birdies in the second round to put himself in decent position going into Saturday.

If Koepka makes even one or two more short putts, he will push himself into the title-winning conversation.

A low round without any major mistakes is certainly in Koepka's game at Valhalla, and if he puts it all together, he can land himself inside the top three and potentially into Sunday's final pairing.