By IANS
Oakmont (US) : India's Jeev Milkha Singh carded a three-over 73 and jumped to the tied 35th place at the end of the third round of 107th US Open here.
Australian Aaron Baddeley (70) at two-over is the leader and is followed by Tiger Woods (69) who is also two four-over and into the leader-group for the final day.
Jeev's total at the Oakmont Golf and Country Club Saturday stands at 13-over 223 and behind him are some of the top golfers like defending champion Geoff Ogilvy (40th at 14-over), Zach Johnson (50th at 16-over), Michael Campbell (45th at 13-over) and Jose Maria Olazabal (50th at 16 over).
The Indian was tied 35th by Ernie Els and Fred Funk and he will play the final round with John Rollins.
Jeev bogeyed the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, 16th and 18th holes but birdies on the 10th, 12th and 17th holes saw him strike back in the second stretch.
He did not have a great start to his third round and the cruel course threatened to get the better of Jeev, who kept hunting for an elusive birdie but managed to drop four bogeys in his front nine.
But on the back nine, he found some luck as he birdied the 10th and 12th and was suddenly looking good in a field that was dropping shots all over. Then came a bogey on the par-three 16th, where his tee shot landed just below the shelf of the large green. It took him three putts and that bogey set him back.