String of pars weren't enough for Collin Morikawa as others shot birdies at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Collin Morikawa made 14 straight pars to start his final round at the PGA Championship on Sunday.

It didn’t take complex math to figure out which direction that would send him on another low-scoring day at Valhalla Golf Club.

Morikawa came into the final round tied with Xander Schauffele for the lead. Schauffele made his seventh birdie of the day on the 18th green to shoot 6-under 65 and set the major scoring record at 21 under. Morikawa made his first birdie on 18 and ended in a disappointing tie for fourth.

For the second straight major, Morikawa played in the final group. Both times — at the Masters against Scottie Scheffler and at Valhalla against Schauffele — he lost the Sunday round by six.

“Everything,” Morikawa said when asked what went wrong.

He was particularly vexed by his putter, which put him in a tie for the lead after three rounds but froze when it counted most. His 34 putts were the most of anyone in the 78-man field for the final round.