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What just happened? Danny Lee six-putts 18th green, withdraws from U.S. Open

Danny Lee has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, and it wasn’t a particularly pretty end at Winged Foot Golf Club.

Danny Lee has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, and it wasn’t a particularly pretty end at Winged Foot Golf Club.

Lee, the 30-year-old from New Zealand, managed to hold it together moderately well through the start of the day. He was 3 over through five holes but logged his first birdie at No. 7. Bogeys followed at Nos. 10 and 14, then a final birdie at No. 17.

Lee’s performance on the par-4 18th is where it gets wacky. Try to make sense of the quintuple bogey posted on live scoring, and it’s just a jumble of putts. Lee was aboard the green in three shots, but it took six more to get it down. After the initial four-footer for par, he had putts from six feet, six feet, seven feet, four feet and seven feet. That closed out a third-round 78.

No camera footage apparently exists of the Lee debacle, but Saturday’s hole location – just four paces from the left side of the green – might help explain the frustration.

Marshals described the situation using the term “whack-a-mole,” according to Golf Digest. Lee did not head to the flash area for an interview after the round.

Shortly after the third round, Lee withdrew from the tournament, citing a wrist injury. He was 13 over for the week.

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U.S. Open: Winged Foot, USGA pay tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Winged Foot Golf Club and the USGA paid tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday at the U.S. Open.

Winged Foot Golf Club and the USGA paid tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday at the U.S. Open.

The American flag as well as the 120th U.S. Open flag out in front of the clubhouse in Mamaroneck, New York, were lowered to half staff for the third round.

On Friday, the world learned of Ginsburg’s death as Rosh Hashanah began — a holy time in the Jewish faith that has brought both comfort and special meaning to her death for some of her supporters.

Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish New Year.

“According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness,” book critic Ruth Franklin tweeted soon after the news of Ginsburg’s death broke.

It’s not the only point of significance. Because Ginsburg died Friday evening, her death occurred around the time Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, began.

“If one dies on any Shabbat they are considered a Tzadik …  more so when it’s on the new year,” Rabbi Andrea London of Beth Emet synagogue in Evanston, Illinois, told USA TODAY.

The upcoming week is Jewish High Holy Days, which lead up to Yom Kippur – a time when Jews focus their attention on repentance and reflection of action.

USA TODAY contributed to this article.

U.S. Open: Winged Foot gets a thumbs up from players who missed the cut

There were no complaints from a trio of players who left Winged Foot after missing the U.S. Open cut.

MAMARONECK, N.Y. – There were no complaints from a trio of players who left Winged Foot after missing the U.S. Open cut.

They were actually quite complimentary on social media Saturday despite collecting the lion’s share of 1,383 bogeys, 179 doubles and 19 others. Most failed to capitalize when the famed West Course was vulnerable in the opening round and struggled mightily with the wind and the rough and the pins and the greens in the second round.

Eddie Pepperell checked out with a 14-over total of 154, but was ready to go again.

“Upon reflection, and despite playing like a right doughnut, I would do it all again at Winged Foot,” the 29-year-old Englishman tweeted. “It’s simply an awesome golf course. Can’t think of a course that tests you in so many ways. Thanks @USGA for humbling me at the same time as invigorating me.”

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The cut was 6-over, three strokes lower than it was in 2006 when the U.S. Open was last played at Winged Foot.

Receptive greens and welcoming pins in Round 1 accounted for the difference.

Phil Mickelson did not look comfortable for one minute at Winged Foot, not even on the driving range. He again took a scenic route carding rounds of 79 and 74, and was up early on Saturday hawking a line of coffee released this week.

“After being beaten up and battered by Winged Foot, it’s nice to find out @ForWellness doesn’t just help my mind and body, it comforts my ego and soothes my hurt soul,” Mickelson tweeted along with a bed-head photo.

To kill time on his flight home, Max Homa solicited questions and was promptly asked what non-golf activity equates to playing Winged Foot.

“Playing Winged Foot is like going for a run,” he tweeted after is 14-over performance. “Ur optimistic to start, ur almost immediately pissed off, there’s a lot of heavy breathing, the views are great, ur wondering why u did this to urself, there’s some self-hate involved, finishing is euphoric, ur gunna do it again.”

Mike Dougherty covers golf for The Journal News/lohud.com. He can be reached at mdougher@lohud.com or on Twitter @hoopsmbd and @lohudgolf.

Patrick Cantlay hits flagstick, ball rolls further away off green at U.S. Open

Patrick Cantlay had some pretty bad luck on Saturday during the third round of the 120th U.S. Open.

Golf is a brutal game. Especially during a U.S. Open at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.

But what did Patrick Cantlay do to deserve this?

During Saturday morning’s third round, the 28-year-old had a pitch shot to get on the green from just outside 20 yards. Cantlay, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour in search of his first major title, hit the flagstick and his ball took a massive kick right back at him, rolling down the slope a good 20 yards behind the spot from which he had hit his previous shot.

This is one of those shots you just have to see to believe.

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Cantlay proceded to get up-and-down for bogey, ultimately signing for a second consecutive 6-over 76 to walk off the course 12 over, 16 shots behind leader Patrick Reed who had yet to tee off.

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U.S. Open: A changed Winged Foot exacts a measure of revenge on the field

Before the second round, Winged Foot had been restored to a historically demanding U.S. Open venue.

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MAMARONECK, N.Y. — There was legitimate concern in the voice of Justin Thomas as he pleaded for a favorable bounce.

A lot of hard work had already been undone.

The first-round leader was in trouble off the tee Friday and hoped a scrambling approach to the first green might settle in close enough to save par. The ball was no more than six inches left of ideal and quickly settled into the rough.

Oops.

Thomas played a delicate pitch down the slope, then missed a bogey attempt when the ball came to rest seven feet below the hole.

Ouch.

Before the sun came up on the second round, Winged Foot had been restored to a historically demanding U.S. Open venue, forcing the best players in the world to back up a step or three.

There were 32 players at par or better following the first round.

“I’m sure the super wanted to crank the SubAir on and leave it on all night,” said Xander Schauffele, who encountered firmer greens and trickier pins on Friday and shot a 72.

That was a topic.

Reports that Winged Foot’s director of golf courses Steve Rabideau had expressed his displeasure in a meeting with the USGA were quickly shot down by club leadership.

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“We are in partnership with the USGA,” said longtime general manager Colin Burns, who also noted the SubAir system was never turned on to remove moisture from the putting surfaces.

Rabideau is providing input when the USGA makes setup decisions.

The rough has not been mowed since the championship got under way. The greens were cut and rolled Friday, but were not watered.

And the wind blew.

Only six players were under par following the second round and the average score was nearly three strokes higher at 75.26.

Patrick Reed assumed the lead, making five birdies and five bogeys during an even-par round of 70 that left the former Masters champion at 4-under 136.

There were some crafty up-and-downs along the way, too.

“Any time you play in the U.S. Open you know that you’re going to have one of those days where things just aren’t quite going your way. … and I felt like today was that day,” he said. “I felt like I left a decent amount of shots out there, felt like I was a little loose with some shots off the tee and also some irons, and to be able to feel like that and come out and shoot an even-par round, it’s definitely a positive and makes you feel good going into the weekend.”

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Reed was not surprised by Winged Foot’s about face, noting the USGA was just easing the field into the championship by making the greens receptive in the opening round.

He missed nine fairways and nine greens.

“I think, if anything, (this kind of test suits me) just because I love the grind,” Reed added. “I love getting in there. I love when it’s hard, when you have to be creative on all different golf shots.”

Nobody was happier with the conditions than Byrson DeChambeau, who climbed the leaderboard with a damn-the-torpedoes approach. He’s one shot off the lead with a 3-under total of 137.

Rafa Cabrera Bello (70), Harris English (70) and Thomas (73) are tied for third at 2-under and Jason Kokrak (71) is sixth at 1-under.

“I want it to play as hard as possible,” said DeChambeau, who eagled his final hole to shoot a 2-under 68 on Friday. “I feel like there’s so many holes out here that I can take advantage of that some people can’t. Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to win or anything. You’ve still got to execute. You’ve still got to hit the driver straight. If I’m hitting the driver far but all over the place, you can’t make birdies from the rough.”

There are 21 players within six shots of the lead. That’s currently a span of just two or three bad swings or unfortunate lies.

“Every single person in this tournament is going to go through a stretch where they get a bad run, especially here,” Thomas said. “I wasn’t driving it well and then had a couple putts that easily could have gone in that kind of just stayed out, but I just stayed positive and kept fighting because I know that a 3-over is better than a 4-over, and today easily could have been a 6- or 7-over. I’m proud of myself for how I hung in.

“This is a better position than I’ve been in at the U.S. Open before. This isn’t exactly a place where you go out and try to shoot 6- or 7-under to catch up. Just have to stay patient and play my own game. I’m not going to worry about what everyone else is doing because you could shoot 80 just as easily as you could shoot 68.”

The field was giving back a full stroke at the first two holes alone on Friday.

“It’s a U.S. Open,” Schauffele said. “We get it once a year where it’s a gouge-fest, and if it gets harder, so be it.”

The cut was 146.

Among the notables heading for home are PGA champion Collin Morikawa (7-over), defending U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland (8-over), Justin Rose (10-over), Tiger Woods (10-over), Phil Mickelson (13-over) and Jordan Spieth (14-over).

Woods missed the cut here for the second straight time — the other being in 2006, shortly after his father, Earl, passed away.

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U.S. Open: Top shots, amazing putts so far at Winged Foot

Coming into the U.S. Open, the talk about Winged Foot was how difficult it would play but so far there have been some amazing shots as well.

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Coming into the U.S. Open, the talk about Winged Foot was how difficult it would play and how an over-par score might be good enough to win.

The course no doubt continues to be a major story line, but so is some of the shot-making we’ve seen over the first two days.

A ridiculous putt by Zach Johnson during Thursday’s first round is the shot of the week so far. His putt is one of many that are just so fun to watch.

But Johnson isn’t alone in the shot-making department at Winged Foot.

We’ve seen two holes-in-one so far. They both came on the 7th hole on Thursday. The first by Patrick Reed, who one-hopped his ball into the cup. A few hours later, Will Zalatoris aced the 7th. He almost had another one but his ball on the 13th green clanged off the flagstick. (And if you looked closely at his scorecard, you’d have noticed his scores on the four par 3s: 1-2-3-4).

On Friday, we saw some more amazing shots.

Matthew Fitzpatrick’s second shot on the par-4 15th hole finds nothing but cup:

J.T. Poston with a crazy one-handed backward swing:

Harris English from the bunker. Watching this you think he pulls it way too far left, but….

Cole Hammer with a long putt up and over the slope:

Bryson DeChambeau eagled the ninth, his last hole, on Friday, thanks to a 380-yard drive and a second shot that landed six feet away from the cup:

The pin position on No. 1 is also giving players a chance to use the slope to their advantage:

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U.S. Open Round 3 betting preview: Live odds, picks and PGA Tour best bets

We look at the outright betting odds heading into the weekend and make our PGA Tour picks and best bets entering Round 3 of the U.S. Open.

As expected, there was considerable turnover atop the 2020 U.S. Open leaderboard Friday at Winged Foot Golf Club. Patrick Reed (+450) holds the 36-hole lead at 4 under, with Bryson DeChambeau (+500) second at 3 under. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were among those to miss the cut at 2020’s second major.

Below, we look at the outright betting odds heading into the weekend and make our PGA Tour picks and best bets entering Round 3 of the 2020 U.S. Open.

2020 U.S. Open Round 3 betting picks – Favorite

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET.

Hideki Matsuyama (+2000)

Matsuyama enters the weekend four shots off the lead at even par following a second round of 1-under 69. He leads the field with 4.50 Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green per round, according to Data Golf, and is ninth in SG: Approach (2.31).

While he hasn’t won on the PGA Tour (or anywhere) since 2017 and doesn’t have a major win, he remains 14th in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings. He has seven career top 10s in majors, including a T-2 at the 2017 U.S. Open.

The five-time career PGA Tour winner is ninth by the betting odds, and two of his wins came in star-studded World Golf Championship events.

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2020 US Open Round 3 betting picks – Contender

Rory McIlroy (+3300)

McIlroy’s still very much in this tournament despite sitting T-22 at 3 over after a second round of 6-over 76. He ranks second in the field for the tournament with 1.71 SG: Off-the-Tee and has corrected the putting struggles that had plagued him since the PGA Tour’s return in mid-June.

It was his 2.54 strokes lost around the green that cost him in Round 2. He ranked just 63rd on Tour in that metric in the 2019-20 season but averaged 0.108 strokes gained per round.

His odds are vastly inflated from his pre-tournament number and the No. 2 golfer in the world is worth a shot.

2020 U.S. Open Round 3 betting picks – Long shot

Will Zalatoris (+30000)

Zalatoris entered the week of the U.S. Open 10th in the Golfweek rankings, even though he hadn’t played a PGA Tour event since the 2018 Wyndham Championship.

A star on the Korn Ferry Tour, he’s poised to make a charge up the leaderboard on moving day. He’s third in the field through 36 holes in SG: Off-the-Tee and 11th in SG: Tee-to-Green, but is averaging 1.13 strokes lost putting per round.

The greens will continue to get tougher through the weekend, but it will help create a more level playing field. He’s worth a small wager with a $10 bet returning a profit of $3,000 while sitting eight strokes off the lead.

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U.S. Open: Third round tee times, TV and streaming info

Check out the tee times, TV and streaming info for the third round of the 120th U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

It’s Moving Day at the 120th U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.

The course, a par-70 playing 7,477-yards, fought back during Friday’s second round, especially the opening stretch.

After 36 holes Patrick Reed sits atop the leaderboard at 4 under, followed by Bryson DeChambeau in second at 3 under. Rafa Cabrera Bello, Harris English and Justin Thomas are all T-3 at 2 under. Jason Kokrak (-1) is the only other player under par in sixth. Some of the names who missed the cut may surprise you.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, check out everything you need to know for the third round of the U.S. Open below.

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Friday tee times

All times are listed in Eastern.

1st tee

Tee time Players
8:55 a.m. Troy Merritt Robert MacIntyre
9:06 a.m Ryo Ishikawa Patrick Cantlay
9:17 a.m. Jason Day Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:28 a.m. Brian Harman Alex Noren
9:39 a.m. Rickie Fowler Paul Casey
9:50 a.m. Abraham Ancer Shane Lowry
10:01 a.m. Lucas Herbert Chesson Hadley
10:12 a.m. Sebastian Munoz Charles Howell III
10:23 a.m. Adam Hadwin Adam Scott
10:34 a.m. Matt Wallace Lanto Griffin
10:45 a.m. Danny Lee Romain Langasque
10:56 a.m. Shugo Imahira Sungjae Im
11:07 a.m. Bernd Wiesberger Michael Thompson
11:18 a.m. Adam Long John Pak (a)
11:29 a.m. Rory Sabbatini Taylor Pendrith
11:40 a.m. Erik van Rooyen Tyler Duncan
11:51 a.m. Will Zalatoris Zach Johnson
12:02 p.m. Cameron Smith Rory McIlroy
12:13 p.m. Thomas Detry Dustin Johnson
12:24 p.m. Daniel Berger Lee Westwood
12:35 p.m. Renato Paratore Lucas Glover
12:46 p.m. Webb Simpson Viktor Hovland
12:57 p.m. Billy Horschel Tony Finau
1:08 p.m. Stephan Jaeger Jon Rahm
1:19 p.m. Louis Oosthuizen Joaquin Niemann
1:30 p.m. Bubba Watson Hideki Matsuyama
1:41 p.m. Brendon Todd Matthew Wolff
1:52 p.m. Xander Schauffele Thomas Pieters
2:03 p.m. Jason Kokrak Justin Thomas
2:14 p.m. Harris English Rafa Cabrera Bello
2:25 p.m. Bryson DeChambeau Patrick Reed


TV, streaming information

All times are listed in Eastern.

Saturday, Sept. 19

TV

NBC: 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Streaming

Go to usopen.com, Peacock app or DirecTV.
Peacock: 9-11 a.m.
Featured groups: 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Featured holes: 8:10 a.m.-6:45 p.m.
Featured groups: 1:15-6:30 p.m.
U.S. Open 360 (practice range and putting green with interviews, news conferences, bunker cams, analysis and features): 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Radio

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 20

TV

Golf Channel on fuboTV (watch for free): 10 a.m.-noon.
NBC: Noon to 6 p.m.

Streaming

Go to usopen.com, Peacock app or DirecTV.
Peacock: 8-10 a.m.
Featured groups: 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Featured holes: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Featured groups: 1:15-6:30 p.m.
U.S. Open 360 (practice range and putting green with interviews, news conferences, bunker cams, analysis and features): 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Radio

PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

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Patrick Reed holds it together, leads U.S. Open after colorful day at Winged Foot

Patrick Reed’s second-round scorecard at Winged Foot was colorful, to say the least, but he managed to keep his grip on the U.S. Open lead.

Patrick Reed’s second-round scorecard at Winged Foot was colorful, to say the least. No one ever said the top spot on the U.S. Open leaderboard would come easily – or traditionally.

Reed made birdies in all the right places on Friday – including the difficult opening hole – but ultimately matched five birdies with five bogeys for an even-par 70. On the heels of his opening 66, it parked Reed, at 4 under, atop Bryson DeChambeau. The two will go off in the final group on Saturday afternoon.

“Any time you play in the U.S. Open you know that you’re going to have one of those days that things just aren’t quite going your way, whether it’s hitting quality golf shots or anything like that, and I felt like today was that day,” Reed said.

Despite feeling loose off the tee, and with a few iron shots here and there, Reed expressed a satisfaction with his second-round salvage job.

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Asked where his confidence was, Reed said he felt good.

“I feel ready to go out and put myself in position hopefully tomorrow to have a chance late on Sunday. But I think that’s the biggest thing is I feel like the game is where it needs to be.”

On the topic of his upcoming pairing with DeChambeau, who has put together rounds of 69-68, Reed said he was looking forward to it. Winged Foot should be plenty distracting, and he’ll focus on attacking it on Saturday. Let up or get distracted with chitchat, he said, and “you’re going to make a mess of the golf course.”

“You don’t really hang out with the guys you’re playing with as much because you’re too busy trying to figure out where you’re trying to play this golf course and kind of put it together like a puzzle,” Reed said.

The two men are head-turning in different ways. DeChambeau sends it to the moon, as Reed says, while Reed plays it low. When the two played a practice round at Winged Foot together, Reed noted how differently they tackled the par-4 eighth. Reed was trying to cut it around a tree on the right. DeChambeau didn’t even have that tree in his sights.

“It just shows there’s so many different ways to play a golf course, there’s so many different ways to play the game of golf. He’s kind of showing one way, and I show another, and everyone is different.”

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U.S. Open: Notables who won’t play the weekend at Winged Foot

We’re through 36 holes at the U.S. Open and Patrick Reed has the solo lead. But there are some big names who didn’t make the cut.

We’re through 36 holes at the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York, and Patrick Reed has the solo lead at 4 under. Bryson DeChambeau is a shot back in second.

Rafa Cabrera Bello, Harris English and Justin Thomas are T-3, two shots back at 2 under.

Jason Kokrak is 1 under and that’s it, those are the six golfers who are under par in the 120th U.S. Open.

The West Course played much tougher on Friday, with DeChambeau’s 68 the best score of the day. Bubba Watson and Hideki Matsuyama shot 69, the only other rounds under par in the second round.

The cut came in at 7 over, so the low 60 and ties will return for Saturday’s third round.

Meanwhile, these are some of the notable names who are slamming trunks and jumping on planes on Friday night:

PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa bogeyed the eighth hole, his second-to-last of the day, and when he managed to only par the par-5 ninth, he found himself on the outside looking in. A 76-71 combo put him at 7 over, just the third missed cut of his pro career.

Justin Rose shot 73-74 and also missed the cut by one.

Defending U.S. Open champ Gary Woodland shot 74-74 to miss the cut by two at 8 over. Also at 8 over is Tommy Fleetwood.

Tiger Woods was 7 over just on Friday alone and finished his two days at 10 over, shooting 73-77 to miss the cut. Phil Mickelson finished 13 over after rounds of 79-74.

One of the 13 amateurs made the cut: Florida State’s John Pak.

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