Scottie Scheffler grand slam hopes intact but Wyndham Clark dominates at US Open

Scottie Scheffler gave himself a shot at completing the career grand slam but will have to produce something special to reel in Wyndham Clark’s six-stroke lead if he is to win the US Open at Shinnecock Hills.

World number one Scheffler, who headed straight to the putting green after shooting a 69 which moved him into joint second, turns 30 on Sunday and with it also being Father’s Day, he will be hoping to make it a triple celebration.

However, in addition to finding an answer as to how to score significantly enough to put pressure on Clark – bidding to become the first wire-to-wire US Open winner since Martin Kaymer in 2014 – he will also have to hope his compatriot’s good fortune and escapology skills finally desert him.

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Clark made crucial par saves from five feet (three times), six feet, seven feet and 14ft but also produced some stunning shots, the best a 275-yard approach to inside five feet for the week’s first eagle at the par-five 16th.

That gave him an advantage of seven over the chasing pack and Clark’s lucky breaks continued at the next where he found the heavy rough but claimed a free drop from a television tower and was then allowed to place his ball after it twice rolled away.

There were also eyebrows raised about the amount of ‘gardening’ he was doing on the line of his putts over the closing holes on the Poa annua grass greens which have a reputation for becoming increasingly difficult as the day wears on.

The rules allow players to tap down spike marks but Clark spent an inordinate amount of time working on his lines.

He missed a five-footer on the last for par to offer some encouragement to the chasing pack, having signed for a