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RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT SHINNECOCK HILLS: Donald Trump has waded into golf's distance row by siding with the faction fighting against 'ridiculous' moves to change the ball.

In the grander scheme of things, the 69 compiled by the Masters champion at Shinnecock Hills was hugely impressive, but it will be tinged slightly by the regret of how it finished.

US Open chiefs are facing a major headache after fog delays meant a third of the field failed to complete their first rounds at Shinnecock Hills on Thursday.

The LIV rebel launched into a prolonged sulk during his horror show at the sixth hole on Thursday, which only came to light when it transpired he had landed a two-stroke sanction.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT SHINNECOCK HILLS: Rahm gave the course plenty of assistance with shortcomings in both his temperament and putting as he plummeted towards a likely missed cut.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT SHINNECOCK HILLS: The bleakness of this latest visit was told in the misery of two double-bogeys in his second round, delivered via a pair of consecutive three-putts.

Bob MacIntyre has ripped into the 'ridiculous' course set-up at Shinnecock Hills after the world's elite were pounded into submission during the third round of the US Open.

Where others have been blown to all corners in the 30mph gusts, Clark has fused the steady with the spectacular to extend his advantage round-by-round. His latest offering of 70 was a fine effort indeed.

After three holes of his final round, having botched yet another wedge, Rory McIlroy snapped. Or to put it in his words: 'Just go home Rory, f****** hell.'

Wyndham Clark battled tough conditions and a crowd desperately hoping for his downfall to win his second major championship at the US Open on Sunday.