2023 US Open: Moving Day
At 10-under, Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowler share the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open; Rory McIlroy sits one back.
Fowler holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the 10th time on the PGA TOUR and the first time in a major; 2-for-9 to date in converting into victory. He bogeys the final hole for an even-par 70 and shares the 54-hole lead with Wyndham Clark. Fowler has 21 birdies through 54 holes; the most birdies or better for an entire U.S. Open over the last 40 years is 24 (Brendan Steele in 2017).
Clark holds the lead/co-lead for the third time in individual stroke-play events on TOUR and the first time in a major; 1-for-2 to date in converting into victory. This is his best 54-hole position in a major championship (previous best is T51 at the 2021 PGA Championship).
Four-time major champion and World No. 3 McIlroy opens his 15th U.S. Open appearance with three rounds in the 60s for the fifth time; he went on to win three of the previous four times. The 2011 U.S. Open champion picked up his 23rd PGA TOUR title earlier this season at THE CJ CUP in South Carolina and would look to make this his fifth major victory.
World No. 1 and 2022 U.S. Open runner-up Scottie Scheffler finishes eagle-birdie for a 2-under 68 to move within three strokes of the lead.
Harris English (5th) trails by four following a 1-over 71; has two top-10 finishes in 25 prior major championship starts, with both coming at the U.S. Open.
Xander Schauffele (T6) has top-15 finishes in all six prior U.S. Open starts, the longest streak at the event since Lanny Wadkins.
Matt Fitzpatrick (T15/-1) trails by nine in bid to become the first player to successfully defend a major title since Brooks Koepka at the 2019 PGA Championship; Koepka is also the last player to successfully defend at the U.S. Open (2018).