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2024 US Open: Round 3 tee times, Saturday pairings and featured groups
Ludwig Aberg leads the way at the halfway stage of his first ever US Open, while Rory McIlroy suffered second-round disappointment.
One of golf’s hottest young prospects leads the way at the halfway stage of the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst No. 2, with Ludwig Aberg firing a one-under par 69 in his second round on Friday to hold a one-shot advantage over 2020 champion Bryson DeChambeau going into the weekend.
The 24-year-old Swede, who only turned pro in June last year, was runner-up at the Masters just a few weeks ago and has put himself in with a great chance of winning the US Open on his first appearance in the tournament, although a disappointing bogey on the 16th on Friday means the field remains in very close pursuit.
DeChambeau birdied 18 to also shoot a second-round 69 and stay well in the hunt, although joint first-round leaders Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy both went backwards after carding a 71 and 72 respectively.
Friday’s biggest movers, in a positive sense, were Belgium’s Thomas Detry, whose 67 has left him one behind leader Aberg, and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, now three adrift after a four-under par 66.
2024 US Open leaderboard after Round 2
-5: Ludwig Aberg
-4: Bryson DeChambeau, Thomas Detry, Patrick Cantlay
-3: Rory McIlory, Tony Finau, Mathieu Pavon
-2: Hideki Matsuyama
-1: Tom Kim, Tyrrell Hatton, Xander Schauffele, Akshay Bhatia, Tim Widing, Corey Conners, Zac Blair
2024 US Open: Round 3 tee times
Scottie Scheffler, the heavy favourite to win the tournament after five victories on the PGA Tour already this year, looks to be out of the running after only just making the cut, which came at +5, his current score. The world number one will play in the eighth group out in the third round on Saturday, which begins at 8:44 a.m. ET.
Aberg and DeChambeau are the final pairing and are scheduled to tee off at 3:35 p.m. ET.
2024 US Open Round 3 Tee times (all times ET)
- 8:44 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Sahith Theegala
- 8:55 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Francesco Molinari
- 9:06 a.m. – Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Greyserman
- 9:17 a.m. – Justin Lower, Dean Burmester
- 9:28 a.m. – Tom McKibbin, Brandon Wu
- 9:39 a.m. – Luke Clanton (a), Brendon Todd
- 9:50 a.m. – Ben Kohles, Shane Lowry
- 10:01 a.m. – Cameron Young, Scottie Scheffler
- 10:12 a.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Greyson Sigg
- 10:23 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, David Puig
- 10:39 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley
- 10:50 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Wyndham Clark
- 11:01 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Neal Shipley (a)
- 11:12 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Daniel Berger
- 11:23 a.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Smith
- 11:34 a.m. – Gunnar Broin (a), Brian Campbell
- 11:45 a.m. – Martin Kaymer, Jordan Spieth
- 11:56 a.m. – Harris English, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 12:07 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Mark Hubbard
- 12:18 p.m. – Isaiah Salinda, Davis Thompson
- 12:29 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Emiliano Grillo
- 12:45 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Adam Scott
- 12:56 p.m. – Chris Kirk, Jackson Suber
- 1:07 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Brian Harman
- 1:18 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Sam Bennett
- 1:29 p.m. – Nicolai Højgaard, Seonghyeon Kim
- 1:40 p.m. – Frankie Capan III, Taylor Pendrith
- 1:51 p.m. – Russell Henley, Sergio Garcia
- 2:02 p.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Sam Burns
- 2:13 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Zac Blair
- 2:24 p.m. – Corey Conners, Tim Widing
- 2:40 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Xander Schauffele
- 2:51 p.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Tom Kim
- 3:02 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Matthieu Pavon
- 3:13 p.m. – Tony Finau, Rory McIlroy
- 3:24 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Thomas Detry
- 3:35 p.m. – Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg
This year’s US Open has an increased prize purse of $21.5 million, with the winner taking home a record $4.3 million. That is the highest amount of any of the four men’s majors and second on the PGA Tour only to the Players Championship ($4.5 million of $25 million).