He is joined at the top by Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick at four-under 206 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachussetts. Will Zalatoris shot a three-under par 67 on Saturday to share the lead through three rounds of the US Open, putting the young golfer in contention at another major championship. Alternatively, bookmark this page and follow Telegraph Sport's live coverage of all four days. The event will be shown live on Sky Sports. The full field may not complete their rounds until the early hours. That means the early starters will begin their first rounds around 1.30pm UK time. Local time on the East Coast is five hours behind British Summer Time. The final round of the US Open is today, Sunday June 19. On that occasion a closing 73 meant Fitzpatrick missed out on the play-off between Zalatoris and Justin Thomas by two shots, Thomas securing his second US PGA title in the three-hole shootout.Ī victory on Sunday would see Fitzpatrick join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the US Amateur and US Open on the same course, Nicklaus doing so at Pebble Beach in 19. The resulting six dropped the Ryder Cup star back to three under par, a shot behind Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris, who had overcome the blustery conditions to shoot 68 and 67 respectively.įor the second major in succession, England's Fitzpatrick will contest the closing round from the final group, having partnered Mito Pereira in the US PGA at Southern Hills last month. Rahm was unlucky to catch a fairway bunker with a well-struck drive, but then drilled his second shot into the face of the hazard and found more sand in front of the green with his third. Matt Fitzpatrick will take a share of the lead into the final round of the US Open as he seeks a first major title and historic Brookline double.ĭefending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful day on top of the leaderboard when he birdied the 14, 15th and 17th to take the outright lead, only to run up a double bogey on the 18th.
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