Bryson DeChambeau played through a hip injury and put on a show for fans Saturday, firing a 67 to open up a 3-shot lead going into the final round of the U.S. Open.
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It is DeChambeau's first 54-hole lead in a major championship. It is only the second time he will play in the final pairing in the final round of a major. In the 2020 U.S. Open, he trailedWith two holes to play on Saturday, it seemed the other contenders might get closer. After DeChambeau made a 9-foot birdie putt on No. 14, he made a mess of the 16th and posted his first double-bogey of the tournament to drop to 6 under, 2 ahead of Pavon, McIlroy and Cantlay.
"Yeah, it was tougher to get through on a couple shots," DeChambeau said."It's OK. I've had it for a long time now. It's just something that popped up. I've just been pushing myself a little bit, pushing the horse a bit. Consequently, that's going to happen. But I've got a great team around me to help fix some stuff up."
DeChambeau's biggest transformation might have come between his ears. When he arrived at Pinehurst No. 2 this week, he vowed to play"boring golf" in his quest for a second major championship, knowing the vast native areas and diabolical green complexes on architect Donald Ross' masterpiece in the North Carolina sandhills wouldn't afford him the chance to grip it and rip it.
McIlroy was only 1 stroke behind DeChambeau after making a 9 ½-foot birdie putt on No. 12. But after making another birdie on the 14th, he carded bogeys on the two par-3s, Nos. 15 and 17, after hitting his tee shots into greenside bunkers.
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