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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. &#8212; The only thing that spared Dustin Johnson from another U.S. Open implosion is that everyone around him suffered on a Shinnecock Hills course that even the USGA conceded got out of hand Saturday afternoon.Daniel Berger and Tony Finau were the exceptions, each posting a 4-under 66 about the time Johnson was just starting out on greens that became so slick that Phil Mickelson swatted a ball that was still moving on the 13th green and no one in the final 22 groups broke par.Johnson, who started the third round with a four-shot lead, barely nudged his 17-foot birdie attempt on the 18th hole. It ran 8 feet by the cup and he missed the par putt for one last bogey and a 7-over 77.At least he still has a chance. Johnson was in a four-way tie for the lead at 3-over 213, the highest 54-hole score to lead the U.S. Open since the fabled &#8220;Massacre at Winged Foot&#8221; in 1974.&#8220;You were seeing shots that were well played and not rewarded,&#8221; said Mike Davis, the chief executive of the USGA. &#8220;It was a very tough test, but probably too tough this afternoon.&#8221;Berger and Finau, who started the day 11 shots out of the lead, will play in the final group.Johnson and defending champion Brooks Koepka will be right behind them. Koepka made only two birdies in a hard-earned round of 72, leaving him in position to become the first back-to-back winner of the U.S. Open since Curtis Strange in 1989.Henrik Stenson made one birdie and picked up three shots on the leader.Mickelson celebrated his 48th birthday by matching his worst score in his 27th U.S. Open with an 81, and he provided the snapshot of a day that was entertaining for reasons the USGA didn&#8217;t imagine.He went from behind the 13th green all the way off the front. His next shot was 18 feet above the hole. His bogey putt slid by, and after a few putts, Mickelson trotted after it and then stuck out his putter and hit the ball back toward the cup to keep it from running off the green. That&#8217;s a two-shot penalty, giving him a 10.&#8220;It&#8217;s just a moment of madness,&#8221; said Andrew &#8220;Beef&#8221; Johnston, who played with Mickelson and couldn&#8217;t stifle a laugh.Mickelson apologized if anyone was offended by his act, even after saying he knew the rules for hitting a ball in motion and was happy to take a two-shot penalty instead of playing a crude version of tennis.Johnson didn&#8217;t have anything that wild, rather more of a slow bleed that began with a shot off a sandy path and three putts on the par-3 second hole for his first double bogey of the championship. His lead was gone with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 seventh. He was back in the lead when everyone around him couldn&#8217;t hang on. Justin Rose (73) and Stenson (74) also shared the lead at some point.Rose was one shot behind, with Stenson another shot behind. Kiradech Aphibarnrat had the only other round under par. He teed off at 9:40 a.m. and had a 2-under 68 and was three shots behind.The scoring average of 75.33 was the highest for a third round in the U.S. Open since 2000 at Pebble Beach.<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Dustin Johnson reacts after missing a putt on the 15th green during Saturday&#8217;s third round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship in Southampton, N.Y. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/web1_AP18168006424306.jpg</photo0><caption0>Dustin Johnson reacts after missing a putt on the 15th green during Saturday&#8217;s third round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship in Southampton, N.Y. </caption0><photoCredit0>Seth Wenig | AP Photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Johnson in 4-way tie after day of survival at U.S. Open</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf Writer</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>U.S. Open ScoresSaturday - Third RoundAt Shinnecock Hills Golf ClubSouthampton, N.Y.Yardage: 7,445; Par: 70Daniel Berger 76-71-66&#8212;213 +3Tony Finau 75-72-66&#8212;213 +3Brooks Koepka 75-66-72&#8212;213 +3Dustin Johnson 69-67-77&#8212;213 +3Justin Rose 71-70-73&#8212;214 +4Henrik Stenson 71-70-74&#8212;215 +5Kiradech Aphibarnrat 76-72-68&#8212;216 +6Patrick Reed 73-72-71&#8212;216 +6Jim Furyk 73-71-72&#8212;216 +6Brian Gay 73-74-70&#8212;217 +7Dylan Meyer 77-69-71&#8212;217 +7Tyrrell Hatton 75-70-72&#8212;217 +7Branden Grace 76-69-72&#8212;217 +7Ian Poulter 69-72-76&#8212;217 +7Charley Hoffman 71-69-77&#8212;217 +7Gary Woodland 79-69-70&#8212;218 +8Webb Simpson 76-71-71&#8212;218 +8Zach Johnson 73-73-72&#8212;218 +8Xander Schauffele 72-74-72&#8212;218 +8Bryson DeChambeau 76-69-73&#8212;218 +8Justin Thomas 74-70-74&#8212;218 +8Matthew Fitzpatrick 73-70-75&#8212;218 +8Francesco Molinari 75-72-72&#8212;219 +9Paul Casey 73-73-73&#8212;219 +9Ryan Fox 73-72-74&#8212;219 +9Russell Knox 73-71-75&#8212;219 +9Russell Henley 69-73-77&#8212;219 +9Tommy Fleetwood 75-66-78&#8212;219 +9Scott Piercy 69-71-79&#8212;219 +9Brendan Steele 72-73-75&#8212;220 +10Rafa Cabrera Bello 73-71-76&#8212;220 +10Charles Howell 71-72-77&#8212;220 +10Jhonattan Vegas 76-72-73&#8212;221 +11Brandt Snedeker 72-76-73&#8212;221 +11Steve Stricker 73-75-73&#8212;221 +11a-Matt Parziale 74-73-74&#8212;221 +11Haotong Li 79-68-74&#8212;221 +11Chris Naegel 73-73-75&#8212;221 +11Louis Oosthuizen 74-72-75&#8212;221 +11Pat Perez 73-71-77&#8212;221 +11Alex Noren 72-72-77&#8212;221 +11Marc Leishman 74-69-78&#8212;221 +11Bill Haas 76-72-74&#8212;222 +12Matthieu Pavon 71-77-74&#8212;222 +12a-Luis Gagne 73-74-75&#8212;222 +12Peter Uihlein 75-72-75&#8212;222 +12Sam Burns 71-76-75&#8212;222 +12Patrick Cantlay 75-71-76&#8212;222 +12Brian Harman 74-70-78&#8212;222 +12Dean Burmester 75-73-75&#8212;223 +13Aaron Baddeley 74-72-77&#8212;223 +13a-Will Grimmer 73-72-78&#8212;223 +13Jason Dufner 70-74-79&#8212;223 +13Cameron Wilson 75-73-76&#8212;224 +14Hideki Matsuyama 75-70-79&#8212;224 +14Jimmy Walker 75-70-79&#8212;224 +14Mickey DeMorat 72-72-80&#8212;224 +14Kevin Chappell 75-72-78&#8212;225 +15Calum Hill 75-69-81&#8212;225 +15Tyler Duncan 77-67-81&#8212;225 +15Tim Wilkinson 76-72-78&#8212;226 +16Ross Fisher 76-71-79&#8212;226 +16Rickie Fowler 73-69-84&#8212;226 +16Phil Mickelson 77-69-81&#8212;227 +17Patrick Rodgers 72-72-83&#8212;227 +17Byeong Hun An 71-76-81&#8212;228 +18Andrew Johnston 73-73-82&#8212;228 +18a-denotes amateur</factboxMeta></div>