Adam Scott rolled again the years to maneuver inside a shot of Sam Burns heading into the ultimate spherical of the US Open, as Ryder Cup stars Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton remained in main rivalry.
Scott carded three birdies in a five-hole stretch on his again 9 to put up a three-under 67 at Oakmont Nation Membership, matching the bottom spherical of the day and bolstering his hopes of a primary main title in 12 years.
The previous world No 1 heads into the ultimate day on three underneath and in tied-second with JJ Spaun, as Burns retained his in a single day one-shot benefit after mixing three birdies with two bogeys in a third-round 69.
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Adam Scott is chasing a primary main victory since his win at The Masters in 2013
Viktor Hovland is three strokes behind Burns and one in every of 4 gamers nonetheless under-par for the match heading into the ultimate day, with Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz in fifth on stage par after matching Scott’s 67 and Hatton inside 4 of the lead after a second-round 68.
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is in a share of ninth at three over and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler is eight strokes again as he chases a second successive main, whereas Masters champion Rory McIlroy tumbled additional down the leaderboard to 10 over after a four-over 74.
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How Burns stayed forward at Oakmont
Spaun rolled in a 15-foot birdie on the first and moved forward when Burns’ wayward tee shot on the subsequent led to a bogey, solely to lose his outright benefit with a dropped shot on the third.
Burns did not make the most of the par-five fourth, the place Spaun transformed from 5 toes to reclaim his benefit, however made a kick-in birdie after an excellent strategy into the fifth to hitch his enjoying associate on three underneath.
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Iona Stephen took a take a look at the ultimate pairing and the way their latest good type has carried them in to the lead at Oakmont Nation Membership
Final week’s RBC Canadian Open runner-up scrambled a par on the seventh after struggling to get out of a fairway bunker to remain stage with Spaun, with nothing separating the pair as they continued to alternate pars across the flip.
Neither participant took benefit of the par-five twelfth, the place Burns acquired up and down from the golf green to salvage a par, earlier than he edged again forward with an eight-foot birdie on the par-three subsequent.
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Burns holed from seven toes to avoid wasting par on the subsequent and produced a shocking up and down from a greenside bunker to match Spaun’s par on the 14th, solely to overlook from six toes and bogey the par-three sixteenth.
Scott – enjoying within the group forward – had began the day three behind and misplaced additional floor with an opening-hole bogey, solely to briefly make it a three-way tie, following back-to-back birdies from the thirteenth by holing from 15 toes so as to add one other on the seventeenth.
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Wealthy Beem and Nick Dougherty focus on Adam Scott’s probabilities of successful the US Open at Oakmont, with the 44-year-old only one off the 54-hole lead
Spaun ended a run of pars with a 12-foot birdie on the identical gap, the place Burns chipped to tap-in vary to additionally get to 4 underneath, however misplaced his share of the lead when he did not rise up and down from the sand to avoid wasting par on the final.
Burns’ two-putt par was sufficient to safe the primary 54-hole lead of his main profession and arrange a final-round pairing with Scott, who additionally closed with a par, whereas Hovland stayed inside three of the lead regardless of cancelling out a penultimate-hole birdie with a dropped shot on the final.
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Viktor Hovland made an unimaginable birdie to briefly get inside one of many leaders throughout his third spherical
Scheffler fails to shut as McIlroy falls additional behind
Scheffler maintained he was nonetheless in rivalry after Friday’s second spherical however heads into the ultimate day outdoors of the top-10 after a level-par 70, the place he noticed three birdies cancelled out by three bogeys as he did not make floor on the leaders.
“It’ll be actually powerful for me to catch them,” Scheffler mentioned. “Do I really feel like I am out of the match? No. Do I want I performed a bit of bit higher right now? Yeah, after all. It is not the place I need to be in, however I’ve executed a great job of hanging in there and staying within the match.”
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Scottie Scheffler missed an extremely brief putt on the eighth gap throughout his third spherical at Oakmont
5-time main champion Brooks Koepka is an additional stroke again and Jon Rahm sits on seven over alongside Xander Schauffele, who carded a one-over 71 enjoying alongside McIlroy.
The Masters champion scrambled two birdies within the closing 4 holes throughout Friday’s second spherical simply to make the reduce however drifted additional out of rivalry throughout day three, the place he carded two birdies and 6 bogeys in one other irritating show.
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Talking after the third spherical of the US Open at Oakmont, Rory McIlroy defined to the press why he is determined to keep away from post-round media duties at latest tournaments
Requested what his expectations had been for Sunday’s closing spherical, he mentioned: “Hopefully a spherical in underneath 4 and a half hours and get out of right here.
“I really really feel like I’ve performed OK this week. It is a golf course the place the tiniest errors get penalised so much and that is kind of the way it’s felt this week.”
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