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Not many would have picked Alex Smalley to be the leader after three days at the 2026 PGA Championship. The 29-year-old golfer has zero PGA Tour wins, but has finished in the top 10 of two tournaments this season.
Now, the former Duke star has a chance to become one of the legends of the game as he holds a two-shot lead on a crowded leaderboard heading into Sunday. If destiny has anything to do with it, it is definitely setting up for Smalley, whose dorm at Duke has the same name as the trophy he’s trying to win today: Wanamaker.
"I obviously dreamed of this as a kid, and it's funny, it's the Wanamaker trophy, and when I was in college, I stayed in the Wanamaker dorm for three years,” Smalley said. “So my parents and I have been joking that maybe this would be a tournament that I would win just because of that kind of fact. That's just kind of something that we've joked about even before I made it out here."
Joking or not, a win on Sunday would be a great way to earn his first PGA Tour victory.
Smalley tees off at 2:35 p.m. ET.
This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Duke alum Alex Smalley leads PGA Championship heading into final round
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Now, the former Duke star has a chance to become one of the legends of the game as he holds a two-shot lead on a crowded leaderboard heading into Sunday. If destiny has anything to do with it, it is definitely setting up for Smalley, whose dorm at Duke has the same name as the trophy he’s trying to win today: Wanamaker.
"I obviously dreamed of this as a kid, and it's funny, it's the Wanamaker trophy, and when I was in college, I stayed in the Wanamaker dorm for three years,” Smalley said. “So my parents and I have been joking that maybe this would be a tournament that I would win just because of that kind of fact. That's just kind of something that we've joked about even before I made it out here."
Joking or not, a win on Sunday would be a great way to earn his first PGA Tour victory.
Smalley tees off at 2:35 p.m. ET.
This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Duke alum Alex Smalley leads PGA Championship heading into final round
Continue reading...
