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2014 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2) 

Third-round pairings and starting times

(all times Eastern) 

09:22 a.m. – Nicholas Lindheim, Satellite Beach, Fla. , 72-73  145, +5;

09:33 a.m. – Billy Hurley III, Annapolis, Md. , 71-74  145, +5; Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , 71-74  145, +5;

09:44 a.m. – Zac Blair, St. George, Utah , 71-74  145, +5; Toru Taniguchi, Japan , 72-73  145, +5;

09:55 a.m. – Paul Casey, England , 70-75  145, +5; Justin Leonard, Dallas, Texas , 75-70  145, +5;

10:06 a.m. – Kevin Stadler, Denver, Colo. , 77-68  145, +5; Clayton Rask, Otsego, Minn. , 73-71  144, +4;

10:17 a.m. – Russell Henley, Kiawah Island, S.C. , 70-74  144, +4; Matthew Fitzpatrick (a), England , 71-73  144, +4;

10:28 a.m. – Boo Weekley, Jay, Fla. , 71-73  144, +4; Sergio Garcia, Spain , 73-71  144, +4;

10:39 a.m. – Ryan Moore, Las Vegas, Nev. , 76-68  144, +4; Cody Gribble, Dallas, Texas , 72-72  144, +4;

10:50 a.m. – Kevin Tway, Edmond, Okla. , 72-72  144, +4; Bo Van Pelt, Tulsa, Okla. , 72-72  144, +4;

11:01 a.m. – Retief Goosen, South Africa , 73-71  144, +4; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa , 71-73  144, +4;

11:12 a.m. – Ernie Els, South Africa , 74-70  144, +4; Harris English, Sea Island, Ga. , 69-75  144, +4;

11:23 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Duluth, Ga. , 72-72  144, +4; Bill Haas, Greenville, S.C. , 72-72  144, +4;

11:34 a.m. – Alex Cejka, Germany , 73-71  144, +4; Shiv Kapur, India , 73-70  143, +3;

11:45 a.m. – Kenny Perry, Franklin, Ky. , 74-69  143, +3; Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra, Fla. , 75-68  143, +3;

11:56 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. , 70-73  143, +3; Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C. , 71-72  143, +3;

12:07 p.m. – Patrick Reed, Houston, Texas , 71-72  143, +3; Scott Langley, Manchester, Mo. , 72-71  143, +3;

12:18 p.m. – Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla. , 72-71  143, +3; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan. , 72-71  143, +3;

12:29 p.m. – Jim Furyk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. , 73-70  143, +3; Garth Mulroy, South Africa , 71-72  143, +3;

12:40 p.m. – Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland , 68-74  142, +2; Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark , 70-72  142, +2;

12:51 p.m. – Fran Quinn, Holden, Mass. , 68-74  142, +2; Seung-Yul Noh, Republic of Korea , 70-72  142, +2;

1:02 p.m. – Victor Dubuisson, France , 70-72  142, +2; Jimmy Walker, Boerne, Texas , 70-72  142, +2;

1:13 p.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Australia , 70-71  141, +1; Justin Rose, England , 72-69  141, +1;

1:24 p.m. – Jason Day, Australia , 73-68  141, +1; Marcel Siem, Germany , 70-71  141, +1;

1:35 p.m. – Danny Willett, England , 70-71  141, +1; J.B. Holmes, Campbellsville, Ky. , 70-71  141, +1;

1:46 p.m. – Steve Stricker, Madison, Wis. , 70-71  141, +1; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif. , 70-70  140, E;

1:57 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Japan , 69-71  140, E; Ian Poulter, England , 70-70  140, E;

2:08 p.m. – Erik Compton, Miami, Fla. , 72-68  140, E; Francesco Molinari, Italy , 69-71  140, E;

2:19 p.m. – Adam Scott, Australia , 73-67  140, E; Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas , 69-70  139, -1;

2:30 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Atlanta, Ga. , 71-68  139, -1; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland , 71-68  139, -1;

2:41 p.m. – Matt Kuchar, Sea Island, Ga. , 69-70  139, -1; Henrik Stenson, Sweden , 69-69  138, -2;

2:52 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, Vt. , 69-69  138, -2; Brendon De Jonge, Zimbabwe , 68-70  138, -2;

3:03 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Myrtle Beach, S.C. , 69-69  138, -2; Brooks Koepka, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. , 70-68  138, -2;

3:14 p.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Nashville, Tenn. , 69-68  137, -3; Kevin Na, Las Vegas, Nev. , 68-69  137, -3;

3:25 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Atlanta, Ga., 69-67  136, -4; Martin Kaymer, Germany, 65-65  130, -10;

 

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Third-round pairings, starting times

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2014 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2) 

Third-round pairings and starting times

(all times Eastern) 

09:22 a.m. – Nicholas Lindheim, Satellite Beach, Fla. , 72-73  145, +5;

09:33 a.m. – Billy Hurley III, Annapolis, Md. , 71-74  145, +5; Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , 71-74  145, +5;

09:44 a.m. – Zac Blair, St. George, Utah , 71-74  145, +5; Toru Taniguchi, Japan , 72-73  145, +5;

09:55 a.m. – Paul Casey, England , 70-75  145, +5; Justin Leonard, Dallas, Texas , 75-70  145, +5;

10:06 a.m. – Kevin Stadler, Denver, Colo. , 77-68  145, +5; Clayton Rask, Otsego, Minn. , 73-71  144, +4;

10:17 a.m. – Russell Henley, Kiawah Island, S.C. , 70-74  144, +4; Matthew Fitzpatrick (a), England , 71-73  144, +4;

10:28 a.m. – Boo Weekley, Jay, Fla. , 71-73  144, +4; Sergio Garcia, Spain , 73-71  144, +4;

10:39 a.m. – Ryan Moore, Las Vegas, Nev. , 76-68  144, +4; Cody Gribble, Dallas, Texas , 72-72  144, +4;

10:50 a.m. – Kevin Tway, Edmond, Okla. , 72-72  144, +4; Bo Van Pelt, Tulsa, Okla. , 72-72  144, +4;

11:01 a.m. – Retief Goosen, South Africa , 73-71  144, +4; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa , 71-73  144, +4;

11:12 a.m. – Ernie Els, South Africa , 74-70  144, +4; Harris English, Sea Island, Ga. , 69-75  144, +4;

11:23 a.m. – Stewart Cink, Duluth, Ga. , 72-72  144, +4; Bill Haas, Greenville, S.C. , 72-72  144, +4;

11:34 a.m. – Alex Cejka, Germany , 73-71  144, +4; Shiv Kapur, India , 73-70  143, +3;

11:45 a.m. – Kenny Perry, Franklin, Ky. , 74-69  143, +3; Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra, Fla. , 75-68  143, +3;

11:56 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. , 70-73  143, +3; Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C. , 71-72  143, +3;

12:07 p.m. – Patrick Reed, Houston, Texas , 71-72  143, +3; Scott Langley, Manchester, Mo. , 72-71  143, +3;

12:18 p.m. – Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla. , 72-71  143, +3; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan. , 72-71  143, +3;

12:29 p.m. – Jim Furyk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. , 73-70  143, +3; Garth Mulroy, South Africa , 71-72  143, +3;

12:40 p.m. – Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland , 68-74  142, +2; Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark , 70-72  142, +2;

12:51 p.m. – Fran Quinn, Holden, Mass. , 68-74  142, +2; Seung-Yul Noh, Republic of Korea , 70-72  142, +2;

1:02 p.m. – Victor Dubuisson, France , 70-72  142, +2; Jimmy Walker, Boerne, Texas , 70-72  142, +2;

1:13 p.m. – Aaron Baddeley, Australia , 70-71  141, +1; Justin Rose, England , 72-69  141, +1;

1:24 p.m. – Jason Day, Australia , 73-68  141, +1; Marcel Siem, Germany , 70-71  141, +1;

1:35 p.m. – Danny Willett, England , 70-71  141, +1; J.B. Holmes, Campbellsville, Ky. , 70-71  141, +1;

1:46 p.m. – Steve Stricker, Madison, Wis. , 70-71  141, +1; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif. , 70-70  140, E;

1:57 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Japan , 69-71  140, E; Ian Poulter, England , 70-70  140, E;

2:08 p.m. – Erik Compton, Miami, Fla. , 72-68  140, E; Francesco Molinari, Italy , 69-71  140, E;

2:19 p.m. – Adam Scott, Australia , 73-67  140, E; Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas , 69-70  139, -1;

2:30 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Atlanta, Ga. , 71-68  139, -1; Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland , 71-68  139, -1;

2:41 p.m. – Matt Kuchar, Sea Island, Ga. , 69-70  139, -1; Henrik Stenson, Sweden , 69-69  138, -2;

2:52 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, Vt. , 69-69  138, -2; Brendon De Jonge, Zimbabwe , 68-70  138, -2;

3:03 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Myrtle Beach, S.C. , 69-69  138, -2; Brooks Koepka, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. , 70-68  138, -2;

3:14 p.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Nashville, Tenn. , 69-68  137, -3; Kevin Na, Las Vegas, Nev. , 68-69  137, -3;

3:25 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Atlanta, Ga., 69-67  136, -4; Martin Kaymer, Germany, 65-65  130, -10;

 

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Sights and sounds: Thursday at Pinehurst Village

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PINEHURST, N.C. – Visiting Pinehurst makes you feel good about the game. If you already felt good about it, it makes you feel better.

Opening day of the 114th U.S. Open began when the GolfChannel.com team left its palatial rental abode before 7 a.m. and took the three-mile drive to championship. Driving down Highway 5 – the practice range of the No. 2 course on the right – the No. 1 and 5 courses on the immediate left both already had plenty players taking swats at a furious pace.

After arrival, Rickie Fowler is the first person seen on the driving range and he’s wearing plus-four britches as a tribute to Payne Stewart, the 1999 Open champion who was Fowler’s early golfing hero although sadly the two never met. Classy move.

Rory McIlroy teed off the first hole at 7:40, Phil Mickelson went off the 10th hole at 7:51 and it felt like the official start of this major. Ninety minutes later, when Mickelson hit his approach to 2 feet on the par-4 14th hole for a kick-in birdie, Pinehurst delivered its first big roar.

After the morning wave was complete, it was time to take a stroll through the village, which is four blocks from the Pinehurst clubhouse. The walk straight up Carolina Vista Drive is a beautiful one as it looks directly at the stately Carolina Hotel, which was founded in 1901. If four blocks is too far in the steamy Carolina heat, the Raleigh Rickshaw Co. is planted all over the place with dudes looking to lug you to your destination for only a gratuity. I opted to hoof it. Yay me.

This Thursday afternoon in the village was rather sleepy. Sure, there were plenty of reminders that the Open is in town – a huge tent outside the historic Pine Crest Inn prepping for a block party, an open-air park with a schedule of events for each night – but there wasn’t an overabundance of foot traffic. Thirty or so people were watching television coverage of the event from the bar at the Pine Crest Inn and several locals were shopping as if it was a normal weekday.

The Old Sport & Gallery in the Harvard Building on Market Square is anything but normal, and is a golf historian’s dream. If you’ve ever wanted a vintage golf book, golf club or piece of memorabilia, owner Tom Stewart likely has it. Seriously, the man has the amateur contestants gift (a white ceramic plate) from the 1967 Crosby Clambake at Pebble Beach.

“I like my chances with 50,000 golf fans in town,” Stewart said on this day when asked if business is booming with the Open in town.

Back over to the reason for the visit, the afternoon wave was finishing. Martin Kaymer ended the day on top of the studly leaderboard, turning in an impressive 5-under performance to top the field by three.

Sure, what happened on the course was more important than what happened surrounding the course. Still, this day as a whole was a reminder of why this town and this game truly are special.

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McDowell in familiar spot after opening-round 68

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PINEHURST, N.C. – Graeme McDowell took to Pinehurst No. 2 Thursday like a man who has been in this spot before.

A U.S. Open champion from four years ago, McDowell plotted his way around Donald Ross’ iconic design with a clear plan in place: remain patient, and above all else keep it in play. It resulted in a 2-under 68, good enough to share the early clubhouse lead with Kevin Na.

“It wasn’t my best ball-striking display this morning, but you don’t have to strike it amazing around here, you just have to position the ball correctly at times,” McDowell said. “I played the golf course very conservatively.”

While the fairways here are not as narrow as the targets players faced last year at Merion, plenty of danger still lurks on either side. McDowell was able to avoid almost all of it in the opening round, missing only one fairway while reaching 13 of 18 greens in regulation.

His scorecard had just one blemish – a bogey at No. 4 – but that was quickly countered by an eagle at the par-5 fifth, and McDowell added a birdie at No. 14 to move near the top of a crowded leaderboard.

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“I positioned the ball great off the tee. I drove it really well all day,” he said. “Generally kept the ball exactly where I wanted to going into the flags, short of a lot of the greens (and) on the correct side of most of the flags.”

McDowell is no stranger to leaderboards at the U.S. Open, with four straight top-20 finishes from 2009 to 2012 highlighted by his win at Pebble Beach and runner-up showing two years later at Olympic. With a fast and firm golf course expected to get only more difficult as the week progresses, the Ulsterman offered a sobering outlook on what it might take to lift the trophy on Sunday.

“This golf course is difficult, and good shots are going to finish in bad spots and you’ve just got to really, really grind hard. It’s not going to give you a lot of opportunities,” he said. “I think the winner of this tournament is going to make 10 to 12 birdies, maximum. That’s only three a round.”

 

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