Matt Fitzpatrick

On four under par at Brookline Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris lead Jon Rahm, who made a double bogey at the last, by one, with Rory McIlroy one under.

“To me it was around a drain and very clearly my stance and my ball was sitting differently than it would be if that drain was not there,” he said. I mean, it’s very clear that my stance and where my ball was was altered and sitting badly because of that drain, but I didn’t get a drop from it. The rule goes on to state that if the obstruction is close enough to distract the player but does not otherwise interfere, there is no relief under the rule.” You have to be able to hit the drain to get a drop.” I felt like I very easily could have told her that I was going to and gotten a free drop, but I wasn’t. Thomas would have been granted free relief were the drain interfering with his stance or the line of his swing; a referee determined neither applied. That US PGA really made me feel that I can be one of the world-class players.” “The US PGA gave me a lot of belief and confidence that I belong in this situation,” Zalatoris said. Curiously, the 25-year-old has five top-10 finishes in seven major starts but is yet to win a mainstream tour event. “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others, yeah,” he said. The Yorkshireman, whose amateur win came at this illustrious venue in 2013, will start day four in a tie for the lead. The defending champion’s one-over-par 71 means he is one shy of the leading duo.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead after three rounds of the US Open at Brookline, where the stage is set for another thrilling major ...

For both Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris, the position is a familiar one. The job is not even close to being done.” Zalatoris carded a best-of-the-day 67 to once again earn himself a shot at a major championship, having twice finished runner-up already, while Fitzpatrick birdied holes 14, 15 and 17 before a bogey at the final hole denied him the outright lead.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick are the co-54 hole leaders at the U.S. Open. Both are searching for their first major championship at the Country Club ...

Rahm is trying to win his second major championship, becoming the first golfer since Brooks Koepka to win back-to-back U.S. Opens. He won the U.S. Amateur at the Country Club, the site of this year's U.S. Open, back in 2013. Zalatoris shot the round of the day with a three-under 67.

Defending champion Jon Rahm made a double bogey on the 18th hole to hand Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris the 54-hole lead at the US Open.

Defending champion Jon Rahm made a double bogey on the 18th hole to hand Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris the 54-hole lead at the US Open. That sent Rahm back to 3-under par for the tournament and one shot behind Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick on 4-under par. Jon Rahm blows up on 18 as Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris share the 54-hole lead at the US Open.

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same Massachusetts venue, Fitzpatrick shares the 54-hole lead with American Will Zalatoris, a shot ahead of ...

If that grandstand hadn’t have been there, I’m sort of just chipping out and five was probably the score I would have made. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win.

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. Defending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful day on top of the leaderboard when he birdied ...

The job is not even close to being done.” “That’s bull****, man.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special.

Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick have matching scores of four under par. Zalatoris had an efficient round with four birdies and just one bogey to put ...

McIlroy didn't fare much better than Morikawa. The 33-year-old finished with a three-over 73 to fall three shots off the pace. He went four under the last day to win the tournament by one stroke. The defending U.S. Open champion found the bunker on the dogleg, and his first shot to get out of the sand didn't clear the lip. Morikawa had a day to forget with four bogeys and two double bogeys. There are only nine players under par heading into the final round. Zalatoris has seemingly been building to a huge breakout moment all season. He posted a double-bogey six on the hole to fall into third place at three under. Business as usual for the defending champ. Fitzpatrick posted his second 68 in the past three days. Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick have matching scores of four under par. Here comes @WillZalatoris 📈

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2 shots back. Will Zalatoris posts a 3-under 67 in the third round of the U.S. Open and leads by one stroke.

Zalatoris is the first player today to card a score of 67 or better; there has been one 68 (Denny McCarthy).

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same venue, Fitzpatrick shares the lead heading into the final round of the year's third major.

Rain showers taper off heading into Sunday afternoon, but an overhead cloud deck will keep temperatures in the 60s for the coolest day of the week. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win in 2013.

Defending 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 ...

“That’s bull****, man.” The job is not even close to being done.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick emerged atop the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Saturday during a brutal round in which eight players had at least a ...

A former PGA champion, he called it "probably the highlight of my whole entire life." Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. This Saturday at Brookline was so wild that Rahm was the last of eight players who had at least a share of the lead at some point. If anything, he said it was getting dark and he didn't notice his ball sitting down in the sand. That's all I was trying to do. He made one birdie in his round of 73. "I have 18 holes, and I'm only one shot back," he said. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. He was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. That's what knocked defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole.

Zalatoris, who lost in a three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship last month, made only one bogey — a staggering feat on a beast of a Brookline course — for a ...

A former PGA Championship winner, he called it “probably the highlight of my whole entire life.” He was at 6 under and cruising until his wedge to a back pin on the 141-yard 11th hole bounced hard over the green and into deep rough. Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. Fitzpatrick, already a champion at The Country Club with his U.S. Amateur title in 2013, was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. He made one birdie in his round of 73. He took two to the green and two puts later was no longer leading. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. Rahm wasn't upset with his swing on the final hole. That's what knocked defending champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. “Felt like I shot a 61,” Zalatoris said.

Defending champion Jon Rahm, four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and this year's Masters victor and world number one Scottie Scheffler are among the big names ...

"Would my career be incomplete if I didn't have one? "Now I feel like I've gone one more than that. It was a real positive moment in my career, it kickstarted me." "They mean more. "These past two majors, I feel so much more comfortable. Short game was good.

On land formerly shared with a horse track, Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead in a bunched pack of thoroughbreds heading into the final ...

An outlier, Zalatoris fired the round of the day, a 67 that was marked by just one bogey and a ton of discipline. With similar conditions expected for the final round, Zalatoris will likely employ a similar game plan. “I didn't know it was going to be that hard. “I knew it was going to be hard," Dahmen said. Dahmen, who didn't make a birdie but parred his last 11 holes on Saturday, is 1 under, but Morikawa squandered his title hopes with a 77, one of 10 scores of 7 over or worse on the round. Bradley birdied three of his final six holes and received a Sunday-victory-lap-like reception from the crowd on No. 18. “It's infuriating in a sense to finish that way with how good I played those holes, but like I kept telling myself, if on the 14th hole you tell me you can post 1-over par and not play the last five holes, I would have ran to the clubhouse because of how difficult it was playing. Scheffler jumped out to a two-shot lead after holing out from 101 yards at the par-5 eighth hole. The closing double knocked him from leader to chaser, but Rahm, still wearing last year’s championship belt proudly, kept that newfound perspective of a major champion. As expected with a U.S. Open test, the course rewarded great shots and punished average ones. The Country Club hadn’t hosted a U.S. Open since 1988, but it has certainly made up for lost time. But a deft and unfamiliar design that includes plenty of blind shots has turned these competitors uncomfortable while whipping winds, which flipped from previous days, and dipping temperatures have ramped up the treachery.

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same venue, Fitzpatrick shares the lead heading into the final round of the year's third major.

Rain showers taper off heading into Sunday afternoon, but an overhead cloud deck will keep temperatures in the 60s for the coolest day of the week. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” It kind of kickstarted me. Round of the day “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win in 2013. “I genuinely do believe that.

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 ...

We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. Defending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful Saturday on top of the leaderboard when he birdied the 14th, 15th and 17th to take the outright lead, only to run up a double bogey on the 18th.

Britains Matt Fitzpatrick and American Will Zalatoris share the lead heading into the final round of the US Open, a shot ahead of defending champion Jon ...

"That's what pisses me off, because so many other people would lie about being able to hit that, but it's just like, I'm not going to hit it (the drain)," Thomas complained. The job is not even close to being done." "It's obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special.

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.

- US Open - US Open - US Open “That’s bull****, man.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special. The job is not even close to being done.”