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Not a lot of moving in Open’s third round
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP)—The third round of a major championship has traditionally been known as “Moving Day.”
The third round of this year’s U.S. Open didn’t earn that title for a couple of reasons: It took two days to complete, and nobody did much moving.
With Ricky Barnes and Lucas Glover holding on to the top two spots among the 60 golfers who made the cut by shooting even-par rounds of 70, the stage was set for a possible big move, but there were only eight rounds below par, the best of them a 67 by Bubba Watson that got him to 1 under for the tournament, seven strokes behind Barnes.
“He’s playing great. It’s obvious he’s having a great week. He’s hanging on there,” Watson said of Barnes. “You never know. It’s out there. You could shoot under par. It’s just you’ve got to putt good and hopefully you don’t get any mud balls.”
The other players to break par in the third round were Hunter Mahan, Retief Goosen, Johan Edfors and Tiger Woods, who had 68s, and Ross Fisher, Phil Mickelson and Graeme McDowell, who had 69s.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP)—The third round of a major championship has traditionally been known as “Moving Day.”
The third round of this year’s U.S. Open didn’t earn that title for a couple of reasons: It took two days to complete, and nobody did much moving.
With Ricky Barnes and Lucas Glover holding on to the top two spots among the 60 golfers who made the cut by shooting even-par rounds of 70, the stage was set for a possible big move, but there were only eight rounds below par, the best of them a 67 by Bubba Watson that got him to 1 under for the tournament, seven strokes behind Barnes.
“He’s playing great. It’s obvious he’s having a great week. He’s hanging on there,” Watson said of Barnes. “You never know. It’s out there. You could shoot under par. It’s just you’ve got to putt good and hopefully you don’t get any mud balls.”
The other players to break par in the third round were Hunter Mahan, Retief Goosen, Johan Edfors and Tiger Woods, who had 68s, and Ross Fisher, Phil Mickelson and Graeme McDowell, who had 69s.