U.S. Open Round 3 tee times: Do the early starters like Scottie Scheffler have an advantage?
Sam Burns (-3) and J.J. Spaun (-2) get the honor of the final tee time in Round 3 of the 125th U.S. Open. Will that be a good thing?
The one thing we've seen over the first 36 holes at Oakmont Country Club is that the course stiffens up as the day goes on. Will that continue on Saturday? If so, it could give an advantage to those who have earlier tee times, Rory McIlroy (+6) and Scottie Scheffler (+4) included.
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Or will rain that pelted the course Friday night, suspended play very late in Round 2, and into Saturday soften it up and take all the punch out of the course?
Yahoo Sports will have complete coverage of Round 3 on Saturday.
Round 3 tee times
(All times ET)
9:12 AM: Philip Barbaree, Jr.
9:23 AM: Cam Davis; Brian Harman
9:34 AM: Matt Fitzpatrick; Andrew Novak
9:45 AM: Harris English; Hideki Matsuyama
9:56 AM: James Nicholas; Laurie Canter
10:07 AM: Ryan McCormick; Patrick Reed
10:18 AM: Ryan Gerard; Niklas Norgaard
10:34 AM: Rory McIlroy; Xander Schauffele
10:45 AM; Jordan Smith; Justin Hastings (a)
10:56 AM; Tony Finau; Marc Leishman
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11:07 AM; Michael Kim; Corey Conners
11:18 AM: J.T. Poston; Matt Wallace
11:29 AM: Chris Gotterup; Johnny Keefer
11:40 AM: Maverick McNealy; Tom Kim
11:56 AM: Mackenzie Hughes; Matthieu Pavon
12:07 PM: Sungjae Im; Jordan Spieth
12:18 PM: Ryan Fox; Robert MacIntyre
12:29 PM: Taylor Pendrith; Trevor Cone
12:40 PM: Rasmus Højgaard; Aaron Rai
12:51 PM: Daniel Berger; Jhonattan Vegas
1:02 PM: Cameron Young; Scottie Scheffler
1:18 PM: Collin Morikawa; Denny McCarthy
1:29 PM: Jon Rahm; Nick Taylor
1:40 PM: Sam Stevens; Keegan Bradley
1:51 PM: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen; Carlos Ortiz
2:02 PM: Chris Kirk: Jason Day
2:13 PM: Tyrrell Hatton; Christiaan Bezuidenhout
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2:24 PM: Adam Schenk; Max Greyserman
2:40 PM: Emiliano Grillo; Thomas Detry
2:51 PM: Si Woo Kim; Brooks Koepka
3:02 PM: Russell Henley; Thriston Lawrence
3:13 PM: Victor Perez: Ben Griffin
3:24 PM: Adam Scott; Viktor Hovland
3:35 PM: J.J. Spaun; Sam Burns
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