For just a moment it looked as if the brilliance that had earned Martin Kaymer a place in the record books at the halfway point of the 114th United States Open was about to unravel. Becoming the first man to open a major championship with two rounds of 65 suddenly appeared more than 24 hours ago. Now he was staring down a 15ft putt for a bogey at the fourth. Miss it and he would have been three over par at that early stage, and his six shot lead would have been halved after less than an hour’s play. Top dog: Martin Kaymer (right) takes a five shot lead going into the final round of the US Open on Sunday
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Martin Kaymer has a five shot lead going into the final round of the US Open on Sunday
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Kaymer shot an up-and-down round of 72 at Pinehurst
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Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler lead the chasing pack on three-under-par
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Rory McIlroy tied tenth in the leaderboard
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Matt Fitzpatrick will finish with the silver medal as low amateur
From the ‘native area’ just off the fairway to the left, @placeholder played a long iron so precise it pitched on the only sliver of green available for it to finish close to the flag, and he holed the ensuing six-footer for a fabulous eagle three.