"And secondly, Erin Hills isn't exactly Oakmont".
"If I say it's right, he'll hit it", said the towering Finnis, who is 10 years Fleetwood's senior. "He's upstairs and I'm down in the basement area, so it shouldn't get too physical". He did it himself. That Thomas, who earlier his season shot a round of 59 in Hawaii, became the fifth player in US Open history to sign for a 63 - finishing with an eight footer for eagle on the last hole - indicated more than anything that any one of a number of players can still have realistic hopes of winning.
In the process, Thomas had moved up 22 spots on Moving Day, which is akin to moving from MA to Maui. It's a long haul.
Thomas, decked out in shocking fluorescent pink trousers, produced a no less electric performance signing for nine-under 63 to equal the lowest numerical score in a major and the best ever in the 117-year history of the U.S. Open in relation to par. This is the first time in 25 years that the U.S. Open has played as a par 72. That's for the Quad Cities Open.
The live 2017 U.S. Open leaderboard, with tee times and pairings, scores and results from Round 4 at Erin Hills.
Harman is playing in just his eighth major, and it's only the third time he has made the cut.
In the previous 116 U.S. Opens, only six players had ever reached 10-under par or lower, never in the same tournament. "Usually the roars are for pars and stuff like that". "I was just happy that I was the one that was able to take advantage of it today".
The U.S. Open didn't seem to faze him, and he delivered a variety of big shots that led to his sensational finish. If I go out and shoot 65 or 85, I can still walk off the last green with one of my best mates in the world.
"I'm a part of history". It's all pretty self-explanatory in terms of what it means. "I don't know how I'll feel tomorrow".
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So we will have to wait and see what people out there want to decide or whoever is in control of making that kind of decisions. And I can take this team forward. "I can take us to win a World Cup, I believe", De Villiers told a news conference.
Or you could aggrandize it by pointing out it was done on the longest course ever to hold a major championship, Erin Hills stretched to 7,818 yards for the third round. Yesterday he had the latter in spades and he needed it to climb so far up that red-stained leaderboard. He will need even more of it this afternoon when his nerves will argue with his thoughts on every shot. The ball hit just short of the green and popped forward and rolled 8 feet, 1 inch past the hole. Fowler is staying in a house near the golf course this week with Mr. 63 Thomas and was asked if their will be any tension with both players looking for the first major.
Up to that point, Fleetwood pretty much couldn't find trouble if he tried. "That was definitely a bonus".
Thomas could not have started his afternoon much better, with birdies on the first two holes and six birdies on the front nine.
Then he had a run of three birdies.
"I was excited to take the lead", Thomas said.
"It was an awesome day", Thomas said.
Justin Thomas is congratulated by his caddie after an eagle on 18 gave him a 9-under 63.
Koepka, who is alongside Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood in a tie for second, a shot behind surprise leader Brian Harman, said his fellow American's feat came as no surprise. So for all the good it did him to go 9-under yesterday, he must play with equal focus and ferocity today if he's going to leave here with anything but an agate line in the record books.
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