2 hours ago US Open, circular 3 leaderboard
Leader: -7 W Clark (US); -1 S Scheffler (US), S Theegala (US), T Kim (Kor), S Stevens (US)
Selected: Level X Schauffele (US); +1 T Fleetwood (Eng), C Morikawa (US), M Fitzpatrick (Eng); +2 A Fitzpatrick (Eng); +3 R McIlroy (NI), J Parry (Eng), A Rai (Eng); +4 J Rose (Eng), T Hatton (Eng); +7 R MacIntyre (Sco)
In a 3rd circular that saw challengers emergence but yet autumn away, Wyndham Clark stood steadfast to presumption himself arsenic the overwhelming favourite to triumph a 2nd US Open title.
Not lone did the American neglect to budge from the apical of the pile, the 32-year-old extended his pb from 4 to six strokes arsenic helium looks to go the archetypal wire-to-wire victor of the tourney since Martin Kaymer successful 2014.
Clark delivered a masterclass successful scrambling astatine Shinnecock Hills earlier signing for a level-par 70 that gives him a commanding vantage heading into Sunday's last round.
Sahith Theegala, Tom Kim and Sam Stevens are among a quartet astatine 1 nether but ominously for Clark, truthful excessively is Scottie Scheffler, who arguably represents the biggest information to him repeating his triumph astatine the Los Angeles Country Club, successful 2023.
A changeable further backmost and each but retired of contention are Americans Sam Burns and Xander Schauffele, portion Collin Morikawa and England's Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick are astatine 1 over.
But it is the beingness of satellite fig 1 Scheffler that volition interest Clark the most, adjacent if determination has lone been 1 juncture since the archetypal Masters successful 1934 that a six-shot pb has been overturned successful the last circular of a large title - erstwhile Greg Norman faded and Nick Faldo claimed his 3rd Masters rubric successful 1996.
"I consciousness good. I person got much and much comfy each clip I person got successful these positions," said Clark.
"Scottie is the champion subordinate successful the world, and he's astir apt going to play truly good. He ever does, but it's bully to person a six-shot pb connected him.
"I'm conscionable going to support approaching it the aforesaid way. If I spell done my process and deed the shots I cognize I tin hit, I similar my chances."
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