US Open final round: DeChambeau and McIlroy in title contention – live!

DeChambeau ships another shot, this time at 12, the result of an overly aggressive first putt. A shame, because having launched his drive into thick filth down the right of the hole, he’d powered to the front of the green with Olympian strength. He slips back to -3. Par for Koepka on 17, meanwhile. Better than nothing, with quite a few players heading in the wrong direction all of a sudden.

A preposterous stroke of luck for poor Mackenzie Hughes on the par-three 11th. He pulls his 5-iron well left. It hits a tree ... and stays up there. It’s wedged in between branches, on a nest of leaves. So sad. The punters congregate at its foot to take pictures of this super-rare nonsense. Looks like he’ll be taking an unplayable ... providing he can identify it. “Shake that tree! Shake that tree!” chant the gallery, trying their best to help. Not allowed, sadly.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2021/jun/20/us-open-golf-2021-final-round-live

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