Jeev jumps to tied 35th at US Open

Jeev8217;s three-day total at the Oakmont Golf and Country Club stands at 13-over 223 and he is ahead of the likes of defending champion Geoff Ogilvy 40th at 14-over, Masters champion Zach Johnson 50th at 16-over and also Major winners, Michael Campbell 45th at 13-over and Jose Maria Olazabal 50th at 16 over. Jeev was joined at the 35th place by Ernie Els 74 and Fred Funk 74. In the final round, Jeev plays with John Rollins 74.

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, groping for that elusive birdie and managed only to drop four bogeys in his front nine.

But it turned out to be a different Jeev on the back nine. 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. But he quickly made up by knocking in a third successive birdie on the short par-four 17th.