Can Jason Day claim his maiden major golf championship? Can Adam Scott make a late charge? Find out as we cover the US Open from Chambers Bay, with live scores and updates.
It’s been a hell of a tournament for Jason Day.
From vertigo late on Day 2, to a shocking start yesterday, to claiming the 54-hole lead at a major, Day has pretty well been through it all on the first three days.
Whatever happens on Day 4, he’s played well, and put himself in a position to win.
That said, Day will be desperate for a win, having come runner up in the US Open twice, once in 2011 and once in 2013. He was also runner up at the Masters in 2011.
He’ll be desperate to make this one stick, at a course that plenty of pros have struggled to deal with.
The link-style golf required to succeed hasn’t suited everybody, but it’s certainly suited the big hitters like Day, Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott, who will be looking to make a late charge to post a score that could contend.
With it being more difficult to execute in the afternoon as the greens get slipperier and more curvy, that should work to Scott’s advantage.
Dustin Johnson, the big hitting American, has been sniffing around the lead all week. He’s played some very solid golf, and if he can get some puts to sink he’ll certainly be in contention for his first major victory.
Jordan Spieth, hovering after Day 3 one behind the leaders, will be hoping for another round like the one he had on Day 2, which saw him in a share of the 36-hole lead.
Either way, it’ll be a fascinating end to what’s been a great tournament. Follow The Roar for live scores from 9am AEST as we count down the final 18 holes of the US Open for 2015.
NickBrisbane
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Not bad for the Southern Hemisphere - 2 aussies and 3 south africans in top 7
CW
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I have watched a lot a golf over the years. This must be one of the toughest courses on which a major has been played. The Chambers Bay course is set in an idyllic lakeside location but the course is ordinary to the eye. It is almost devoid of foliage and the parched looking fairways and greens were a nitemare for players.The greens were hardly that. They were brown looking. Lacking any lushness and as a result were super fast. It was either a lottery or exceptional reading if you were to get your lag put close to the hole.Approach shots were often seen pitching and then running on much further than expected or hitting a bank and running sideways or backwards. I saw one put that had to be hit almost at right angles to get into hole.
CW
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Hats off to young tyro Jordan Spieth for holding his nerve over the last four holes to take out his maiden US Open. This bloke has nerves of steel. There were challengers coming from everywhere. The money hole for Spieith was, in my view, the 16th when he sunk a difficult birdie put and his co leader double bogeyed. That gave the American much needed breathing space. He did have a hic cup on 17 but the buffer was too large and he held on. Justin Johnson must be kicking himself for missing a tiddly birdie put on the last hole which would have forced a play off. But for the tall American it was more of the putting yips that had plagued his last nine. Must make a mention to young Aussie Cameron Smith who capped a very fine tournament with a brilliant eagle on the 18th hole. The put gave him a tie with,(most likely his hero), Adam Scott and to take home a hefty pay daya and the prestige that comes with finishing top three in a golf major..
CW
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No. Yes. In answer to your first two questions Gavjoshi. Day was well in contention until the 11 hole when it all went a bit pear shaped for the Queenslander. He lipped a par put at that hole. Missed a certain birdie at the next and then double bogeyed 13 to slip off the leaders board. Day's US Open was done and dusted. I did not see any of Adam Scott's final round. But to card a six under on that treacherous course was no mean feat. If only Adam has have been a shot or two closer to the leaders overnite. If only.
gavjoshi
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FInal positing FINAL POSITING Spieth -5 Johnson -4 Oosthuizen -4 Scott -3 Smith -3 Grace -3 Schwartzel -2 Snedeker -1 Fantastic Finish at Chambers Bay. Jordan Spieth is the youngest US Open in 92 years and the Grad Slam dream is still alive for Spieth.
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Spieth -5(18) Oosthuizen -4 (18) Johnson -4(18)
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JORDAN SPIETH IS THE CHAMPION
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Dustin Johnson eagle putt goes past the hole and he missed the birdie as well
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Superb 2nd shot by Johnson on the 18th. He has 12ft putt for an eagle and to win the championship. A birdie will mean a 18 hole play off tomorrow.
gavjoshi
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Spieth 16ft eagle putt misses but he taps in for birdie to finish on -5. He is the current leader but the door is open for Johnson he needs a birdie to take it to a play off
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Spieth -4 (17) Johnson -4 (17) Oosthuizen -4 (18)
gavjoshi
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Speith should definately get an birdie so he will finish on -5 Meaning only Dustin Johnson who is -4, can tie with him if he birdies the 18th. Johnson has drilled his driver on the 18th.
gavjoshi
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Wonderful 2nd shot on the par 5 18th by Spieth. He has a 12ft for an eagle.
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Dustin Johnson still alive, he sinks the 5ft putt for a birdie, -4 equal with leaders Spieth and Oosthuizen
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Spieth -4(17) Oosthuizen -4 (18) Johnson -3(16) Grace -3(17)
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Oosthuizen has finished on -4 making birdie on the 18th. While Grace birdie putt is mm short of the cup, he remains on -3 Speith has a double bogey to go -4
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In the meantime, Aussie Cameron Smith has a tap in for eagle to finish the championship on -3.
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Last player to win the Masters and US Open in the same year was Tiger Woods in 2002, Spieth on verge of achieving it.
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Spieth on the 17th par 3 has found thick rough while Grace find the green, he has 15ft for a birdie
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Spieth -6 (16) Johnson -3(15) Grace -3(16) Oosthuizen -3 (17) Scott -3(F)