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Rickie Fowler was leading this tournament after the morning wave on Thursday. A fine opening 66, but once again the prospect of that elusive major-championship victory proved to be one great tease. Having started slowly yesterday with a couple of bogeys, he looked pretty emotional when he then sailed a shot from the centre of the 18th fairway into the Pacific Ocean. He ended with a miserable 77, the low point a double after visiting the hazard down the right of the admittedly troublesome 8th. Ah well, as a student of links golf, there’s always Portrush next month, it’d be lovely to see him break his duck at the Open anyway. The popular Californian is off well today, with birdie at 3. He’s level par for the tourney.
Rhys Enoch reached the clubhouse late yesterday afternoon. The 30-year-old Welshman, who made it to Pebble Beach via the qualifiers at Walton Heath in Surrey, had been out in the penultimate three-ball, following up his miserable opening round of 78. Weekend participation looked extremely unlikely when he began yesterday with bogey at 1, but birdies at 4, 7 and 9, plus eagle at 6, saw him hit the turn in 31. He ended up with a 66, second best of day, bettered only in a US Open at Pebble Beach by Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and Gary Woodland (2000, Thursday and yesterday respectively). That meant he’d swerved the cut, just, a sparkling performance from the Sunshine Tour regular. Enoch’s been enjoying himself on the front nine again today, making consecutive birdies at 4, 5 and 6, though three bogeys have balanced out his card. He’s level for his round through 13, and +2 overall.
Written by Scott Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jun/15/us-open-2019-golf-third-round-live under the title “US Open 2019: third round – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
