– Rory McIlroy (-4) is in second place at the US Open with 18 holes to go. Common territory for the Northern Irishman. More or less, our daily bread. It is not in vain that it is the sixth consecutive year that he reaches the last day of this tournament among the top ten. The data is impressive, as it can be perfectly translated as six consecutive years with chances of winning. Incredible. The best streak of this kind is held by Mr. Ben Hogan. He chained twelve US Opens reaching the last day among the top ten. It was between 1940 and 1956. However, Rory has not yet won in this streak, we will see if it breaks this Sunday. By the way, he also adds three consecutive US Opens reaching Sunday in the top 5.
– Nine of the last ten US Open winners came from the top two positions after the third round. By that rule of three, if it is fulfilled, DeChambeau, Pavon, McIlroy or Cantlay will win. The only exception was Jon Rahm, who started the last day in sixth place.
– The last four winners of the US Open were among the top five in the strokes gained statistic from the tee. Right now, the top five are DeChambeau, McIlroy, Aberg and Luke Clanton.
– This is the seventeenth time that a player has a three-stroke lead over the second place with 18 holes to go in the US Open. He won on nine occasions, including two of the last seven. The last one was Dustin Johnson in 2010 at Pebble Beach, he did not win and finished eighth, five strokes behind the champion Graeme McDowell.
– The top 10 of the US Open features players from eight different nationalities: United States, France, Northern Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, England and Canada. It is the first time in history that this happens. The record was at seven.
– Scheffler admits that he has had trouble reading the greens this week. He doesn’t need to swear it. His numbers are terrible. The Number One feels that his result is much worse than the game, especially for the last 27 holes.
