At four-over par and in a tie for 25th, Lee is the best of the three Aussies who made the cut, his third round of two-over 72 comprised of five bogeys and three birdies.
Rules officials are not there to decide on the validity of the rules, but rather to enforce them and make sure they’re administered equally for all 156 players in the field.
McIlroy’s 65 is the kind of score that Pinehurst may not yield again in the three days remaining, and that puts him squarely in contention – yet again – to do what he hasn’t done in a decade and win another major.
Why are the players so worried about Pinehurst’s greens? It’s a combination of severe slopes and the USGA’s willingness to place hole locations on the edges of those slopes.
Day and Malbon Golf previewed the upcoming Golf & Cycle Collection the golfer is going to model this week at the US Open, and it really runs the gamut.
While credit certainly goes to Tracey Stewart for noticing her husband’s head moving on the greens, the tip actually came from Payne Stewart’s late father.
Eight years after Tiger Woods gave Min Woo Lee a private lesson at the Sage Valley Invitational amateur event in South Carolina, the pair played a practice round on Tuesday at the 124th US Open at Pinehurst No.2.