{"id":716843,"date":"2026-06-21T05:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/716843\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:50:18","slug":"2026-u-s-open-round-3-live-leaderboard-and-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/716843\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U.S. Open: Round 3 Live Leaderboard and Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/us-open\/winners-losers-from-second-round-2026-us-open-ugly-day-liv-golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winners and Losers From Second Round of the 2026 U.S. Open: An Ugly Day for LIV Golf<\/a>Who are the favorites to win the 2026 U.S. Open?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"86\">Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young are three names likely to be at the forefront of many people\u2019s minds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/us-open\/why-past-four-us-opens-shinnecock-terrify-golfers-delight-fans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as the U.S. Open descends on Shinnecock Hills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"89\">This tournament is the only major that has eluded Scheffler, who has now been world number one for over 175 weeks, though he has registered four top-10 finishes in just six starts\u2014including a second place finish at Brookline in 2022.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8c\">McIlroy won a second straight Masters in April and he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/us-open\/rory-mcilroy-blames-wind-thanks-it-strong-us-open-start\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">looks like a completely different player<\/a> in the majors now that he doesn\u2019t have the pressure of completing the Grand Slam weighing him down.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8f\">As for Young, he\u2019s one of the PGA Tour\u2019s form players\u2014a Players Championship win in March was followed up with a dominant six-stroke victory at the Cadillac Championship in May\u2014and the quality of his iron play could make all the difference as the world\u2019s elite are put to the test in Long Island, New York.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8i\">England\u2019s Matt Fitzpatrick is also having a terrific season and will expect to contend.<\/p>\n<p>More Golf from\u00a0Sports Illustrated<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READ: Winners and Losers From Second Round of the 2026 U.S. Open: An Ugly Day for LIV GolfWho&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-716843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}