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LIVE: Scott makes his move with early statement as rivals grind in US Open torture
LIVE: Scott makes his move with early statement as rivals grind in US Open torture
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A brutal US Open at Oakmont Country Club has become scarcely easier with rain pelting down on Sunday (AEST) as the leaders jostle for position in round three.
Adam Scott made bogey at the first hole to drop to one-over, but recovered with birdie on the fourth hole to return to even par.
That saw him move to within just two shots of the lead, shared by JJ Spaun and Sam Burns who both also made early bogeys.
Elsewhere, the best round of the day still belonged to Marc Leishman at just two-under, while there were plenty of horror shows through the field again, including fellow Australian Cam Davis who shot a 12-over par 74.
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Jason Day, meanwhile, has struggled to keep pace, though he did come within an inch of making a hole-in-one at Oakmont’s notorious 300-yard par-three eighth.
Rory McIlroy only found more misery at rain-soaked Oakmont.
McIlroy made bogeys on three of his last five holes to fire a four-over par 74 and stand on 10-over, 13 strokes adrift.
“I was hoping to play better, but I didn’t,” McIlroy said, calling his tournament “pretty average” so far.
“The name of the game this week is staying patient, and try to do a good job of it out there,” McIlroy said.
“But it’s one of those golf courses that you can lose patience on pretty quickly.”
McIlroy, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Masters for his fifth major title, missed a seven-foot putt to bogey the third hole and took a penalty drop leading to a bogey at nine.
He dropped his approach inside four feet to set up a birdie at the 10th but found a greenside bunker at 11 and made bogey then lipped out from inside four feet to bogey 14 and missed the green at the par-three 16th on the way to bogey.
McIlroy found a greenside bunker off the 17th tee but blasted out inches from the hole and tapped in for birdie, only to find the right rough off the 18th tee on the way to bogey.
Asked what he looked for on Sunday, McIlroy said, “Hopefully a round in under four and a half hours and get out of here.”
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts after missing a putt on the ninth hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Source: AP- Scheffler struggling -
Third-ranked American Xander Schauffele, the reigning British Open champion, fired a 71 to stand on seven-over 217.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, seeking back-to-back major titles after taking last month’s PGA Championship, had two birdies and three bogeys in his first eight holes to fall to five-over.
Scheffler opened with a three-putt bogey, dropped in a 13-foot birdie putt on the right side of the hole at two, curved in a 19-foot birdie putt at the par-three sixth but made a three-putt bogey at the par-three eighth and a bogey at nine after a penalty drop.
Two-time major winner Jon Rahm of Spain sank a birdie putt from just inside 14 feet at the second, made bogey at three after finding a fairway bunker, then sank a 23-foot birdie putt at the par-three eighth to stand on three-over.
There were bright spots, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre among them. The reigning Scottish Open champion birdied the second on a 12-foot putt and the sixth from 19 feet to stand two-over after 13 holes.
Third-generation American golf pro Sam Stevens, whose grandfather made 30 PGA Tour starts in the 1960s, was on one-over after he sank a 20-foot birdie putt at the third hole and holed out from just inside 16 feet at the par-five fourth.
Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz was also on one-over after birdies at the fourth and sixth from just inside eight and six feet respectively.
Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen reeled off four consecutive birdies to stand one-over after seven holes.
