Only 11 players were under par for the tournament as the perils of Pinehurst took a toll.
MATTHIEU PAVON, trying to become only the second Frenchman to win a major title, made three birdies on the front nine at Pinehurst to grab a one-stroke lead in Saturday’s third round of the US Open.
Pavon sank a six-foot birdie putt at the first and made a tap-in birdie at the par-5 fifth but still trailed after sixth-ranked Aberg sank a 28-foot birdie putt at the third to reach six-under. Aberg was the first debutant since Taiwan’s Chen Tze-chung in 1985 to lead the US Open after 36 holes. Finau sank an 11-foot birdie putt at the second and tapped in for birdie at the fifth but made bogey at six, finding a bunker off the tee.Cantlay has a chance to move past Collin Morikawa for the final spot on the US team for the Paris Olympics but needs no worse than a two-way share of second to do it.
Hatton birdied the second and made an eagle putt from just inside 14 feet at the par-5 fifth to climb within one of the lead before a bogey at the par-3 sixth dropped him back.
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