PGA Tour Brunch | The Truist
Third Round Coverage of the 2026 Truist Championship
NOTE: Tee times are delayed again today but weather clearing as of 8:45am.
2026 Truist Championship | Update
CHARLOTTE - Sungjae Im (1st/-9) earned his sixth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and his second this season (Valspar Championship where he finished T4).
He’s finished inside the Top 25 at the Truist Championship each of the last three years, including back-to-back Top-10 finishes the last two times the event was hosted at Quail Hollow Club (2025/T23, 2024/T4, 2023/T8).
His first-round (64) tied his season low (Valspar Championship/R1). He returned to competition in March after being sidelined for five months with a wrist injury.
In the 22 years of the Truist Championship, only two players have held the 36-hole lead/co-lead and gone on to win the event: Tiger Woods (2007) and Wyndham Clark (2023).
Following rounds of 67 and 68, Justin Thomas (T3/-7) records his best 36-hole score of the season (135); in eight career starts at Quail Hollow Club, he owns three top-15 finishes (2023 Truist Championship/T14, 2017 PGA Championship/Won, 2015 Truist Championship/T7).
Alex Fitzpatrick (T3/-7) enters the weekend inside the top 10 on the leaderboard for the third consecutive week: T2 at Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Won) and T6 at Cadillac Championship (finished T9).
The 2012 Truist Championship winner, Rickie Fowler (T8/-5), carded the low round of the day with an 8-under (63) while fighting a fever. It was his lowest score in 50 career rounds at Quail Hollow Club (previous best: 66, two times). In 13 career starts in the Truist Championship, Fowler owns four Top-10 finishes (2010/6th, 2012/Won, 2016/T4, 2019/T4).
Four-time Truist Championship winner, Rory McIlroy (T8/-5), recorded a career-best 14 consecutive greens hit (Nos. 4-17) and through 36 holes, he ranks second in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (2.798) and fourth in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (5.040).
Our 18-hole leader Matt McCarty (T8/-5) followed first-round (63) with a 3-over (74).
The Truist | Leaderboard After 36 Holes
1 Sungjae Im 64 69 133 (-9)
2 Tommy Fleetwood 67 67 134 (-8)
T3 Justin Thomas 67 68 135 (-7)
T3 Alex Fitzpatrick 67 68 135 (-7)
T5 Three players tied - - 136 (-6)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
Truist Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Quail Hollow Country Club (Charlotte, NC)
ARCHITECT: George Cobb
YARDS/PAR: 7,583 yards/Par 71
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $20 million/$3.6 million
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Sepp Straka
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 700
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup
TOURNAMENT SOCIAL MEDIA: @TruistChamp
Truist Championship | The Basics
Truist Tee Times - Saturday play has been suspended. Tee times are scheduled 8:50am to 3:05pm EDT.
Weather: Today, severe storm warning have suspended play, but forecast calls for clearing skies by 10:00am EDT. It’s currently raining and 58-degrees. Winds at 2mph with gusts to 7 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 9:00am (EDT) Sunday.
PGA Championship | Field, Updates and Tee Times
Field: (link)
Updates:
Sunday, May 3
Webb Simpson (IN; sponsor exemption)
Kristoffer Reitan (IN; on his own number)
Monday, May 4
Collin Morikawa WD / Andrew Putnam IN
Tuesday, May 5
Jake Knapp WD / Austin Smotherman IN
Tee Times: (link)
*No Cut at this Signature Event.
What They’re Saying
Fowler Fights Fever, Shoots (63) (PGATourCom)
McIlroy Makes Move; Four Back (ESPN)
CBS Sports Golf HQ (CBSSportsCom)
How to Watch: (Golf Week)
McIlroy: No Longer Against LIV Golfers Returning (ESPN)
How to Watch | Truist Championship
Saturday, May 9, 2026 - (All Times Eastern Daylight)
*7:30am to 6:00pm+ - ESPN+ Streaming
1:00pm to 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and Online at PGATourCom
1:00pm to 3:00pm - Golf Channel
3:00pm to 6:00pm - CBS and Paramount+ Streaming
How to Watch: (Golf Week)
On This Day in Golf History
May 9, 1971 - Jack Nicklaus shot a final round (66) to win the Byron Nelson Classic and his 33rd PGA Tour title. Then just 31, Nicklaus birdied three of his final four holes, shot a 32 coming in and won the tournament by two strokes. (Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE).
Parting Putt
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