UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):
10 a.m.
The race is on to be low amateur at the U.S. Open.
Six of them made the cut this week at Chambers Bay, including Nick Hardy, whose bogey in the final group Friday moved the cut line and allowed 15 others to play the weekend.
Ollie Schniederjans and Jack Maguire were at 4 over for the championship entering the final round. Denny Maguire was one shot back and Beau Hossler two adrift, while Brian Campbell was at 7 over after his 3-under 67 in the opening round. Hardy was at 12 over.
Schniederjans is an interesting case. He could become the first player from Georgia Tech to earn the honor at the U.S. Open since the game’s most famous amateur, Bobby Jones.
Matthew Fitzpatrick was the only amateur to make the cut last year at Pinehurst.
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9:30 a.m.
Chris Kirk had enough of Chambers Bay on Sunday and still had 17 holes to go.
Playing in the second group off in the final round of the U.S. Open, Kirk was left in fits by the short, par-4 opening hole and its elevated green.
His tee shot found the left rough, and his approach to the green came up short. His next five shots up the slope all rolled right back to his feet. When Kirk finally got onto the green, about 30 feet from the hole, he promptly three-putted for a 10.
Or in golf parlance, a sextuple bogey.
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8 a.m.
The final round of the U.S. Open is under way at Chambers Bay, where Jordan Spieth could make history by following up his victory at the Masters with another major championship.
The young phenom will have to contend with a host of others if he is to become the first player to win the first two legs of the Grand Slam since Tiger Woods in 2002. Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace are also at 4 under for the championship.
Four others are within striking distance at 1 under.
Then there is the course itself that Spieth must navigate. With its bumpy greens, slick fescue and wild terrain, Chambers Bay has been a stern test all week.
Who will be able to solve it best Sunday?
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