Saturday is moving day at Pinewood Two, and Bryson DeChambeau is moving. a lot of.
Scores at the U.S. Open remained low again, but DeChambeau, already in the final group of the day, emerged from a crowded leaderboard with a dominant back nine in the third round.
At one point, four players were vying for first place at 5 under.
After a bogey on the fourth hole, DeChambeau birdied two of the next three holes to finish at 1-under 34 on the front nine. He started the back nine with three birdies on the first five holes to take a four-shot lead.
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Bryson DeChambeau reacts after playing the fifth hole in the third round of the U.S. Open. (Jim Dedmon/USA TODAY Sports)
A costly double bogey on the 16th hole reduced his lead to two, but he quickly responded with a birdie on the par-3 17th hole, and his shot on the 18th hole made it par. He shot a 67 this round, 3 under, 7-7.
Ludwig Aberg has been in top position all weekend and joins DeChambeau in Saturday’s final group match. But after a triple bogey on the par-4 13th, which left him five strokes behind DeChambeau, DeChambeau was on fire.
Aberg entered Sunday’s tournament at 2 under.
Bryson DeChambeau hits the ball from the No. 2 tee during the third round of the U.S. Open. (Katie Goodell/USA TODAY Sports)
Rory McIlroy (1 under par for the round), Patrick Cantlay (tied) and Mathieu Pavon (1 under par) are all 3 shots behind, with Hideki Matsuyama on the low side At par 2, tied for fifth with Aberg.
The lowest score of the day was Collin Morikawa’s 4-under-par, bogey-free 66. Corey Connors and Tom King are also tied, while Tyrrell Hatton and Tony Finau are 1 under.
For DeChambeau, winning a second U.S. Open title was a simple strategy.
“Fairway, green, two-putt,” he said after the game.
Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after a birdie on the 14th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, June 15, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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He will become just the second player to win a major since defecting to LIV Golf, joining rival Brooks Koepka, who won his fifth major last year .
DeChambeau won the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, his first and only major.
