Justin Rose, Wyndham Clark still led the US Open final round at Shinnecock Hills, but the margin tightened as Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns kept moving at the top of the board. Clark’s lead was cut and then tested again, with the closing holes turning into a straight fight over every mistake.
Shinnecock Hills pressure builds
Clark reached the 7th hole with the lead, then had to recover from the bunker guarding the front-left of the green. He left his chip ten feet short, but made the putt to stay ahead while Scheffler had splashed out from the bunker and had to save bogey.
That sequence kept Clark in front, yet it also showed how thin the cushion had become. He was still leading, but his game was getting a little tatty under extreme tournament conditions, with big tee-to-green errors forcing him to scrape for pars instead of separating from the field.
Burns and Scheffler close in
Sam Burns then dropped a shot at the 9th after a chip raced eight feet past the cup and his downhill par putt slid right. Clark’s lead moved to two shots after that bogey, but the gap did not stay comfortable for long.
Later in the round, Clark missed a 25-foot par effort to the left and bogeyed, and Scheffler answered with a careful two-putt birdie. That sequence changed the board again and brought the world number one even closer as the final stretch began to decide the championship.
Hatton and Niemann in the mix
Tyrrell Hatton finished with a closing round of 67 and stood at +1, while Joaquin Niemann joined him in the clubhouse lead. Emiliano Grillo was also part of the final-round field, but the live story stayed centered on Clark, Scheffler and Burns as the margin kept shifting.
Whether Clark can hold on through the remaining holes is still the story inside the scorecard. He has already survived one bunker save, one nervy putt and one bogey, and the US Open is now down to the shots left on the card.
