US Open Golf 2016 Leaderboard: Live Look at Sunday Scores, Overall Predictions

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Published: June 19, 2016

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Shane Lowry capped off a spectacular third-round 65 Sunday morning at the 2016 U.S. Open, giving the Irishman a four-stroke lead entering the final 18 holes at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.

Lowry won the 2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, so he's proven capable of defeating a world-class field on a big stateside stage before. Despite his comfortable cushion atop the leaderboard, though, trouble lurks everywhere around Oakmont.



Sunday afternoon figures to present the toughest scoring conditions players have faced thus far. If someone mounts an early charge, Lowry may start to feel the heat in pursuit of his maiden major title.

While the top eight players on the leaderboard through three rounds haven't won majors, stars like Dustin Johnson, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia have had numerous close calls. Should any of them get hot, the complexion of the U.S. Open could well change.

 

2016 U.S. Open Overall Sunday Predictions Prior to this week, Lowry had made 11 official PGA Tour starts this season and had some alarming statistics in those events. The 29-year-old was 169th in three-putt avoidance and 182nd in scrambling at 53.68 percent.

Impeccable ball-striking through three rounds saw Lowry hit 67 percent of fairways and 74 percent of greens in regulation. He's put himself in position to avoid three-putts and has rolled the rock better at Oakmont than he has for much of the 2015-16 campaign.

Kyle Porter of CBS Sports documented how Lowry isn't short on confidence entering the last round and expressed belief Lowry will emerge with the trophy:



But the closing round of the most grueling mental test in golf lends itself to heightened pressure, the likes of which Lowry hasn't dealt with before. It's hard to envision him keeping up his current GIR clip, especially with the slippery Oakmont greens drying out and getting fa...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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