Rory McIlroy faces a showdown on Sunday against Patrick Cantlay as the two men look to chase down Bryson DeChambeau in the final round of the 124th US Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
McIlroy will play alongside Cantlay at 7.10pm BST, the first time they have been grouped together since a heated exchange with Cantlay’s caddy Joe LaCava at last September’s Ryder Cup in Rome.
The Northern Irishman had resented LaCava’s celebrations after Cantlay holed a long putt on the 18th green, the argument continued later when McIlroy had to be restrained by teammate Shane Lowry in the car park.
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A furious Rory McIlroy confronted a Team USA caddy in the car park after the round after an alleged ‘incident’ on the 18th hole.
“Yeah, it should be great,” Cantlay said of the McIlroy duo after a third-round 70. “I’m in a great position. It’s a golf course that’s challenging. If you can make a few birdies, you can win a lot ever on the course. I’m really happy with the way I played today today and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
Sky Sports will show extensive coverage of all the final round action live on Sunday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf, with DeChambeau taking a three-shot lead into the final day and playing alongside Matthieu Pavon in the final group at 7:21 p.m. BST.
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Bryson DeChambeau shot a third-round 67-under at No. 2 Pinehurst at the U.S. Open.
Full departure times on Sunday
All times BST; United States, unless otherwise noted; (x) designates amateurs
12:30 SH Kim (Kor), Gunnar Broin (x)
1241 Matt Fitzpatrick (English), Jackson Suber
1252 Brandon Wu, Austin Eckroat
1303 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Ben Kohles
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Francesco Molinari had a hole-in-one with the final hole of his second round to sneak into the weekend
1314 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Ryan Fox (Nzl)
1325 Sepp Straka (Auth), Martin Kaymer (Germany)
1336 Greyson Sigg, Cameron Young
1347 Nico Echavarria (Colonel), Brendon Todd
US Open golf live
Sunday June 16 at 6:30 p.m.
1358 Justin Lower, Sam Bennett
1409 Adam Scott (Aus), Brian Campbell
1425 Matt Kuchar, Frankie Capan III
1436 Adam Svensson (Can), Harris English
1447 Jordan Spieth, Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1458 Max Greyserman, Sahith Theegala
1509 Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley
1520 Scottie Scheffler, Tom McKibbin (NIrl)
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We take a closer look at Scottie Scheffler’s third-round US Open stats and explain why they don’t read well for the world number one.
1531 Brooks Koepka, Tim Widing (Sweden)
1542 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
1553 Isaiah Salinda, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)
1604 Cameron Smith (Aus), Wyndham Clark
1615 JT Poston, Tommy Fleetwood (English)
1631 Shane Lowry (Irl), Zac Blair
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Shane Lowry makes back-to-back birdies with a sensational hole from the bunker in the third round of the US Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
1642 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk
1653 Denny McCarthy, Min Woo Lee (Australia)
1704 Neal Shipley (x), Luke Clanton (x)
1715 Sam Burns, Stephan Jaeger (Germany)
1726 Brian Harman, Mark Hubbard
1737 David Puig (Esp), Thomas Detry (Bel)
1748 Akshay Bhatia, Russell Henley
1759 Davis Thompson, Alex Schauffele
1810 Sergio Garcia (Sp), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
US Open golf live
Sunday June 16 at 6:30 p.m.
1826 Aaron Rai (English), Tom Kim (Horn)
1837 Corey Conners (Can), Collin Morikawa
1848 Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton (English)
1859 Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
1910 Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy (NIrl)
1921 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Bryson DeChambeau
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