Defending champion Jon Rahm squandered a chance to take the lead into the final round of the US Open after a closing double-bogey left him one shot back of co-leaders Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris on Saturday.
Rahm arrived at the par-four 18th one shot clear but needed two shots to get out of a fairway bunker after the first attempt hit the face of the trap en route to a one-over-par 71 that left him at three under on the week at The Country Club.
Zalatoris, who finished runner-up at last month's PGA Championship, carded just one bogey on what was a challenging scoring day when only seven of the 64 players who made the cut at the year's third major managed to break par. Masters champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler , was among a pack of three sitting two shots off the pace while pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy was in a group sitting a further shot adrift.
“The golf course is just hard. The conditions are hard. The scores are high,” Scheffler said. “All I was going to do is just try to hang in there. That was my only goal. Just kind of hang and keep myself in position.”
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