Heavy rain halts play at US Open with overnight leader Sam Burns still ahead

The final round of the US Open at Oakmont was suspended after torrential rain left parts of the course flooded.

Play was called to a halt at 16:01pm local time (21:01 BST) after a heavy storm arrived in the Pittsburgh area, with large amounts of water gushing off the greens.

Overnight leader Sam Burns had a one-shot advantage over playing partner Adam Scott after both men endured a difficult opening seven holes.

Burns dropped two shots to sit at two under while Scott fell to one under as both men struggled to get to grips with the course.

England’s Tyrrell Hatton moved into joint third after overcoming a difficult start to maintain his overnight position of one over, though he was in trouble on the ninth hole when the heavens opened.

Robert MacIntyre, from Oban in Scotland, also bounced back from two bogeys in the first three holes to move up to seventh on the leaderboard.

His eagle at the par-five fourth hole turned the tide, and a birdie at the ninth sent him back to his overnight score of three over, five behind Burns.

It was a horrible start for JJ Spaun, who came into the day one shot behind Burns, but his chances quickly disintegrated.

A post shared by U.S. Open Championship (@usopengolf)

After bogeying the first, he looked to be putting it right at the second as he sent an approach shot from 94 yards that was so accurate it hit the flag before rolling all the way back down the hill, finishing just 40 yards further forward than his previous shot.

He ended up with a bogey and dropped further shots at the third, fifth and sixth holes as his chances went up in smoke.

Spaniard Jon Rahm was the clubhouse leader when play was suspended.

The 2021 champion has had his problems with the Oakmont course this week, but was