Sam Burns sits atop a US Open leaderboard where Wyndham Clark held a three-shot lead through the 7th and 8th holes on Moving Day at Shinnecock Hills. Clark saved par at the par-three 7th, then had to manage trouble again at the 8th as several contenders kept pressing behind him.
Wyndham Clark at Shinnecock Hills
Clark was tied to a live line of -7 after seven holes. His tee shot at the 7th went down the big bank left of the green, but he chipped to four feet and saved par. At the 8th, he sent his wedge from 110 yards into a greenside bunker, and the margin on top still mattered with the board moving around him.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy
Scottie Scheffler cut into the chase with a birdie at 15. He holed a 15-foot putt and moved to -1. Rory McIlroy went the other way on 14 after racing a three-foot par putt four feet past, then earlier drove the short par-four 13th green and ended up in a bunker.
Xander Schauffele and Tommy Fleetwood
Xander Schauffele also saved par at 8 after his second shot took a hot bounce through the green. After his splash out of sand on 6 turned hard to the right, he summed up the lie in two words: “So many rocks, dude.” Tommy Fleetwood signed for a level-par 70 and finished at +1 overall.
Whether Wyndham Clark would keep the lead through the rest of the third round is the live question left by the updates. The leaderboard already showed why this day was tagged as Moving Day: one swing, one bunker, one putt, and the gap could shift fast around the front of the field.
