Will Zalatoris

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick will share the lead heading into the final day of the U.S. Open after defending champion Jon Rahm made double bogey on ...

Erin Hills in Wisconsin is where a record seven players finished the U.S. Open at 10 under or better. That means only eight shots separate the leaders from last place with 36 holes to go. Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth started seven shots behind and bogeyed his opening hole. One advantage to making the cut is they can advance straight to final qualifying next year. One is Sam Stevens. He’s 1 under through six holes — 2 over for the championship — and is part of a small group at Brookline that worked the hardest to get here. Zalatoris is looking for his first major championship. Co-leaders Collin Morikawa and Joel Dahmen don’t tee off until 3:45 p.m. They were minus-5 through 36 holes. He briefly held a two-stroke lead before 36-hole co-leader Collin Morikawa birdied No. 5 to move to minus 5. His chip shot didn’t quite make it to the green; his next one went 25 feet past the hole and he two-putted for double bogey. Zalatoris shot 3-under 67 and finished the day at 4-under 206. The double-bogey gave him a 1-over 7. Rahm was leading by one heading into 18, but drove into a fairway bunker, and could not clear the lip on his next shot.

Defending champion Jon Rahm is also in the hunt, as too is Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Keegan Bradley. Keep up to date with all the ...

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He will likely need that iron play to improve as the national championship progresses with a litany of contenders positioned right on his heels. Defending ...

At 2 under, he is only two strokes behind Zalatoris who could be in some trouble on No. 18. Ben Crenshaw at the 1995 Masters. It will be interesting to see if anyone can join him as Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm are now at 3 under, while Keegan Bradley is in the clubhouse at 2 under. With three birdies in his last four holes, Matt Fitzpatrick has reached 5 under and now finds himself in the solo lead. "I feel like I belong now. Overnight leader Collin Morikawa is 6 over on the day and now five strokes off the pace. "I feel like I belong now. The defending champion is back on top as he has scratched and clawed his way into red figures for the day. All in all, the big boys have come to play, and the next 36 holes will be as captivating as we have seen all year. Rory.— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) pic.twitter.com/bqo8FP8LtZ June 18, 2022 Coming into this week, Morikawa was insistent his iron play was not where he wanted it to be; however, he has been able to ascend to the lead with a strong effort from his short game. CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights below.

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.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris hold a share of the lead going into the final round of the US Open, with defending champion Jon Rahm a shot off the pace ...

Fitzpatrick failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker to save par at the last, slipping him back into a share of the lead, with Rahm making it a three-way tie at the top when he recovered from bogeying the 13th to take advantage of the par-five next and hole a 30-foot birdie at the 15th. Morikawa reduced the deficit to one with a birdie at the fifth but lost ground when he followed a bogey at the sixth with a three-putt double-bogey at the next, while Zalatoris followed a front-nine 33 by converting from five feet at the 15th to move to four under. Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris hold a share of the lead going into the final round of the US Open, with defending champion Jon Rahm a shot off the pace after a frustrating finish.

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.

Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. While Zalatoris lost in a playoff, Fitzpatrick simply did not have his game in the final round at Southern Hills. They should ...

It will be interesting to see if anyone can join him as Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm are now at 3 under, while Keegan Bradley is in the clubhouse at 2 under. At 2 under, he is only two strokes behind Zalatoris who could be in some trouble on No. 18. With three birdies in his last four holes, Matt Fitzpatrick has reached 5 under and now finds himself in the solo lead. Overnight leader Collin Morikawa is 6 over on the day and now five strokes off the pace. T17. Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa and five others (+2): Morikawa tried to warn us that his game was not in the finest shape, and when The Country Club showed its teeth, that reality finally surfaced. The defending champion is back on top as he has scratched and clawed his way into red figures for the day. Seven strokes off the pace, it is the exact deficit he overcame en route to his 2022 PGA Championship victory. Reminiscent of Webb Simpson's third round at the PGA Championship, his 2-under 68 was the best round for the majority of the day until Zalatoris came in with a 67. 3. Jon Rahm (-3): It was quite a rollercoaster Saturday for the typically steady Rahm. Making bogey on the easy par-5 eighth, the Spaniard turned in 1 over and slipped up once again on the par-4 13th. T1. Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. T11. Denny McCarthy, Gary Woodland, Aaron Wise and three others (+1): McCarthy began the day in a tie for 56th after making the cut on the number. The Country Club bit back Saturday as golfers were faced with a much sterner examination during the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. Pars felt like birdies, bogeys felt like pars, and birdies felt like highway robbery.

Will Zalatoris shot 3-under par 67 on Saturday to share the lead through three rounds of the U.S. Open, putting the young golfer in contention at another ...

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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.

BROOKLINE, Mass. — He was never in any doubt. Three days before he would shoot 67 to reach the four-under-par aggregate that has him tied for the 54-hole ...

It is not just about the endless kicking of “field goals” off the tee. You can lay up with a 5-iron off the tee and have wedge in. There's a difference in thinking it and then actually being in the situation and believing it. That percentage will have to rise again if Zalatoris is to emerge from a packed leaderboard to lift the USGA’s nameless trophy Sunday evening. And he made par on the toughest hole on the course. “But when I made a mistake, I made sure I was on the fat side of the green or having room where I could at least chip one up there to eight, 10 feet. “Speed has always been the best part of my putting,” he said. Again, that consistency was the result of a pre-planned policy. Runner-up in the 2020 Masters and, just last month, at the PGA Championship in a playoff loss to Justin Thomas, he also has three other top-eight finishes. Playing “aggressively defensively,” Zalatoris’ four birdies easily outnumbered the lone bogey he made at the 364-yard seventh. Exuding the sort of confidence that can only come from previous success at the highest level of the game, the 25-year-old was more than looking forward to his ninth major championship appearance. “My game is in a great spot,” was his initial pre-championship verdict.

T1. Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. While Zalatoris lost in a ...

It will be interesting to see if anyone can join him as Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm are now at 3 under, while Keegan Bradley is in the clubhouse at 2 under. At 2 under, he is only two strokes behind Zalatoris who could be in some trouble on No. 18. With three birdies in his last four holes, Matt Fitzpatrick has reached 5 under and now finds himself in the solo lead. Overnight leader Collin Morikawa is 6 over on the day and now five strokes off the pace. T17. Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa and five others (+2): Morikawa tried to warn us that his game was not in the finest shape, and when The Country Club showed its teeth, that reality finally surfaced. The defending champion is back on top as he has scratched and clawed his way into red figures for the day. Reminiscent of Webb Simpson's third round at the PGA Championship, his 2-under 68 was the best round for the majority of the day until Zalatoris came in with a 67. Seven strokes off the pace, it is the exact deficit he overcame en route to his 2022 PGA Championship victory. 3. Jon Rahm (-3): It was quite a rollercoaster Saturday for the typically steady Rahm. Making bogey on the easy par-5 eighth, the Spaniard turned in 1 over and slipped up once again on the par-4 13th. T1. Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. T11. Denny McCarthy, Gary Woodland, Aaron Wise and three others (+1): McCarthy began the day in a tie for 56th after making the cut on the number. The Country Club bit back Saturday as golfers were faced with a much sterner examination during the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. Pars felt like birdies, bogeys felt like pars, and birdies felt like highway robbery.

It was a tough day at The Country Club for many golfers during Round 3 of the U.S. Open. That wasn't the case for Will Zalatoris, though.

It seems the difficult times may continue Sunday. Temperatures are expected be in the low 60s for Round 4, and wind gusts are still expected to exceed 20 mph. Don't expect scores to reach the levels of Rounds 1 and 2. Collin Morikawa, Joel Dahmen and Rory McIlroy were at or near the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes, but on Saturday, they toiled. It also was his lowest score in the third round of a major tournament. So Zalatoris' 67 did more than just put him in the mix. Many golfers who impressed Thursday and Friday couldn't quite hit their groove in Round 3.

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.

The goal was rooted at age 6, when a young Zalatoris noticed Ken Venturi's 1964 U.S. Open trophy on display at the California Golf Club of San Francisco, one of ...

“There’s a difference in thinking it and then actually being in the situation and believing it. Now he takes aim at his first TOUR title, his first major title, against a backdrop that appears well suited for his skill set. “I’ve had a few long waits so far in my career,” Zalatoris said. Zalatoris previously said that he felt “imposter syndrome” in his PGA Championship playoff against Thomas. As he finds this stage time and again, his confidence grows. “Coming off the PGA (Championship), it gave me a lot of belief and confidence that I belong in this situation,” Zalatoris said. He's now a first-year TOUR member, but his game indicates a confidence and maturity beyond his years. He entered this week’s U.S. Open at The Country Club with five top-10 finishes in eight career major starts, including a runner-up at the 2021 Masters and a playoff loss to Justin Thomas at last month’s PGA Championship. He made eight pars on the back nine, adding a birdie at the 503-yard, par-4 15th after a short iron to 5 feet. He made birdie on holes 2, 4 and 9, offset by just one bogey at the short par-4 seventh. He’s No. 14 on the Official World Golf Ranking, also the highest ranked without a TOUR title. Zalatoris, known as one of the game’s premier ball strikers, clearly thrives on the demanding setups presented by major championships. On a demanding Saturday afternoon outside Boston, Zalatoris carded 3-under 67, the day’s low round.

Will Zalatoris has failed to win multiple times, but he keeps getting closer and closer. On Sunday, he gets another 18 holes to try and finally give himself ...

Should he hold on and finally win his first major Sunday, you can bet Zalatoris will be keeping that ball for himself. "Obviously have to go out and get it tomorrow." The boy smiled as Zalatoris walked by and tossed it to him on his way to making his score official. Just keep getting the ball just around the hole." The margins, at this level, are so slim that any one tweak, swing or decision can change the course of a player's round, tournament, career. And this week, he has set himself up well to hang tough on a course he calls the toughest he's ever played. On Sunday, he gets another 18 holes to try and finally give himself more than just a learning experience. In the past, Zalatoris has struggled with his putter. Being that close this time, boosted his confidence and made him feel like he could be, as he put it, "one of the world-class players and one of the best in the world." "And I think it just makes the round a little bit more stress-free. Within the defeat, Zalatoris found something: belief. A little bit like Tiger, Zalatoris's game seems to rise to the challenge as conditions and courses get tough.

Matt Fitzpatrick, who won the 2013 US Amateur at Brookline, was just a shot behind with four holes remaining. Will Zalatoris carded a superb 67 in the third ...

The job is not even close to being done.” “That’s bull****, man.” Speaking after a round of 72 left him three over par, Thomas said: “I called an official to get a ruling on it, and in the spirit of the game I wasn’t going to hit the drain.

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.