Key events
It will be a while before we see what Bryson, Rory, Patrick and Matthieu throw at us. So what about the early game so far at Pinehurst? Scottie Scheffler was the big favorite coming into this week, but he only just reached the number limit (+5). A 1-over 71 in round three confirmed he would be among the also-rans this week, so can he at least go out on a high today? He plays the first with young Irishman Tom McKibbin and has a 25-footer for birdie after finding the green. As it stands, world No. 1 Scheffler is +6, 13 behind DeChambeau’s lead and tied for 43rd. His birdie putt looks in, but somehow ends up behind the back of the hole. A summary of his weekly moment.
Preamble
It’s the last round at Pinehurst! And what a day we have in store. Will Rory McIlroy win his first major in 10 (ten!) years? Can Matthieu Pavon become the first Frenchman to win a major since Arnaud Massey at the 1907 Open at Royal Liverpool? Will Patrick Cantlay follow recent US PGA winner and great friend Xander Schauffele by joining the majors club? These three are all at -4 and tied for second place, but this week, so far at least, has been Bryson DeChambeau’s show. The 2020 US Open winner was charming both on court and with the TV audience, kicking out yesterday with a 67 to leave him three ahead at -7. Can someone land him or will Bryson destroy the field like he did four years ago at Winged Foot when he won by six? Let the story unfold…
First, here’s what the top of the leaderboard looked like after 54 holes…
-7: DeChambeau
-4: Pavon, McIlroy, Cantlay
-2: Matsuyama, Åberg
-1: Hatton, Finau
E: Morikawa, Conners, T Kim
…and here are today’s start times (BST).
1230 SH Kim (Kor), Gunnar Broin (x)
1241 Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Jackson Suber
1252 Brandon Wu, Austin Eckroat
1303 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Ben Kohles
1314 Dean Burmester (SA), Ryan Fox (NZ)
1325 Sepp Straka (Aut), Martin Kaymer (Ger)
1336 Greyson Sigg, Cameron Young
1347 Nico Echavarria (col), Brendon Todd
1358 Justin Lower, Sam Bennett
1409 Adam Scott (Aus), Brian Campbell
1425 Matt Kuchar, Frankie Capan III
1436 Adam Svensson (Can), Harris English
1447 Jordan Spieth, Si Woo Kim (Kor)
1458 Max Greyserman, Sahith Theegala
1509 Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley
1520 Scottie Scheffler, Tom McKibbin (NI)
1531 Brooks Koepka, Tim Widing (Swe)
1542 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
1553 Isaiah Salinda, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA)
1604 Cameron Smith (Aus), Wyndham Clark
1615 JT Poston, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
1631 Shane Lowry (Ire), Zac Blair
1642 Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk
1653 Denny McCarthy, Min Woo Lee (Aus)
1704 Neal Shipley (a), Luke Clanton (a)
1715 Sam Burns, Stephan Jaeger (German)
1726 Brian Harman, Mark Hubbard
1737 David Puig (Esp), Thomas Detry (Bel)
1748 Akshay Bhatia, Russell Henley
1759 Davis Thompson, Xander Schauffele
1810 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
1826 Aaron Rai (English), Tom Kim (Kor)
1837 Corey Conners (Can), Collin Morikawa
1848 Tony Finau, Tyrrell Hatton (English)
1859 Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
1910 Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy (NI)
1921 Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Bryson DeChambeau