7 p.m. Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick won the US Open, winning his first major title on the same track where he won the US Amateur title nine years earlier. Fitzpatrick made a 2-under 68 at The Country Club to finish the tournament in a 6-under 274 and beat Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler by one. Leading with a shot, Fitzpatrick anchored his drive to No. 18 in a shelter to the left of the runway. But he hit in the middle of the green and put two shots from 18 feet for par. Zalatoris had a 14-foot bird to tie, but lost it by a fraction. This marked the second consecutive runner-up in a major category for Zalatoris, who lost to Justin Thomas in the playoffs last month in the PGA Championship. It was Zalatoris’s sixth finish in the top-10 in seven major tournaments since making his Winged Foot debut at the 2020 US Open. Fitzpatrick scored 17 greens in the regulation. He became the first Englishman to win the US Open after Justin Rose at Merion in 2013, the same year that Fitzpatrick won the US Amateur at The Country Club. He also plays Jack Nicklaus as the only player to win both the US Open and the Amateur on the same track. Nicklaus won at Pebble Beach in 1961 and 1972.

6 p.m. Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick drew at the US Open with four holes to advance Sunday to the final round They headed to the 15th Tee Box in the 5 under, a shot in front of Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters Champion, was at the club at the age of 27 under 277. If there is a draw, there will be a total two-hole playoff to decide the champion. The playoff holes are No. 1 and 18. Still ahead for the three leaders is the famous 17th hole par-4, a remaining 375-yard dog that plays as the easiest hole in The Country Club in the final round. There, Francis Wimmet made a bird to force the playoffs that gave him his historic victory at the US Open in 1913. Justin Leonard sank a long shell there to win the Ryder Cup in 1991. Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick are both looking for their first big one after a close conversation last month in the PGA Championship. Fitzpatrick played in the final duo on Sunday in the Southern Hills, while Zalatoris lost to Justin Thomas in the playoffs.

4:45 p.m. Matt Fitzpatrick took the turn with a one-shot lead over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler in what is being a three-man US Open title race over the last nine holes. Fitzpatrick took No. 8 and reached No. 9 to finish 6th in the tournament. His little bird came around the same time that Scheffler made a splash at No. 10 to drop to 5 below. Zalatoris made an 18 foot leg for a bird at No. 9 to join Scheffler at 5 down. Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy are tied for fourth place, four shots behind Fitzpatrick. Scheffler has already won four of the last four months and hopes to add that important title to the Masters he won in April. Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick, in the final group at The Country Club, are each going for their first big title. Last month in the PGA Championship, Fitzpatrick played in the final pair, while Zalatoris lost to Justin Thomas in the playoffs.

4:25 p.m. Top Scottie Scheffler made four birds over nine to make the turn with a lead in the final round of the US Open. The Masters champion made the turn at 4-under 31 and was at 6 under for the tournament with nine holes left. This was a shot in front of Matt Fitzpatrick and two away from Will Zalatoris, who was a pair in the last duo of the day. Scheffler is trying to become the first player to win the Masters and the US Open the same season after Jordan Spith in 2015. Scheffler’s lead seemed to be in jeopardy when his approach shot into the steep slope at par-5 eighth he turned backwards from the green, almost 65 feet behind his feet through the hole. But he went up and down to save the par, then made another par at 9 to turn to 6-under.

3:15 p.m. Come back late Friday afternoon to find Denny McCarthy needing the same level in the last hole to make the cut at the US Open. And look at him now. McCarthy had 68 in the third round, started Sunday with three birds in five holes and is tied for fourth. He has become the most unlikely candidate on a leaderboard full of stars. Scottie Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick set the pace. Scheffler had three birds in four holes to give the Masters champion the lead. Fitzpatrick was consistent as always and made a bird at No. 3 to equalize Scheffler at 5 under. Jon Rahm has all 4 holes and is two behind. Rory McIlroy is up and down, three birds and two boobs and he is three behind.

2:55 p.m. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler scored the first two holes of the final round of the US Open to advance to the tie. Scheffler started the day in the 2 under and two holes later matched Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick in the minus-4. The overnight co-leaders started running at 2:45, so the whole stadium has started the final round at The Country Club. Scheffler made a six-foot bird for No. 1 and a 15-foot bird in the second hole. He is the reigning Masters champion, seeking the second major victory of his career.

1:50 p.m. USGA returns with some historic pin placements for the final round of the US Open The governing body says the left front hole at No. 17 in The Country Club is where it’s been when Francis Ouimet made a birdie in the final round of the 1913 tournament to force a playoff against British professional Harry Wardon and Ted Ray. And the 18th hole at the front right is where it was on Sunday for the 1988 US Open, when Curtis Strange equalized from the front bunker to force Monday’s playoffs with Nick Faldo. On Saturday, the 17th pin was in the same spot as it was when Justin Leonard made a 45-foot bird to tighten the Ryder Cup for the United States in 1999. The par-3 11th hole also draws some attention: It plays at just 119 yards. That did not make it easy. He played as the eighth most difficult in the beginning, with 10 bogs and only three birds in the first 26 players.

1:50 p.m. Guido Migliozzi got off to a good start in the final round at The Country Club. The Italian finished with a draw last year in his debut at the US Open. He was 3 under 14 holes on Sunday as he tried to overcome a 74 in the third round that dropped him to co-6 to 54 holes. Round two co-leader Collin Morikawa got a bird in the fourth hole and was in the 1 over for the tournament. He is trying to recover from the 77 of the third round that threw him off the leaderboard.

Noon. Grayson Murray has a lot of TV time at the US Open – for all the wrong reasons. Murray tossed his bike behind a quadruple boom in the seventh hole at The Country Club. He then broke an iron above his knee at No. 10. The 28-year-old from North Carolina lost the cut in his only other US Open, in 2013. But playing at the weekend is obviously not a reason to celebrate. Murray took four attempts to get out of the difficult position behind the seventh hole on Sunday and then threw his potter into the high fess as he left the green. After a par at No. 8, he made a triple in the ninth hole. When he lost the green with his approach to the ninth hole and broke the bat over his knee. Murray was co-9 for the fourth round and 17 overs for the tournament. That left him tied with Harris English for last place.

8:15 a.m. The idea of ​​a stable and fiery final round of the US Open has been abandoned. Rain and temperatures began to fall overnight at The Country Club, leaving the US Open weather to feel like a gloomy day at Pebble Beach Pro-Am. There was not enough rain to slow down the course. But the forecast was for cloud cover and temperatures that had just reached 60 degrees when Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick reached the final group. Rain or shine, this US Open should be wide open. Defending champion Jon Rahm is a shot back. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is another full-back, as is New England lover and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley. Also very much in the mix is ​​Rory McIlroy, who turned a tough Saturday into 73 that kept the four-time champion three shots away from the lead.

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