US Open 2026: Moving Day updates from third round – live

️ Latest updates on a windy third day at Shinnecock Hills️ Official leaderboard | Follow us on Instagram | Mail ScottMcIlroy is second in the putting stats this week. And on the long par-three 2nd, he further demonstrates why. He doesn’t take enough club into the wind at the 229-yard hole, and his five-iron only just finds the fringe at the front, with the pin near the back. He’s left with a 90-foot putt uphill, and he needs to pull his putter back to near knee-height before making the forward stroke. There’s plenty of left-to-right swing as well. But he sends it to tap-in distance. A par-par start for Rory that’ll feel like quite the accomplishment. Scottie would have paid cash money for it, for sure. McIlroy remains at level par.There will be exceptions, of course there will, but as a rule, today will most likely be more about not slipping back than making huge strides forward. See Scottie Scheffler in the previous entry. He’s being followed in the group behind by Rory McIlroy, who also gets up and down from greenside sand at 1, but does so to save his par. A tickly little seven-foot left-to-right slider will have settled a few nerves. The 2011 champion remains at level par. Continue reading...