The 2026 U.S. Open’s Round 3 begins Saturday morning at Shinnecock Hills in New York, with Wyndham Clark holding a four-shot lead into what’s expected to be a windy day on Long Island. NBC and USA carry TV coverage, while Peacock, USOpen.com, and the USGA app
Saturday morning at Shinnecock Hills doesn’t feel like a routine start to Round 3. Wyndham Clark is walking into it with a lead—and the kind of conditions that can turn a scoreboard into a moving target.
Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, opened the weekend’s third round position by taking advantage of mild conditions late Thursday. He jumped out to the lead at six under. then followed on Friday with a steady one-under 69 to reach seven under. That was enough for a four-shot lead over his nearest competitors. But there are 18 holes between “on top” and “caught. ” especially on what is expected to be a windy Saturday on Long Island.
At the halfway point, Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick are tied for second in a four-way knot. Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler sit just further down the leaderboard. If Clark stumbles, the field that made the cut is close enough to make the lead disappear.
On the broadcast side, the third round gets underway on TV with USA starting at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday. Coverage then switches to NBC at 12 p.m. ET, with a live simulcast of NBC’s broadcast available on Peacock. Featured group streaming starts earlier: Peacock. USOpen.com. and the USGA app will all provide featured group coverage starting at 9:10 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Peacock also carries a live simulcast of NBC’s coverage from 12–8 p.m. ET. The featured-groups window runs from 9:10 a.m. ET through the finish, across Peacock, USOpen.com, and the USGA app.
Everything hinges on what happens once the wind arrives and the pack starts moving—especially with Clark’s four-shot buffer and a second-place race that’s already crowded.
Tee times for U.S. Open Round 3 on Saturday (ET): Tee No. 19:00 a.m. – Dylan Wu, Jacob Bridgeman 9:11 a.m. – Chris Gotterup, (a) Eric Lee 9:22 a.m. – Peter Uihlein, Caleb Surratt 9:33 a.m. – (a) Marek Fleming, Robert MacIntyre 9:44 a.m. – Nico Echavarria, Hideki Matsuyama 9:55 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Neal Shipley 10:06 a.m. – Laurie Canter, Michael Kim 10:17 a.m. – (a) Jackson Koivun, (a) Miles Russell 10:33 a.m. –
Patrick Rodgers, Emiliano Grillo 10:44 a.m. – James Nicholas, Angel Hidalgo 10:55 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Joaquin Niemann 11:06 a.m. – Russell Henley, Dustin Johnson 11:17 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Michael Brennan 11:28 a.m. – Pierceson Coody, Max Greyserman 11:39 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Tyrrell Hatton 11:50 a.m. – Cameron Young, Sungjae Im 12:06 p.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Spencer Tibbits 12:17 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Ben Griffin 12:28 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, John
Parry 12:39 p.m. – Jackson Van Paris, Ben James 12:50 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Ludvig Åberg 1:01 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Johnny Keefer 1:12 p.m. – Ben Kohles, Justin Rose 1:28 p.m. – Corey Conners, Aaron Rai 1:39 p.m. – Zac Blair, Max McGreevy 1:50 p.m. – Niklas Nørgaard, Alex Fitzpatrick 2:01 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Brian Harman 2:12 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Rory McIlroy 2:23 p.m. – Keith Mitchell, Akshay Bhatia 2:34 p.m. –
Gary Woodland, Ryo Hisatsune 2:50 p.m. – (a) Ryder Cowan, William Mouw 3:01 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Sam Burns 3:12 p.m. – Harry Higgs, Justin Thomas 3:23 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Tom Kim 3:34 p.m. – Sam Stevens, Xander Schauffele 3:45 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark.
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