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Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark share US Open lead; Harris English four shots back

AP photo by Lindsey Wasson / Wyndham Clark lines up a putt on the fifth hole of the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
AP photo by Lindsey Wasson / Wyndham Clark lines up a putt on the fifth hole of the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday. AP photo by Lindsey Wasson / Wyndham Clark lines up a putt on the fifth hole of the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press 7 min read

LOS ANGELES — Rickie Fowler had just 3 1/2 feet left for par on what should have been his last shot Saturday in a U.S. Open third round that was filled with far bigger moments at Los Angeles Country Club.

At stake was his first 54-hole lead in a major. Shockingly, he missed and slipped into a tie with Wyndham Clark.

Fowler wasn’t the least bit bothered.

He knows what to expect by looking ahead at a final round on a North Course getting tougher by the minute, and by looking behind at some of the players chasing them: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson.

“It would be nice for that one to go in,” Fowler said. “Really doesn’t matter — having the lead, being one back, two back — you’re going to have to play good golf tomorrow. Bummer to have that one slip away, but tomorrow is a whole new day.