BROOKLINE - Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick, the two highest-ranked players in the Official World Golf Ranking without a win on the PGA Tour, share the lead at the U.S. Open entering today’s final round.
Last player to earn first PGA Tour win at a major championship was Danny Willett, at the 2016 Masters while the last player to earn first PGA Tour win at the U.S. Open was Graeme McDowell in 2010.
At the recent PGA Championship, Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick both entered the final round T-2. Fitzpatrick played in the final pairing and finished T-5 while Zalatoris went on to lose in a playoff.
Fitzpatrick won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club.
Defending champion Jon Rahm made a double bogey at No. 18 and will enter the final round one stroke back. The last player to successfully defend title at a major championship was Brooks Koepka, 2019 PGA Championship.
Scottie Scheffler (T-4), Sam Burns (T-7) and Rory McIlroy (T-7), who have combined for nine TOUR wins this season, are within three strokes of the lead.
36-hole leader Collin Morikawa carded a 7-over (77), tying his highest score on the PGA Tour, his second score of (77) in his last four rounds on Tour.
U.S. Open Leaderboard | After 54 Holes
Will Zalatoris 69-70-67—206 (-4)
Matt Fitzpatrick 68-70-68—206 (-4)
Jon Rahm 69-67-71—207 (-3)
Keegan Bradley 70-69-69—208 (-2)
Adam Hadwin 66-72-70—208 (-2)
Scottie Scheffler 70-67-71—208 (-2)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
U.S. Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
YARDS/PAR: 7,245 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT(S): Willie Campbell (1895); recently Gil Hanse (2013)
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share: $17,500,000/$3,150,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jon Rahm
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup #USOpengolf
TV COVERAGE: Final round coverage begins 10:00am to Noon (ET) on USA Network and Noon to 7:00pm (ET) on NBC.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on Peacock: Final round streaming on Peacock from 9:00am to 10:00am (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Final round coverage for SiriusXM U.S. Open Radio will begin at 10am ET and run through the completion of play. If a playoff occurs, SiriusXM will provide live coverage of every shot.
Immediately following the final round, listeners will hear a three-hour wrap-up of the day’s play, hosted by Drew Stoltz, Jason Sobel and Gary Williams. Three-time U.S. Open Champion Hale Irwin will co-host the show after today’s round.
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U.S. Open | The Basics
Final round Tee Times at The Country Club start at 8:49am (ET) and go to 2:45pm (ET) when 54-hole leaders Matt FItzpatrick and Will Zalatoris tee-off on No. 1.
Weather: Sunday morning rain and cloudy skies will greet the patrons and golfers for the final round of the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club. Chilly temperatures from 52-to-63 degrees. Showers diminish between 11am and 1:00pm while winds drop from 14 to 9 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 12 Noon (ET) on Monday.
U.S. Open - Tee Times, and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Zalatoris, Fitzpatrick Emerge on Wild, Windy Day (ESPNCom)
U.S. Open a Test of Survival (PGATourCom)
Fitzpatrick with Cross-handed Chipping Mastery (PGATourCom)
Zalatoris in Major Striking Distance at US Open (PGATourCom)
U.S. Open Purse and Projected Payouts (Golf Channel)
On This Day in Golf History
June 19, 1954 - Ed Furgol won his only major title at the ‘54 U.S. Open held at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Furgol made an amazing recovery for par on the final hole, hitting his second shot from the trees to a fairway on Baltrusol’s other course and then managing a par 5 from there. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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