Australia’s Adam Scott was in a five-way share of the lead 13 holes into his remaining spherical of the US Open at a moist and wild Oakmont.
Scott was briefly joined by in a single day chief Sam Burns, J.J. Spaun, Tyrell Hatton and Carlos Ortiz at +1 earlier than making his sixth bogey of the day on the par 4 14th after an terrible lie on the sting of a bunker.
Scott then adopted it up with a three-putt bogey at 15 after his birdie putt caught the lip and raced away to seven toes from the cup and he must play the ultimate three holes in at the very least two-under par to pressure a playoff that may happen tomorrow as a consequence of fading mild.
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Spaun took the solo lead within the group forward however gave it proper again with a bogey at 14 as he and the quick ending Robert MacIntyre stand at +1.
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Macintyre will now watch the pulsating end from the clubhouse because the Scot signed off on a two-under par spherical of 68 to await for a attainable playoff or victory because the clubhouse chief.
Oritz, Hatton, Viktor Hovland and Cameron Younger are all within the hunt in addition to the soaked golf course performs havoc with the leaderboard.
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Play was suspended for 96 minutes as a consequence of lighting and lashing rains that flooded a few of Oakmont’s greens after seven holes of Scott’s spherical.
The Australian veteran pulled off an vital bogey save on the eleventh after he and Burns hacked across the greenside tough with the American making a double bogey after birding the tenth.
Burns then dropped one other shot on the par 5 twelfth as his par putt lipped out, whereas Scott made par after a wonderful restoration from a wayward tee shot that discovered the tough.
Scott made bogeys on the first after a poor chip, the third by way of a three-putt, the sixth because of one other nervy three-putt, and failing to get up-and-down from a stunning lie within the greenside tough on the treacherous 301-yard par 3.
However the early injury was restricted by a birdie on the par 5 fourth after a teasing eagle putt in addition to Burns dropping photographs on the second, sixth and ninth.
The 44-year-old fired the equal greatest rating of the third spherical to ignite hopes of a second main title, 12 years on from his unforgettable victory at The Masters.
Scott mentioned {that a} win at Oakmont would put an “exclamation level” on his embellished profession that took him to the heights of world No.1.
He’s in search of to turn out to be the second ever oldest winner of the US Open and has arrange his probability with rounds of 70, 70 and 67 to be the one participant within the discipline to shoot even par or ever higher within the opening three rounds.
The Australian was the one main winner within the in a single day high ten with five-time PGA Tour winner Burns solely boasting one high ten in a significant beforehand, eventually 12 months’s US Open at Pinehurst, whereas Spaun is chasing redemption for his playoff loss to Rory McIlroy at The Gamers Championship in March.
The percentages aren’t in Burns favour as 5 of the final six 54-hole leaders in US Opens at Oakmont have didn’t win.
Viktor Hovland is the one different participant who began the day below par, whereas Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz (E), England’s Tyrell Hatton (+1) and South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence (+1) all began the ultimate day inside 5 photographs of the lead.
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Low spherical of the day honours are shared by superstars Rory McIlroy, who spoke post-round of not being within the “proper state of mind” in current occasions, and Jon Rahm at current after they each fired three-under par rounds of 67.
Former US Open winner Wyndham Clark, in the meantime, is below hearth for reportedly damaging the Oakmont dressing room.
Photographs of the injury emerge on Monday after Clark missed the lower with +8.
It’s the second straight main the American’s behaviour has been known as out.
Final month, Clark broken a sponsor’s signal through the remaining spherical of the PGA Championship, prompting him to apologise on social media.
“I promise to higher the best way I deal with my frustrations on the course going ahead, and hope you all can forgive me in due time,” Clark wrote on social media.
Golfweek has reached out to Clark for remark.