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Southampton - After two gruelling rounds of the 118th US Open at Shinnecock Hills, THREE out of the six South African golfers remain.
This year's US Open cut sliced several big names including Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlory, Jason Day, Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia - just to name a few.
World No 1 Dustin Johnson looked like he was playing on a different course as his fellow competitors struggled on a windy and tough Shinnecock layout.
READ: Johnson leads Hoffman at US Open, Woods misses cut
Branden Grace was SA's best placed golfer heading into the weekend, shooting a 1-under 69 to sit on 5-over par overall.
One shot behind Grace is friend and Presidents Cup team-mate Louis Oosthuizen, who shot 2-over par 72.
Playing in his first Major event, Dean Burmester landed on the cut line and posted rounds of 75 and 73 to lie in a tie for 58th.
After the cut was made at 8-over par, Charl Schwartzel registered rounds of 79 and 73 to finish 12-over par.
Two-time US Open champion Ernie Els posted 78 and 79 to end 17-over par.
Dylan Frittelli, who is playing his first US Open tournament, wound up shooting 78 and 80 to finish at 18-over par.
South African tee-times in Round 3:
All SA times
1st Hole
16:02 - Dean Burmester (+8)
17:52 - Louis Oosthuizen (+6)
18:36 - Branden Grace (+5)
Second-round scores on Friday in the 118th US Open Golf Championship at Shinnecock Hills (USA unless noted, par-70):
136 - Dustin Johnson 69-67
140 - Scott Piercy 69-71, Charley Hoffman 71-69
141 - Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 75-66, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-70, Justin Rose (ENG) 71-70, Brooks Koepka 75-66, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-72
142 - Russell Henley 69-73, Rickie Fowler 73-69
143 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 74-69, Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) 73-70, Charles Howell 71-72
144 - Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) 73-71, Alex Noren (SWE) 72-72, Jim Furyk 73-71, Pat Perez 73-71, Justin Thomas 74-70, Jason Dufner 70-74, Tyler Duncan 77-67, Brian Harman 74-70, Patrick Rodgers 72-72, Russell Knox (SCO) 73-71, Mickey DeMorat 72-72, Calum Hill (SCO) 75-69
145 - Ryan Fox (NZL) 73-72, Will Grimmer 73-72, Brendan Steele 72-73, Jimmy Walker 75-70, Branden Grace (RSA) 76-69, Patrick Reed 73-72, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 75-70, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 75-70, Bryson DeChambeau 76-69
147 - Xander Schauffele 72-74, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 74-72, Patrick Cantlay 75-71, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 74-72, Paul Casey (ENG) 73-73, Zach Johnson 73-73, Phil Mickelson 77-69, Andrew Johnston 73-73, Dylan Meyer 77-69, Chris Naegel 73-73
147 - Sam Burns 71-76, Brian Gay 73-74, Peter Uihlein 75-72, Tony Finau 75-72, Webb Simpson 76-71, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 75-72, Ross Fisher (ENG) 76-71, Li Haotong (CHN) 79-68, An Byeong-Hun (KOR) 71-76, Matt Parziale (USA) 74-73, Kevin Chappell 75-72, Daniel Berger 76-71, Luis Gagne (CRC) 73-74
148 - Dean Burmester (RSA) 75-73, Gary Woodland 79-69, Steve Stricker 73-75, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 76-72, Brandt Snedeker 72-76, Cameron Wilson 75-73, Matthieu Pavon (FRA) 71-77, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 76-72, Bill Haas 76-72, Tim Wilkinson (NZL) 76-72
Missed cut
149 - Roberto Castro 75-74, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 76-73, Lucas Glover 77-72, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 79-70, Kim Si-Woo (KOR) 73-76, Chez Reavie 75-74, Braden Thornberry 76-73, Matthew Southgate (ENG) 77-72, Jason Scrivener 78-71, Eric Axley 73-76, Jordan Spieth 78-71, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 76-73, Im Sung-jae (KOR) 76-73, Matthew Wallace (ENG) 77-72, Lanto Griffin 76-73
150 - Matthew Jones (AUS) 76-74, Tiger Woods 78-72, Brian Stuard 74-76, Sebastian Vazquez (MEX) 77-73, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 80-70, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 74-76, Tyler Strafaci 78-72
151 - Aaron Wise, 77-74, Cameron Smith (AUS) 79-72, Sebastian Munoz (COL) 80-71, Will Zalatoris 80-71, Chesson Hadley 76-75, Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) 76-75, Bubba Watson 77-74, Tom Lewis (ENG) 79-72
152 - Ollie Schniederjans 76-76, Luke List 75-77, Kevin Kisner 77-75, Jason Day (AUS) 79-73, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 79-73, Danny Willett (ENG) 75-77, Matt Kuchar 74-78, Cole Miller 78-74
153 - Richie Ramsay (SCO) 77-76, Adam Scott (AUS) 78-75, Trey Mullinax 79-74, David Bransdon (AUS) 79-74, Doug Ghim 79-74, Park Sung-joon (KOR) 81-72
154 - Paul Waring (ENG) 78-76, Ted Potter 76-78, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 75-79, Kyle Stanley 75-79, Shane Lowry (IRL) 75-79, Christopher Babcock 78-76, Rhett Rasmussen 80-74, Scott Stallings 80-74, Harold Varner 79-75, Michael Putnam 78-76
155 - Liang Wenchong (CHN) 79-76, Keegan Bradley 81-74, Jon Rahm (ESP) 78-77, Stewart Hagestad 81-74, Michael Miller 77-78
156 - Theo Humphrey 84-72, Ryan Evans (ENG) 78-78, Richy Werenski 76-80, Jacob Bergeron 81-75
157 - Yu Chun An (TPE) 76-81, Ernie Els (RSA) 78-79, Lucas Herbert (AUS) 83-74, David Gazzolo 76-81, Alexander Levy (FRA) 77-80
158 - Kenny Perry 79-79, Martin Kaymer (GER) 83-75, Adam Hadwin (CAN) 83-75, Rikuya Hoshino (JPN) 79-79, Ryan Lumsden (SCO) 82-76, James Morrison (ENG) 81-77, Franklin Huang 82-76, Timothy Wiseman 83-75, Garrett Rank (CAN) 83-75, Dylan Frittelli (RSA) 78-80, Satoshi Kodaira (JPN) 81-77, Kristoffer Reitan (NOR) 81-77
159 - Shota Akiyoshi (JPN) 82-77, Noah Goodwin 81-78, Harry Ellis (ENG) 80-79, Shintaro Ban 81-78, Sulman Raza 82-77
160 - Michael Hebert 87-73
161 - Philip Barbaree 82-79
163 - Michael Block 85-78
167 - Scott Gregory (ENG) 92-75
