Thriston Lawrence sank a four-foot par putt Saturday morning to finish his storm-halted second spherical of the US Open in a share of sixth place at wet Oakmont.
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The 28-year-old South African, halted simply shy of the clubhouse by heavy rain Friday night time, completed on the ninth gap to finish a four-over par 74 spherical and stand on one-over 141 via 36 holes.
That left him stage with Frenchman Victor Perez, 4 strokes adrift of US chief Sam Burns, who completed a spherical of 65 on Friday to face on three-under 137.
“Just about when I was going to take my putt, the siren sounded,” Lawrence mentioned Friday. “A bit frustrating in that sense, but those are the rules… It’s an important putt. Each shot means a lot in a championship like this.”
American J.J. Spaun, on 138, and Norway’s Viktor Hovland on 139 had been the one different gamers beneath par on the formidable structure, which figures to be much more receptive in spherical three after an in a single day drenching with rain anticipated to proceed all day Saturday.
The one different morning drama got here as American Philip Barbaree sank a five-foot par putt on the ninth to shoot 71 and turn into the final participant to make the reduce, doing so on the quantity at seven-over 147.
That earned him the prospect to play alone within the first spot off the primary tee at 9:12 a.m. to begin the third spherical.
Among the many leaders, Burns and Spaun had been set for a 3:35 p.m. tee time, 11 minutes after Hovland and Australia’s Adam Scott start within the penultimate pairing.
World quantity two Rory McIlroy, 9 strokes off the lead at 146, tees off at 10:34 a.m. with third-ranked American Xander Schauffele, the reigning British Open champion.
Northern Eire’s McIlroy accomplished a profession Grand Slam by profitable the Masters in April for his fifth main title.
World primary Scottie Scheffler, searching for back-to-back main titles after taking final month’s PGA Championship, begins at 1:02 p.m. with fellow American Cameron Younger. They had been seven off the lead on 144.
In all, 67 golfers made the reduce to play the ultimate 36 holes.
These lacking the reduce included defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, previous winners Wyndham Clark and Lucas Glover, six-time main winner Phil Mickelson, Gary Woodland and Dustin Johnson, England’s Justin Rose and Eire’s Shane Lowry.
Spectators had been stored off the course till after the second spherical was full, with the US Golf Affiliation asserting that entry to some spectator viewing areas might be restricted resulting from heavy rain.
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