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.
“Maybe I was trying to get too cute, making sure — looking for another birdie, where I could have just hit a nine-iron and hope it gets over the bunker and see what happens,” said Rahm.Fitzpatrick, one of few players in the field with any prior success at Brookline having won the 2013 US Amateur at the venue, made three late birdies over a sizzling four-hole stretch before closing his two-under-par 68 round with a bogey.
“I didn't have a plan of firing at pins or being aggressive. I knew it was going to play hard and just needed to stay patient,” Zalatoris said.
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