Ludvig Aberg, trying to become the first US Open debut winner since 1913, carried a one-stroke lead into Saturday's third round at Pinehurst, where top-ranked Scottie Scheffler was 11 strokes adrift.Aberg is the first debut player since Taiwan's Chen Tze-chung in 1985 to lead the US Open after 36 holes.
Masters champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler survived on the mark following a birdie-free 74.
Italy's Francesco Molinari made a stunning hole-in-one at the par-3 Â ninth, his last hole of the day, to make the cut on the number and reach the weekend at the US Open.Straka also reached the weekend with a 72 on Friday, standing on 142.