Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is pleased with where his game is at after posting a second under-par round at his first U.S. Open to move into a strong position ahead of Sunday's finale.
The Dane has taken every new challenge in his stride since bursting onto the scene in 2024 with three wins on the HotelPlanner Tour to earn instant status on the DP World Tour.
Neergaard-Petersen has five top-ten finishes to his name so far this season and has impressed on his U.S. Open debut at the difficult Oakmont Country Club this week.
After kicking off the week with a one-under-par 69, he shot a 74 in tough conditions on Friday before breaking par again with a Saturday 69 to sit at two over par and at the right end of the leaderboard going into the final round.
He said: "It's been great. Obviously for my first U.S. Open it's been incredible.
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That's FOUR birdies in a row for Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen.
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"I feel like my game has been in a really good spot, and to be able to have two under-par rounds so far is really good, and I've been feeling like my game has been in a good spot for a while.
"The last three, four events I haven't really got the most out of it, but I feel like when I saw this place the first time, it really suits my eye, and I like that kind of test where you just have to accept that it's really difficult, and sometimes you're not going to hit it close and you kind of have to think your way around the golf course."
Neergaard-Petersen's third round included a run of four successive birdies on the front nine, sparked by a stunning bunker shot at the fourth which set up a tap-in birdie.
He added: "Obviously you hit a bunker shot like that, it kind of gets you started.
"Then you hit a nice wedge close on the fifth and make birdie there, and then all of a sudden you roll in a long putt on the sixth, complete bonus.
"And then before you know it you've made three in a row and then you hit another good approach and roll in a putt, and it's like you're not really thinking about going on a run like that. You've just kind of got to let it happen. It happened today, and it was really cool."
