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Tony Finau Drops Out Of Top 20 Following Third Round Of U.S. Open

Sep 19, 2020, 4:38 PM | Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 4:54 pm

Tony Finau of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the third round of the 12...

Tony Finau of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the third round of the 120th U.S. Open Championship on September 19, 2020 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

MAMARONECK, N.Y. – Tony Finau struggled in his third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, finishing with a score of 73 (+3) for the day.

Entering the third round after making the cut, Finau was in 17th place on the leaderboard after going +3 in the second round. Finau is now +5 for the tournament and is tied for 23rd.

Matthew Wolff is the current leader at -5 after finishing the third round with a 65 (par 70) -4 score. He entered the third round even par.

Finau’s Round

Finau started the third round with a par on the first hole, followed by a birdie. After five straight pars, Finau picked up his first bogey on No. 8. He ended the front-nine with a par and was even for the round. Going into the back-nine, Finau made a birdie on No. 10 but scored a bogey on No. 11.

He made par on No. 12 before getting another bogey on the 13th hole. Finau continued the pattern with a par on No. 14 and a bogey on the 15th hole. He made par on both 16 and 17 before ending the back-nine with a bogey and a +3 score.

Leaderboard

1. Matthew Wolff (-5)

2. Bryson DeChambeau (-4)

3. Louis Oosthuizen (-1)

T-4. Hideki Matsuyama (E)

T-4. Xander Schauffele (E)

T-4. Harris English (E)

7. Rory McIlroy (+1)

T-8. Patrick Reed (+2)

T-8. Zach Johnson (+2)

T-8. Viktor Hovland (+2)

T-8. Rafael Cabrera Bello (+2)

Coverage of the final round of the U.S. Open will begin at 6 a.m. MT on Peacock. The Golf Channel will take over at 8 a.m. MT and KSL 5 TV will broadcast the final portion of the round beginning at 10 a.m. MT.

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Tony Finau Drops Out Of Top 20 Following Third Round Of U.S. Open