LA JOLLA, United States – Journeyman Russell Henley birdied the ninth hole to seize a two-stroke lead halfway through his third round Saturday at the US Open while Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau led a charge by some of golf’s top stars.
American Henley, who hasn’t won a US PGA event in four years, made two birdies and two bogeys in the first six holes then rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-5 ninth to stand on 6-under par at Torrey Pines.
England’s Richard Bland, trying to become the oldest US Open champion at 48, was second on 4-under.
Four-time major winner McIlroy holding the clubhouse lead on three-under par 210 after a closing birdie to shoot four-…
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