{"id":1950268,"date":"2023-06-18T07:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-fowler-shares-u-s-open-lead-heading-into-blockbuster-final-round\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T07:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:39:58","slug":"golf-fowler-shares-u-s-open-lead-heading-into-blockbuster-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-fowler-shares-u-s-open-lead-heading-into-blockbuster-final-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Fowler tied for U.S. Open lead before thrilling final round."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgolf-fowler-shares-u-s-open-lead-heading-into-blockbuster-final-round%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Rory Carroll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) &#8211;<\/strong> Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark sit atop a star-studded U.S. Open leaderboard that includes Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler, setting the stage for a Hollywood ending to the drama unfolding at the Los Angeles Country Club this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>After an up-and-down front nine in Saturday\u2019s third round, Fowler settled into a groove on the back nine and would have had the outright lead if his par putt on 18 hadn\u2019t lipped out, leading to a frustrating bogey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBummer to have that one slip away, but tomorrow is a whole new day,\u201d Fowler said after grinding out a round of even-par 70.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow is when the tournament starts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fan favorite Fowler and lesser-known Clark are knotted at 10-under par with four-time major champion McIlroy one stroke back at nine-under and world number one Scheffler lurking three off the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The eventual champion has been within four shots of the lead heading into the final round of the last 24 U.S. Opens.<\/p>\n<p>Southern California native Fowler\u2019s round included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golf-fowler-shares-u-s-open-lead-heading-into-blockbuster-final-round\/\" title=\"Fowler tied for U.S. Open lead before thrilling final round.\">perfectly measured 69-foot birdie putt<\/a> on 13 that sent the supportive crowd into a frenzy under sunny skies in LA, and he will be gunning for a breakthrough first major title on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it would be huge. Especially being here in Southern California, having a lot of my people, family and friends out here this week,\u201d Fowler said. <\/p>\n<p>It has been a long road back for Fowler, a former top-10 golfer who last September dropped to a career-low 185th in the rankings. He said his struggles have taught him to be fearless. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter going through the last few years, I\u2019m not scared to fail,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve dealt with that. We\u2019re just going to go have fun, continue to try to execute, leave it all out there, see where we stand on 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONFIDENT CLARK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fowler will be paired again with the confident Clark, who beat a stacked field at Quail Hollow for his first PGA Tour victory last month. <\/p>\n<p>Clark went bogey free with two birdies through his first nine holes to take the outright lead from Fowler but wobbled with back-to-back bogeys on 11 and 12 and another on 17.<\/p>\n<p>But the 29-year-old bounced back nicely with a birdie on 18, pumping his fist as he regained momentum ahead of the biggest round of his career on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of emotion. It\u2019s a U.S. Open,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to be in that final group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World number three McIlroy had a solid round of 69 where he mixed three birdies with two bogeys to keep his hopes of ending a nine-year major championship drought alive.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was less interested in calling on his past championship experience, preferring instead to focus on the task at hand. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been such a long time since I\u2019ve done it,\u201d McIlroy told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going out there to try to execute a game plan, and I feel like over the last three days I\u2019ve executed that game plan really, really well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just need to do that for one more day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World number one Scheffler finished his round with a flourish, holing out from the 17th fairway from 197 yards for a jaw-dropping eagle.<\/p>\n<p>He caused the crowd to erupt once again on the par-four 18th when he drilled a long birdie putt, pumping his fist after carding a round of 68.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was fighting all day today, trying to just get myself back in position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust fortunate to see that shot go in on 17 and then a nice birdie on 18 to kind of get myself back into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Christopher Cushing)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/golf-fowler-leads-as-u-s\/attachment\/pga-u-s-open-second-round-15\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After Bill Gates met with China\u2019s Xi Jinping, Antony Blinken\u2019s meeting comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-ukrainian-soldier-dies-in-donbas-amid-rising-tensions-between-kyiv-moscow\/\" title=\"Another Ukrainian soldier dies in Donbas amid rising tensions between Kyiv &#038; Moscow\">amid rising tensions<\/a> and China\u2019s plans to spy on the U.S. from Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California proposes taking so-called affirmation of a child\u2019s gender identity into account in child custody disputes. Here\u2019s One America\u2019s Sam Valk with more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with major headlines in the US and around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has more in our Week in Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Guggenheim Baseball Management, which owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, is going ahead with their salute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Meta Platforms said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Microsoft, which is seeking to buy games giant Activision, faces two legal fights in coming weeks with U.S. antitrust enforcers\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. affiliate of crypto giant Binance has carried out a round of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark lead the U.S. Open with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. The Los Angeles Country Club promises a thrilling Hollywood ending to this week&#8217;s drama. 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