Harold Varner III is in the midst of achieving his best finish at a major championship and is embracing the mammoth task of trying to chase down Brooks Koepka.
This isn’t just an impressive showing in the PGA Championship, it’s a huge step forward for Harold Varner III.
After three rounds, he’s tied for second at five under, by far his best performance in a major. In his previous four majors, he failed to make the cut three times and finished tied for 66th in the 2016 British Open.
“It’s a great opportunity,” Varner said Saturday after shooting a three-under 67 at Bethpage Black. “It’s going to be a great day no matter what happens. This is what you practice for, and obviously I’m super excited. Just need to go home and eat and do it again.”
Varner, 28, is the first African-American golfer to advance to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour. He loves the challenge of trying to chase down Brooks Koepka, who at 12 under has the largest 54-hole lead (seven strokes) in majors history.
“It’s great for golf,” Varner said. “If you don’t go to sleep and think, ‘Man, this makes me want to work harder, if I can be that good,’ then I don’t know why you’re playing. You can’t sit there and just weep and be like, ‘He’s so much better.
