The closest Sam Burns has come to a major championship is sharing a house with a close friend who already has three of them. He has been inspired by Scottie Scheffler the last few years. The next step is to join him as a major champion.

America's Sam Burns maintained his slender overnight lead but the field closed in after a terrific finish to the third round at the US Open.

Burns led all players in Round 3 in strokes gained approach, picking up nearly 3.8 shots on the field in that metric alone.