US Open Championship: Day 3 In Numbers

<strong>By Will Pearson, europeantour.com<br />
at Pinehurst</strong>

<em>After a mesmerising Moving Day, europeantour.com looks at the best numbers from day three of the US Open Championship at Pinehurst Resort...</em>

<strong>5</strong>- Shot lead for Martin Kaymer with 18 holes to play after the German shot 72 in the third round at Pinehurst

<strong>8</strong>- Kaymer's best finish previously at the US Open (2010)

<strong>3</strong>- Shots The Ryder Cup star's third day total fell short of the all-time US Open 54-hole record (Rory McIlroy - 2011)

<strong>35</strong>- Fairways he has found from the tee out of 42 this week along with 36/54 Greens in Regulation and 84 putts

<strong>7</strong>- Out of the last 10 US Opens have been won by international players

<strong>3</strong>- Major Championships - up until this week - won by Germans (Bernhard Langer - Masters (1985, 1993), Kaymer - US PGA (2010))

<strong>6</strong>- Players to have completed wire-to-wire victories at the US Open previously

<strong>49</strong>- Number of times the third round leader has gone on to win at the US Open

<strong>2</strong>- Out of the last 9 US Opens have been won by the 54-hole leader (Tiger Woods - 2008, Rory McIlroy (2011)

<strong>7</strong>- The number of shots in the biggest final-round comeback in championship history (Arnold Palmer - 1960)

<strong>24</strong>- Number of putts from Rickie Fowler in his joint best-of-the-day 67

<strong>2</strong>- Amount of players to break par on a hugely challenging day in North Carolina (Fowler and Compton - both 67)

<strong>6</strong>- Players left under par for the championship after a brutal Moving (In The Wrong Direction) Day

<strong>1</strong>- Former US Open champion in the top 10 with Sunday to come (Justin Rose - T10)

<strong>5</strong>- Nationalities in the top ten (1 German, 9 Americans, 1 Swede, 1 Englishman, 1 Zimbabwean)

<strong>9</strong>- European Tour members in the top 20

<strong>2</strong>- The hardest hole on the course on Saturday, averaging 4.67 and yielding just one birdie all day (Boo Weekley)

<strong>5</strong>- The easiest hole on the course on Saturday, averaging 4.43 and giving up 8 eagles and 29 birdies)

<strong>73.821</strong>- The average score for day 3 after a brutal day at Pinehurst