Golf US Open leaderboard LIVE: Updates and final round tee times as Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler chase win

A par on 15 is met by hassle off the tee the next gap. He hacks out and has a prolonged par putt but it surely comes up simply brief. He drops again to 5 beneath and will want a birdie within the final two holes to equal the bottom US Open rating.

Right, right here we go. McIlroy will get his round underway as he bombs a drive down the left-hand facet. Scheffler hits earlier than him and his leads to an terrible place in some thick tough subsequent to the left fairway bunker.

Schauffele -5 (1), Nagano -4 (1)

Neither of those two can reap the benefits of the par-five first and stroll off with a pair of pars.

Our third-from-last-group is underway. Johnson’s trickles into the precise tough however English’s is manner proper. It goes past the spectator stand and into the meals and drink space – my goodness!

Wow! An inch-perfect seven wooden into the 14th inexperienced offers Fleetwood round 20 toes for his eagle…no mistake for the Englishman and he strikes up into the dizzy heights of fifth.

He’s additionally eight beneath for the round. Another birdie coming house would see him break the report for the bottom round in main championship historical past…

Fowler (-10), Clark (-10) – 22:30pm BST

Last yr, Rickie Fowler didn’t even compete within the US Open, such was his fall down the world rankings. The American has three second-place finishes in main championships however few may have predicted a resurgent Rickie fairly like this. He broke data within the first round with the bottom rating in US Open historical past and will look to cement his place on this event’s historical past with a win immediately.

His enjoying companion, Wyndham Clark, is comparatively unknown when in comparison with these round him on the high of the leaderboard, however the 29-year-old is a current winner on the PGA Tour and has regarded proper at house over the previous couple of days. A glowing iron into 18 yesterday secured his place within the final pairing and he’ll be trying to make that depend over the course of the subsequent 5 or so hours.

This final pairing get underway in slightly below half an hour.

A birdie-par-birdie begin for the American sees him jolt up the leaderboard. It’s by no means fairly occurred for him on the main championships thus far however there’s nonetheless loads of rating factors (and cash) to be performed for over the course of the day for these additional down the leaderboard.

A fast reminder of the pin places for immediately – the third and seventh stay tucked once more. There’s a small change within the driveable sixth too, in order that can be one to be careful for.

McIlroy (-9), Scheffler (-7) – 22:19pm BST

If you’d instructed the world in 2014 that Rory McIlroy wouldn’t win one other main for 9 years, they might have booked you in for a mind examination.

But years later, after a number of shut calls and close to misses, right here we’re. His alternative final yr at St Andrews was a golden one however was ripped from him by the wonderful Cam Smith. Now, lower than a yr on, he has one other golden alternative at LACC.

Don’t depend out his enjoying companion Scottie Scheffler, although. The American is world primary for a cause and a late flurry final night time has him 4 again at seven beneath. He’s struggled with the putter all week but when he will get it going, he might nicely make historical past of his personal.

These two get underway in round half an hour.

Gordon Sargent is simply 20 years previous however he hits the ball a mighty far manner. His par putt on the final inexplicably bounces again out of the cup which means will probably be a one-under-par round of 69.

Four over par for the event and the American is the low am right here at this yr’s US Open.