{"id":153427,"date":"2025-06-15T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sam-burns-has-u-s-open-lead-over-j-j-spaun-adam-scott-entering-final-round-at-oakmont-country-club-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:05:00","slug":"sam-burns-has-u-s-open-lead-over-j-j-spaun-adam-scott-entering-final-round-at-oakmont-country-club-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sam-burns-has-u-s-open-lead-over-j-j-spaun-adam-scott-entering-final-round-at-oakmont-country-club-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Burns has U.S. Open lead over J.J. Spaun, Adam Scott entering final round at Oakmont Country Club – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sam Burns <\/strong>backed up his second-round 65 with a 69 in the third round of the U.S. Open, and he has a one-shot lead over J.J. Spaun<\/strong> and Adam Scott<\/strong>. Burns will enter the final round at 4 under.
Spaun also shot a 69 in the third round, while Scott fired a 67 and will play in the final group with Burns on Sunday. Viktor Hovland <\/strong>is the only other player under par at 1 under after a third-round 70. Carlos Ortiz <\/strong>shot a 67 and is at even par.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler <\/strong>is tied for 11th at 4 over after a third-round 70.
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If you're looking for an unlikely winner tomorrow, then look no further than Carlos Ortiz. <\/strong>The Mexican golfer sits four off the lead. He's won once on the PGA Tour and has a single victory on LIV Golf.
Should Ortiz win tomorrow, he would be the first male Mexican-born golfer to win a major. It would be a momentous occasion for the 34-year-old, who shot a 67 in the third round.
How much does an athlete owe us? When is it enough? Are they allowed to change their minds, to take a break for now, or even forever?
Rory McIlroy spoke to a couple of dozen media members on Saturday at the U.S. Open, his first press conference in \u2026 four days. He had rebuffed interview requests after the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday and again on Friday, after doing so for all four days of last month\u2019s PGA Championship. For McIlroy, who has been so available in the last few years that he has appeared on podcasts to discuss prestige TV drama \u201cSuccession,\u201d this has been received within the confines of the golf media center as a mystery laden with intrigue.
It could be simpler than any theory tossed about.
\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve earned the right to do whatever I want to do,\u201d McIlroy said, just after dismissing the notion that his silence has anything to do with his play on the golf course. He remains mired in one of the worst post-Masters funks in recent memory, playing so poorly that he\u2019ll leave Oakmont Sunday afternoon as the leaders tee off.
It all feels incongruous, two months after the Masters.
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Sam Burns<\/strong> is the first player to carry a 1-shot lead into a final round in a U.S. Open at Oakmont since Ben Hogan in 1953.
Sam Burns<\/strong> leads by one with 18 holes to play at the U.S. Open.
All-time, players with a 1-shot lead through 54 holes at this championship have won 32 percent of the time (14-for-44).
Across all majors the last 40 years, players win at a 42 percent rate with a one-shot, 54-hole lead.
At age 44, Adam Scott<\/strong> would be the oldest player to lead\/co-lead the U.S. Open entering the final round since Gil Morgan in 1992 at Pebble Beach.
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Each of the last 26 U.S. Open winners have been within four of the lead entering the final round.
32 of the last 34 U.S. Open winners have been T-6 or better entering the final round.
The longest gap between a player's first and second major championship win is 11 years \u2014 Julius Boros<\/strong> and Ben Crenshaw.<\/strong>
Adam Scott's<\/strong> lone major win was more than 12 years ago at the 2013 Masters.
By managing to two-putt it from 59 feet on No. 18 for par, Sam Burns remains one of two players in the field without a three-putt this week. The other is Ryan Fox. Burns is statistically considered the best putter on the PGA Tour this year, but we're less than a week removed from him missing in the RBC Canadian Open playoff. Will his nerves stand up to the pressure putts on a U.S. Open Sunday? We're going to find out.
Sam Burns <\/strong>follows up his second round with another sub-70 score at the U.S. Open. He fires a third-round 69 to sit alone atop the leaderboard after 54 holes at 4 under.
Burns will play in the final group alongside Adam Scott. <\/strong>
For J.J. Spaun, <\/strong>he bogeyed the 18th hole after landing his second shot in the bunker and missing a 21-foot par putt. The American shot a 69 to sit one off the lead.
A fascinating Sunday at the U.S. Open awaits.
After two rounds at 70, Adam Scott <\/strong>fires a third-round 67 to sit at 3-under-par. The Aussie had four birdies on the card to just one bogey, which he recorded on his opening hole.
For Viktor Hovland, <\/strong>he fires a 70. The Norwegian hit his tee shot in the right bunker, forcing him to lay up. Hovland couldn't convert the par save from 16 feet away, resulting in a bogey.
Hovland sits at 1 under, three off the lead. A fun third round from the penultimate group.
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Like the penultimate group ahead of them, Sam Burns <\/strong>and J.J. Spaun <\/strong>both make a birdie at the short par-4 17th. Burns fired his 39-yard approach to seven inches from the hole, knocking in a birdie.
Then, Spaun, after 12 straight pars, drains a 13 footer for birdie to tie the lead again.
The Americans in this final group are answering. With the tension rising in this tournament. They go to the 18th sharing the lead at 4-under-par.
Adam Scott's ball speed on that tee shot on 18?
187 mph.
My goodness is the Aussie locked in with one hole to play. His tee shot goes 331 yards in the right fairway.
What a PUTT from Adam Scott <\/strong>on No. 17. After landing his bunker shot 14 feet from the hole, the Aussie drains his birdie putt to move into a tie for the lead.
Viktor Hovland <\/strong>also birdied 17 after a miraculous shot from the rough.
This penultimate group is showing out as the sun sets on this Saturday at Oakmont. To go from likely bogeys to birdies? Are you kidding me? What golf from Scott and Hovland with one hole to go.
Remember that shot from Viktor Hovland <\/strong>if he goes on to win the U.S. Open. The Norwegian was absolutely dead off the tee, going right into the rough. However, he got a lucky lie in the gnarly grass.
Hovland landed his approach shot two feet from the hole. A birdie seems imminent to go one off the lead.
Wowza!
Sam Burns <\/strong>finally makes a bogey from a putt inside six feet. After landing his tee shot well short of the hole, Burns' lag putt was left to five feet. He missed the putt out to the left, resulting in a bogey.
J.J. Spaun <\/strong>makes his 12th consecutive par, maintaining incredible consistency. The final group is now tied for the lead at 3 under with two holes to play in the third round.
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The steady penultimate group continues. Both Adam Scott <\/strong>and Viktor Hovland <\/strong>make pars at No.16.
The Aussie remains two off the lead at 2 under while the Norwegian sits at 1 under. Very much in the thick of things with two holes left of their respective third rounds.
That is a scintillating par save for Sam Burns. <\/strong>After his second shot from the fairway didn't cut, it landed in the green side bunker. Entering today, Burns' sand saves for the week were 0-for-1.
But on No. 15, his sand game was impeccable. He chunked and ran the chip shot from the bunker, landing it two feet from the pin. He saved par to remain atop the leaderboard at 4 under.
J.J. Spaun <\/strong>makes his 11th-straight par to stay one off the lead.
It's a scramble fest for Adam Scott <\/strong>and Viktor Hovland <\/strong>at No. 15. For the Aussie, he chips out of the deep bunker to two feet from the hole, saving par. For the Norwegian, he putts off the fringe, making a 27 footer to save par.
Those are the type of moments that keep your U.S. Open chances intact or completely fall apart. Scott and Hovland remain in contention as this third round winds down. <\/p>\n

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