It's Moving Day at Shinnecock Hills and it's set to be more difficult for the pros as the USGA look to firm up the course for the weekend.
Wyndham Clark takes a four-stroke lead into the final two rounds at Shinnecock Hills as he looks to win his second Major title after triumphing in this championship three years ago.
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler remain in touch but will need to close the gap today if they want to be lifting the trophy come Sunday afternoon.
Follow along for live scores and updates all day...
If we're going with experience this weekend, it looks like Clark, Fitzpatrick, Schauffele, Morikawa and Thomas could be the ones still there come tomorrow evening...
-7 Wyndham Clark (Win, 2023)
-3 Matt Fitzpatrick (Win, 2022)
-3 Xander Schauffele (T3rd, 2019)
-3 Sam Stevens (T23rd, 2025)
-3 Tom Kim (T8th, 2023)
-2 Collin Morikawa (T4th, 2021)
-1 Justin Thomas (T8th, 2020)
-1 Harry Higgs (CUT, 2024)
-1 Sam Burns (T7th, 2025)
-1 Sahith Theegala (T27th, 2023)
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER UP NEXT
A reminder of the upcoming tee times, with World No.1 Scottie Scheffler next on the tee.
I think he could do very well today in these conditions.
The final group goes out in under 2hrs time.
2.01pm: Scottie Scheffler, Brian Harman
2.12pm: Maverick McNealy, Rory McIlroy
2.23pm: Keith Mitchell, Akshay Bhatia
2.34pm: Gary Woodland, Ryo Hisatsune
2.50pm: Ryder Cowan (a), William Mouw
3.01pm: Sahith Theegala, Sam Burns
3.12pm: Harry Higgs, Justin Thomas
3.23pm: Collin Morikawa, Tom Kim
3.34pm: Sam Stevens, Xander Schauffele
3.45pm: Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark
LUDVIG ABERG GOING BACKWARDS
The Swede began his round bogey-bogey and has dropped back to +3 for the tournament.
I know there's a long way to go but it feels like his race is run.
UNDER-PAR WATCH
We have just three players under-par so far today... To quote Tiger Woods, it's really tough out there.
The three in red digits (for the day) are:
Emiliano Grillo (-3/13)
Andrew Putnam (-1/5)
Dustin Johnson (-1/11)
SO COOL...
One I missed earlier from Angel Hidalgo... How good was this?
Oh that's VERY creative!Angel Hidalgo 🇪🇸 grabs a fairway metal and plays a low runner onto the green from 260. pic.twitter.com/HDlCVHwvUcJune 20, 2026
SPIETH'S TEXAS WEDGE
Jordan Spieth opts to putt it from over the back on the brutally difficult par 3 11th and it just manages to stay up on the putting surface.
He misses and falls back to +5 for the tournament, which currently has him in a tie for 49th.
Jordan Spieth is turning "run up and mark your ball before it rolls back to your feet" into a fun side quest today. pic.twitter.com/vHmjtavHVPJune 20, 2026
DUSTIN JOHNSON FIGHTING BACK
After a disastrous 77 yesterday, Dustin Johnson is going along nicely here.
He is one-under-par thru 10 and back to +2 for the tournament.
It's great to see him (sort of) in the mix at a Major. One of my favorite players.
SUNGJAE IM CHIPS IN...FROM THE GREEN
Greenkeepers, avert your eyes! 🫣Sungjae Im chips in for birdie on 7... from the green. pic.twitter.com/xm7ykIt1o2June 20, 2026
WHO DO WE THINK WILL WIN THE US OPEN?
I've just done a straw poll with the Golf Monthly news team asking who we think is going to win this US Open.
Here's who the team think with 36-holes to go:
Elliott Heath (me): Xander Schauffele
Matt Cradock: Matt Fitzpatrick
Jonny Leighfield: Xander Schauffele
Mike Hall: Matt Fitzpatrick
Jakob Barnes: Wyndham Clark
TOMMY FLEETWOOD WITH A BEAUTY INTO THE 2ND
From 230 yards, with a big crosswind, Tommy delivers...
Best shot of the day right there!Tommy Fleetwood peppers it close at the 2nd. pic.twitter.com/UyuEunGdN5June 20, 2026
The Englishman starts par-par to remain at one-over.
JAMES NICHOLAS SLIDING DOWN
The New York native has a large number of friends and family cheering him on this week, and he has plummeted down the leaderboard today.
The Korn Ferry Tour player holed out for birdie from the greenside bunker on the 1st but is now nine-over for ten holes after making five bogeys on the front nine before a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 10th. Ouch.
GREENS DEFINITELY FASTER TODAY
The USGA said the greens would be faster today and they certainly are, and conditions are tough with winds remaining high.
Here's what the USGA said earlier:
"Putting green speeds ranged from the high 10s to low 11s on the stimpmeter and will settle to the upper 10s to 11 feet as the day goes on. Greens were single-cut."
WHY YOU NEED TO BE WITHIN 4 AFTER 54 HOLES...
In each of the last 27 U.S. Opens, the eventual winner was either leading or within four strokes of the lead at the end of the third round. The last champion to overcome a deficit of at least five strokes at the end of the third round was Lee Janzen, who was five back entering the final round in 1998 at The Olympic Club.
Stat: Elias Sports Bureau
CUT STAT
A great stat from Elias Sports Bureau:
The two players with the longest active streaks of making the cut at the U.S. Open (Brooks Koepka-11 straight and Harris English-10 straight) both missed the cut this week. The longest active streaks now belong to Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama, both now at 10.
