LOS ANGELES – At 10-under (200), Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowlershare the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy sits one back.
Fowler holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the 10th time on Tour and the first time in a major. He is only 2-for-9 to date in converting into victory.
Clark holds the lead/co-lead for the third time in individual stroke-play events on Tour and the first time in a major. Overall, he is 1-for-2 to date in converting into victory.
Four-time major champion and World No. 3 McIlroy opened his 15th U.S. Open with three rounds in the 60s for the fifth time. He went on to win three of the previous four times he accomplished that feat.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler holed out from 196 yards for eagle on the par-4 17th then followed with a birdie on No. 18 for a 2-under (68). He trails the leaders by three strokes after 54 holes.
This week marks just the third time in the last 20 years that two of the top three players in the world rankings will be in the Top 4 on the leaderboard entering the final round of the U.S. Open. The others: 2006 – Phil Mickelson/Vijay Singh and then 2022 – Scheffler/Jon Rahm).
History Lesson: The eventual champion has been within four shots of the lead heading into the final round of the last 24 U.S. Open tournaments.
The largest come-from-behind victory in the final round of the U.S. Open is seven strokes, an accomplishment by the great Arnold Palmer in 1960.
No. 15 played at 80 yards in the third round, making it the shortest par-3 in U.S. Open history.
123rd U.S. Open Leaderboard After 54 Holes
Wyndham Clark 64-67-69—200 (-10)
Rickie Fowler 62-68-70—200 (-10)
Rory McIlroy 65-67-69—201 (-9)
Scottie Scheffler 67-68-68—203 (-7)
Harris English 67-66-71—204 (-6)
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