126th US Open – Third-Round Notes

Saturday, June 20, 2026 

Weather: Partly sunny. High of 80. Wind WNW 12-24 mph, with gusts to 36 mph.

BIRTHDAY BOYS WOULD CREATE A MAJOR’S HISTORICAL FIRST ….

As @ScottieScheffle & Anthony Kim are vying to become the first player to record a major championship on their birthday

Scottie turns 3⃣0⃣ and Kim turns 2⃣4⃣ @usopengolf @PGATOUR @DPWorldTour… pic.twitter.com/gUwwg0Djse

— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) June 21, 2026

Third-Round Leaderboard

Birthday Boys 

• Tom Kim and Scottie Scheffler, each T2, will celebrate birthdays on Sunday, turning 24 and 30, respectively; both vying to become the first player on record to win a major championship on their birthday; five players on record have won on TOUR on their birthday, most recently Steve Flesch at the 2004 Charles Schwab Challenge

Wyndham Clark (1^st/-7)

Clark extends his US Open lead – Image Getty

• 2023 U.S. Open champion remains 7-under following an even-par 70

• Largest 54-hole leads at the U.S. Open:

  • 10 – Tiger Woods (2000; won)

  • 8 – Rory McIlroy (2011; won)

  • 7 – Jim Barnes (1921; won)

  • 6 – Fred Herd (1898; won), Willie Anderson (1903; won/playoff), John Goodman (1933; won), Wyndham Clark (2026/TBD)

• Entering the week, 21 players have held a lead of six or more strokes entering the final round of a major championship, with 20 going on to win (Greg Norman/1996 Masters Tournament/won by Nick Faldo)

• Equals the largest lead on TOUR this season, with the three previous players going on to win: Cameron Young (Cadillac Championship), Jacob Bridgeman (The Genesis Invitational), Justin Rose (Farmers Insurance Open)

• Seeking to become the ninth wire-to-wire winner of the U.S. Open (no ties)

• Most recent wire-to-wire winners (no ties):

  • U.S. Open – Martin Kaymer (2014)

  • Major Championship – Brooks Koepka (2019 PGA Championship)

  • 2026 season – Justin Rose (Farmers Insurance Open), Cameron Young (Cadillac Championship)

• Marks his second-best opening 54-hole score in 19 major championship starts (best: 200/2023 U.S. Open/won)

• Second 54-hole lead/co-lead in a major (2023 U.S. Open/won)

• Fourth career 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events on TOUR (72-hole events only); 2-for-3 converting to victory (2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches/T7, 2023 Truist Championship/won, 2023 U.S. Open/won)

  • Also led after the third round at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; posted a third-round 60 to take a one-stroke lead over Ludvig Åberg; due to dangerous weather conditions, the event was reduced to 54 holes, with Clark earning his third PGA TOUR victory at the time

  • Along with teammate Beau Hossler, held a one-stroke lead entering the final round at the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans before finishing third

• Closed with an 11-under 60 to win the 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, his fourth PGA TOUR victory

  • One of four players on record to post a final-round 60 or better on the TOUR and go on to win – and the only player to achieve this feat twice: David Duval/1999 American Express (59), Stuart Appleby/2010 Greenbrier Classic (59), Tommy Gainey/2012 RSM Classic (60), Clark/2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (60)* and 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (60): *54 holes due to weather

• Only other top-10 finish this season came at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (3^rd); finished T11 last week at the RBC Canadian Open and is currently No. 18 in the FedExCup standings

• Win in 2023 is his only top-10 finish in five prior U.S. Open starts (MC/2021, MC/2022, 1^st/2023, T56/2024, MC/2025)

• Making 19th major championship start; in 2026, finished T21 at the Masters and missed the cut at the PGA Championship

• Seeking to become the fourth multiple winner this season (Matt Fitzpatrick/3, Cameron Young/2, Chris Gotterup/2) and the 24^th at the U.S. Open

Scottie Scheffler (T2/-1)

Happy birthay Scottie … Image Getty

• Enters the final round trailing Wyndham Clark by six strokes: largest come-from-behind win of his career is five strokes (2024 PLAYERS Championship)

• Four-time major champion (2022 & 2024 Masters Tournament, 2025 PGA Championship, 2025 Open Championship)

• 20-time TOUR winner, including most recently at the 2026 American Express, is seeking his fifth straight multi-win season

• Ninth appearance at the U.S. Open; best finish: T2 (2022); top-10 finishes in four of last five appearances (T7/2021; T2/2022; 3^rd/2023; T41/2024, T7/2025)

• With a victory on Sunday:

  • Would become the seventh player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam (Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy)

  • Would move to T32 on the all-time PGA TOUR wins list, with 21; would join Davis Love III, Willie MacFarlane, Lanny Wadkins and Craig Wood

  • Would move to T16 all-time with five major championship victories; would join Seve Ballesteros, James Braid, Brooks Koepka, Byron Nelson, J. Taylor and Peter Thomson

Additional Notes

• Sahith Theegala (T2/-1) trails by six following an even-par 70; best finish in 14 prior major championship starts is ninth at the 2023 Masters Tournament; making his 144^th TOUR start, with one victory (2023 Procore Championship)

• Tom Kim (T2/-1) has two top-10 finishes in 16 major championship starts (2023 Open Championship/T2, 2023 U.S. Open/T8); most recent of his three PGA TOUR titles came at the 2023 Shriners Children’s Open

• Sam Stevens (T2/-1) finished T23 at the 2025 U.S. Open for his best finish in eight major championship starts; 29-year-old seeks his first win on TOUR in his 116^th start; has three runner-up finishes (2023 Valero Texas Open, 2025 Farmers Insurance Open, 2025 3M Open)

• The round of the day was turned in by Emiliano Grillo (T6/E) with a 3-under 67; marks just his second score in the 60s in 25 rounds at the U.S. Open (68/R1/2019); moves up 40 spots from T46 and trails Wyndham Clark by seven strokes

• Amateur leaderboard: Ryder Cowan (+2), Miles Russell (+7), Jackson Koivun (+7), Marek Fleming (+8), Eric Lee (+12)

• Course scoring average: R1 (73.278), R2 (72.254), R3 (73.626)

 * Notes with thanks PGA Tour