Here’s that Jordan Smith hole-out. Fair to say he was a little surprised...

A nice 1st hole for Sergio Garcia as he takes advantage of the par five to sink a long putt for birdie. Immediately moves from +2 to +1.

Jordan Smith is also enjoying himself out there, he birdied the 3rd and has just holed out from the fairway at the 5th for an eagle! Shades of Scottie Scheffler at 17 last night. Englishman Smith has jumped up to +2 as he’s three-under for his round.

A reminder of today’s tee times:

Times are PDT/EST/BST (UK)

• 8.23am/11.23am/4.23pm - Ryo Ishikawa
• 8.34am/11.34am/4.34pm - Patrick Reed, Jacob Solomon
• 8.45am/11.45am/4.45pm - Adam Svensson, Maxwell Modovan (a)
• 8.56am/11.56am/4.56pm - Ben Carr (a), David Puig
• 9.07am/12.07pm/5.07pm - Romain Langasque, Aldrich Potgieter (a)
• 9.18am/12.18pm/5.18pm - Abraham Ancer, Adam Hadwin
• 9.29am/12.29pm/5.29pm - Ryan Gerard, Mackenzie Hughes
• 9.40am/12.40pm/5.40pm - Yuto Katsuragawa, Gordon Sargent (a)
• 9.51am/12.51pm/5.51pm - Jordan Smith, Sam Bennett
• 10.07am/1.07pm/6.07pm - Nick Hardy, Sebastian Munoz
• 10.18am/1.18pm/6.18pm - Charley Hoffman, Sahith Theegala
• 10.29am/1.29pm/6.29pm - Andrew Putnam, Austin Eckroat
• 10.40am/1.40pm/6.40pm - Kevin Streelman, Sergio Garcia
• 10.51am/1.51pm/6.51pm - Sam Stevens, Tommy Fleetwood
• 11.02am/2.02pm/7.02pm - Jon Rahm, Dylan Wu
• 11.13am/2.13pm/7.13pm - Gary Woodland, Denny McCarthy
• 11.24am/2.25pm/7.25pm - Billy Horschel, Patrick Rodgers
• 11.35am/2.35pm/7.35pm - Ryan Fox, Brian Harman
• 11.51am/2.51pm/7.51pm - Justin Suh, Eric Cole
• 12.02pm/3.02pm/8.02pm - Sam Burns, Keith Mitchell
• 12.13pm/3.13pm/8.13pm - Si Woo Kim, Joaquin Niemann
• 12.24pm/3.24pm/8.24pm - Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton
• 12.35pm/3.35pm/8.35pm - Cameron Young, Russell Henley
• 12.46pm/3.46pm/8.46pm - Shane Lowry, Tony Finau
• 12.57pm/3.57pm/8.57pm - Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 1.08pm/4.08pm/9.08pm - Padraig Harrington, Patrick Cantlay
• 1.19pm/4.19pm/9.19pm - Min Woo Lee, Viktor Hovland
• 1.35pm/4.35pm/9.35pm - Hideki Matsuyama, Cameron Smith
• 1.46pm/4.36pm/9.46pm - Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
• 1.57pm/4.57pm/9.57pm - Ryutaro Nagano, Xander Schauffele
• 2.08pm/5.08pm/10.08pm - Dustin Johnson, Harris English
• 2.19pm/5.19pm/10.19pm - Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy
• 2.30pm/5.30pm/10.30pm - Rickie Fowler, Wyndham Clark

Sam Bennett is having some fun out there. The American is one of the shortest hitters on the PGA Tour but his accuracy both from the tee and with his approach shots is phenomenal:

Here’s Rickie Fowler talking yesterday about his swing thought on the course.

So far there are 15 players out on the course and only one – Ryo Ishikawa – is under par for the day. It will be fascinating to see how the leaders cope with the toughest pin positions of the week when they get out there later.

Clark was not impressed with the timings yesterday, which saw him finish in poor light.

Wyndham Clark has criticised NBC’s decision to put Saturday’s third round in a late broadcast window that forced the final competitors to finish their rounds around sunset. Visibility at Los Angeles Country Club was poor for the final hour of play, and Clark wasn’t thrilled to finish the biggest round of his life in suboptimal conditions.

“Personally, I don’t quite understand it,” Clark said. “I know we’re (on the) West Coast and whatnot, and I know they probably have the say, but I would like to think that they would step in and be like, ‘Hey, we want to make sure it’s in the light and we have time.’ Definitely Rickie (Fowler) and I had a little bit of a disadvantage on those last two holes playing in the dark.”

Clark and Fowler were the final pairing of the third round, and the broadcast network raised eyebrows Friday night when it was announced they wouldn’t even tee off until 3:40 p.m. in California. Clark finished his 69 on Saturday with a 6-foot birdie putt right around sunset, which happened at 8:07 p.m. Pacific time.

The biggest moment of Clark’s golfing life was made more challenging by the late hour and the resulting poor visibility, but he persevered.

“I wanted to be in the final group,” Clark said. “Every shot matters out here. And on top of it, we couldn’t see. So just the fact making it when we were kind of just feeling it and didn’t really have the clearest of reads, yeah, there’s a lot of emotion. It’s a U.S. Open, and I wanted to be in that final group.”

NBC presumably started the leaders uncommonly late to put nearly all of their rounds in prime time on the East Coast.

All but one of the last six U.S. Opens on the West Coast had a Saturday television window that ended at 10 p.m. EDT. The leaders in Los Angeles didn’t wrap up until after 11 p.m. on the East Coast. At least the final round will be a bit more reasonable for the leaders: Fowler and Clark will tee off at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time in the final pairing Sunday, which means they should finish their 18 holes well before sundown.

But if a two-hole playoff is necessary, the failing light could become a problem yet again.

Wyndham Clark is the surprise package up there at the top of the leaderboard in what is only his seventh major. The 29-year-old from Denver, Colorado won at Wells Fargo earlier this year and his game seems to be in a very good place.

Here he talks about his calm demeanour on the course:

Ryo Ishikawa, playing on his own, pars the par-five first hole. Americans Patrick Reed and Jacob Solomon are away too.

Final round coverage is scheduled to start at 5.30pm on Sky Sports Golf, with extensive coverage of each day’s play. Subscribers can also stream the action via the Sky Go app.