Adam Hadwin among leading field at U.S. Open

At the controls after the first lap, Hadwin is still at the height of the race. A birdie on the 17th hole, his third of the day, allowed him to play par 70.

American Will Zalatoris (-4) and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick (-4) share the lead after the third round in windy conditions at the course in Brookline, Massachusetts, still as difficult to tame as the lamented the Spaniard Jon Rahm (-3) and the American Scottie Scheffler (-2).

The comeurs, in search of a first title on the PGA circuit, were not always in charge during this day with twists and turns. But they were the most regular.

The two golfers, who remain on remarkable performances at the PGA Championship in May, are among the rare committed golfers to have remained under par at the end of this third round, which probably sounded the death knell of the chances of the American Collin Morikawa ( +2), holder of the 1st rank the day before and who tumbled by returning a card of +7.

I knew it was going to play hard and that we had to remain patient. I knew that if I did a bogey or two in the early game, not to change the game plan, not to try to be too aggressive because that’s how you cause damagereacted Zalatoris.

The wind was blowing really hard. This made things difficult. You had to be mindful of how you hit the ball, where you were going to miss it. It was a big challenge today. I’m really happy with my scorecommented Fitzpatrick.

Here they are with a total of -4, still quite thin after 54 holes of a grand slam.

They took advantage of a failure at the very end of the course by Rahm, defending champion, who remains in 3rd position.

He had nevertheless taken the lead on the 17th hole, thanks to a third birdie in a row, but cracked on the last pennant, committing a double bogey after reaching the two bunkers on his way.

Rahm, however, is only one length behind Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick, who are two shots ahead of a fourth-placed trio of Hadwin, Scheffler and American Keegan Bradley (-2).

Just behind is the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (-1), who never really recovered from the three bogeys committed at the start of the day. The winner of the Canadian Open last week is in 7th position alongside Americans Joel Dahmen (-1) and Sam Burns (-1).