Jon Rahm surged into contention at the PGA Championship with a brilliant third round on Saturday but the Spaniard said he might have fared even better had the fan he accidentally struck in the head with a golf ball been skilled at soccer.

Jon Rahm is back in contention at a major championship. Rahm shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to get to 6-under 207 for the tournament, leaving him with an outside shot to catch Scottie Scheffler, the leader at 11 under.

A chaotic week that featured a pre-tournament deluge, a trio of double bogeys from the supergroup on Thursday and extracurricular talking points that included mud balls and non-conforming drivers subsided when world No.