2026 U.S. Open Highlights: Round 3

This was the green that the USGA were worried about. You can see why that direction of wind it goes straight down the green. Exactly coming from the West Northwest today. What a shot, what a shot by Neiman. Beautiful. Excuse me, Grillo. From Emiliano Grillo, this for his birdie. Much right straight up the hill. Just have to keep the speed up. There you go. Second birdie of the day here. PDU line made a birdie. You can get a little more aggressive from here, but you still want to aim towards the middle of the green, and that's what he's done here. This is a pretty sensible shot. Yeah, wise, it looked to me like is that is going to fall off of that inverted saucer, but to me, it looked like he tried to save the face a little late, wanted to hit the drawer. Never shown a graphic 11 feet of break from right to left. Probably add a little more with the wind. About that much. That had the huge break. So much going on and McElroy gauged it right on the mark. This was a thin it needs to get off. Perfect then. Oh my gosh, what a shot. Safe in the wind stayed under skip there. Chance for Sam Stevens to make a birdie. He's done have a lot of structure. Just kind of hits putts around and just kind of gets used to the speed. Stevens on the way for Birdie at one, yeah. Second closest approach today at the 1st. Keith Mitchell at even par. Nobody's gone about it a different way than Keith Mitchell 412970 shot 70 yesterday. Couple of even part seven. No big deal. He said to me in the range he loves loves this golf course creativity. Left hand low Mitchell here for Birdie and you saw that beautiful approach there. That's the way you play that hole. How delicate was that? That's where you gotta have your creative mind coming here in the bunker for his third burns. He's an excellent bunker player. See the cutoff follow through there. He almost made it again. Look, he's on his tiptoes just to see it. Those bunkers are so deep in these greens are elevated. Burns for Birdie. If you want to become a good putter, just watch this guy's approach. Watch his routine. Yeah, he started going towards the whole before it's halfway there. He knew it was in. At the 10th, this is Sheffler for Birdie trying to get it cranked up. Yes. First birdie of the day for Sheffler went out and plus 237. Or do you want the right edge? And he's going right edge. That's where this one's added. Easy to overspin it like that. Yeah, that's gonna leave a little more than he wants. I mean, that's going to be 910 feet. Is his hands pretty low? Sounds kind of far away from there. Good save. Now that's one of those US Open bogeys just grinding to the end. Yeah, I think it's, you know, with a different wind, it's going to create some new challenges for all these guys out there. You kind of get used to playing in the same wind. To win your US Open Wyndham sitting on the lead after the first two days. Always a challenge for a player. It's very tough to lead a tournament all the way through. I've I've been lucky enough to do it, but never in a major championship. That's for sure, but he's done it before, so it's shots like that bounce back after his bogey there on the first start. First hole. To pick up two. That green is so exposed by the wind there. Tampon for Birdie and back to seven under at the 14th. So many balls have ended up right around this area in practice and the tournament. Wait, look out that birdie at the last. We have gotten him going. Birdies for the first time this week for Sheffler. This is this second shot at 10. And everybody having a hard time keeping this on the green. Even from short yardage situations, it's getting firm up there and top camp just checks it up nicely. Amazing how far short he landed that ball downwind. Kim for Birdie. Just touched it, Tom Kim. With a rare birdie at the 10th, but come back for Tom after a rough start. Looks like it's holding OK. Scotty Sheffler, what a bounce by Sheffler. At an eagle look, it'll be for Scotty. Nonetheless, the quest for the career Grand Slam has come into clear view right now. Four players under par in three of them clinging to the one underscore. Look at McElroy's position here at 18. That is his third. Connected with him and he has helped him honed that swing again. This is McElroy's 4th at the 18th. Making a mess of it after a 405 yard drive. McElroy tap it in for a closing bogey. And that's coming home and 40 kids is not going to get it done. He's flying it pretty far. It's the right play. Surprising to me today, I thought shopping would have really given it a go. Slow start. Very short backswing. Not a particularly good shot from there. No, I think that's one thing technique wise. I might try to hit the ball up nearly. We gotta have a little bit longer swing. This is incredible, Terry. You know you look at all these stats, but when it doesn't measure stats, don't measure heart and he showed a lot of grit and heart here on these last few holes. Let it move over to the flag. Comfortable 8 iron on the way, and this is cutting even just a little bit right of the flag. Yeah, it's a beauty. Wow. That's how you work through your process. Dan, with your trusted back man, landed perfectly over that bunker and really nice shot. As the winds die down, Wyndham Clark keeps rising. To 7 under part back where the day started. The gala second trying to get in to red figures. Again, started the day one under all pars. One bogey today for the gala. Yeah, he landed that in the right spot. I think he just took care of the birdie. The gala tapping in and he's joined world number one in the clubhouse at one under. That is a US Open kind of scorecard for the gala. Cutting now. What a shot. Holy cow, my goodness. That was a huge fade and he just knocked it in there. Eagle for Clark, the first one. And the lead is 7.