Cink, Harrington, Hensby make up 3-way tie for lead after Saturday at 2025 U.S. Senior Open
There's a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship at The Boulder's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington and Mark Hensby all finished the third round at 8 under for the championship, promising an exciting finish Sunday. All three men shot 2-under 68 on Saturday.
Harrington fired a 4-under 32 on the front nine and appeared as if he might run away with it before making double bogey on the par-3 12th and bogey on the par-4 15th. Still, a solid round, and it comes just a day after the 53-year-old Irishman got in a confrontation with NBC's Roger Maltbie after taking offense to Maltbie's lack of help in searching for a golf ball.
The video of the altercation went viral on social media.
Cink, meanwhile, nearly played an identical round to Harrington's. He shot 32 on the front before bogeys on the 13th and 16th dropped him back to 8 under and into a three-way tie with Cink and Hensby, who had a rollercoaster of a third round.
The 53-year-old Australian Hensby made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5 and 6 before making bogey on No. 8 and eagle on No. 9. Two more birdies and two more bogeys on the back nine ultimately led to a 68.
Right behind them is Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, who sits at 7 under for the championship after a really stellar 4-under 66 on Saturday.
It figures to be a four-horse race on Sunday, with Steve Fisch sitting in 5th place at 4 under, three shots back of Bjorn and four shots behind the leaders.
The winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship on Sunday will take home Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy as well as $800,000, or 15 percent of the $4 million purse.
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