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BROOKLINE, Mass. – A wild and windy third round at the U.S. Open finished with Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick sharing the lead, and favoritism in the betting markets, as they chase a maiden major championship. BetMGM Sportsbook has both leaders at +333 to claim the U.S. Open crown, just a month after falling short from a similar position of power at the PGA Championship. Zalatoris put together a 3-under 67 on Saturday to get to 4-under for the tournament while Fitzpatrick’s 2-under 68 helped him move into the final group on Sunday for the second straight major. On that occasion Fitzpatrick faded to T5 on Sunday while Zalatoris managed to get into a playoff, only to go down to Justin Thomas. Zalatoris opened at +4000 and represents one of the biggest liabilities to BetMGM Sportsbook, holding over 5% of all tickets. Fitzpatrick opened at +5000 and has roughly 2.5% of all tickets. The duo sits one-shot clear of defending champion Jon Rahm who made a messy double bogey on the 18th hole to shoot 71 and drop from the solo lead into third place alone at 3-under. Rahm is +400 to repeat having opened at +1000. World no. 1 Scottie Scheffler produced an incredible roller coaster round, surging to a two-shot lead and heavy favoritism midway through the round before dropping four shots on the back nine. He sits at +600 to win with a round to play, tied with Canadian Adam Hadwin (+2200) and local Boston boy Keegan Bradley (+1400) at 2-under. Scheffler, the Masters champion, also opened at +4000 and holds around 5% of tickets and over 7.5% of the handle. Last start winner and 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy is three shots off the pace, tied seventh with Sam Burns and Joel Dahmen at 1-under. McIlroy is +1000 to rebound from his Saturday 73 to win while Burns (+1800) is looking for a fourth win this season. Dahmen dropped from the overnight lead with a 74 and is now +5000 to cause an upset. One bettor will be hoping Burns can get a fourth TOUR win this season come Sunday. BetMGM reports a $2,947 wager to win $97,253 at +3300 came pre-tournament for the Louisiana native to win. All other contenders are either at, or over par, for the week and sit +10000 or higher to win. Thomas is coincidentally +25000, the odds he rallied from at the PGA when sitting eight shots back during the final round. He will start seven behind on Sunday. Open Champion Collin Morikawa imploded on Saturday with a 77, sinking back to T17 at 2-over and +15000 odds.

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ATLANTA — Justin Thomas was a tap-in away from polishing off a 7-under 63. And then the horn sounded Saturday signaling a stop in play because of storms near the TOUR Championship. He had to wait until Sunday to not only finish, but to figure out where it left him in pursuit of the FedExCup and its $18 million prize. Scottie Scheffler was still in the lead, barely. Xander Schauffele was still on his heels, even tying him ever so briefly. They were on the 13th hole and among 10 players who have to return Sunday morning for what could be a sprint toward the PGA TOUR’s top prize. Scheffler was at 19-under par, even par for the round on a hot, steamy day at East Lake with soft greens and very little wind … always the recipe for low scoring. Schauffele was 1 under for a wild round of back-to-back birdies, back-to-back bogeys and back-to-back birdies during a six-hole stretch on the front nine. The average score for the incomplete round was 67. That’s what Jon Rahm said he needed — another low round, and Scheffler to not have his best stuff. He got only the second part right. Rahm, coming off a 63, had four bogeys to go along with five birdies and wasn’t making up much ground. Those who didn’t finish had to return at 9:45 a.m., and only then would the FedExCup finale have any clarity. Sungjae Im was three shots behind at 16 under. Assuming Thomas makes his putt, he would be at 15 under. Rory McIlroy also was at 15 under with two holes to play, including the par-5 closing hole. Rahm, Patrick Cantlay and Sepp Straka were at 14 under and still had to finish. The third round was scheduled to finish an hour later, and then lightning in the area stopped play for an hour. And when the second batch of lightning arrived in the area, there was no chance to finish. Hideki Matsuyama posted the low round of the day at 63, and he was still six shots behind. Scheffler started Thursday at 10-under par and with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedExCup, with Cantlay two shots behind. Scheffler, already a four-time winner and a lock to be voted PGA TOUR player of the year, opened with rounds of 65-66 and at times has threatened to turn the TOUR Championship into a runaway. He stalled Saturday, and all that did was expand the possibilities. Open Championship winner Cameron Smith is a three-time winner this season and would have needed to win to make it a race for player of the year. He had a 68 and was 11 shots behind.

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