US Open golfer suffers injury on day three at Oakmont with concern raised that he would have to withdraw

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Oakmont has provided an unforgiving test for the players at the US Open this week.

After three rounds of the US Open, only four players are sitting under par, with Oakmont proving to be quite the challenge.

It is worth noting, however, that the challenge posed has been a fair one in general. There was a lot of talk over an over-par score winning at the start of the week, but it looks like that will not be the case now.

However, the nearly 7,400 yard layout is certainly no picnic.

Oakmont has even driven world number one Scottie Scheffler to despair this week, and that proves how difficult the test must be!

One big criticism of the US Open at Oakmont has been the tediously slow pace of play.

The near six-hour rounds have made the tournament a difficult watch at times.

However, there has been plenty of exciting moments as well, with some sensational rounds of golf being played.

One player in particular played superbly well on Saturday, but was nearly forced to withdraw.

Michael Kim praises playing partner on US Open day three

Kim was blown away by one golfer’s talent at Oakmont on Saturday.

The 31-year-old one-time PGA Tour winner made the cut by one stroke after rounds of 75 and 71.

He then followed those scores up with a round of 76 on Saturday. Kim didn’t play great at all, but he was blown away by his playing partner.

Kim was paired alongside Canadian Corey Conners during round three at Oakmont.

And he couldn’t help but be impressed with what he saw from Conners.

Judging by Kim’s account of day three, the man from Canada was really unlucky to shoot a round of two-over par 72, after coming home in 40 strokes on the back nine.

Kim raved about Conners after day three of the US Open.

He said, “Corey Conners deserves a full page on his own today. The dude STRIPES it. Little draw, didn’t miss a shot on the front nine and he missed a short one on 3 so could have been even lower. Pretty easy 3 under. But then he plugged his bunker shot and while trying to hit out of it, hurt his wrist. He was obviously in some pain as soon as he hit it and I didn’t think he’d play more honestly. It took like 20minutes for his physio to get to the green (don’t get me started on that terrible process.

“He gutted it out but was def out of rhythm coming in. Lots of wrists getting worked on this week after multiple shots of trying to get thru this thick rough.“

Do Conners’ stats back up Kim’s comments at the US Open?

The 33-year-old is well-known for being one of the best ball-strikers on tour.

Here is how his tee-to-green numbers stack up over the past three seasons on the PGA Tour:

Those stats prove how remarkably consistent Conners is, although he has dropped off somewhat with his irons this season.

However, there is no doubt that Conners is a premier ball-striker, and he will be really disappointed that he’s not up there challenging for the US Open heading into the final round on Sunday.