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US Open 2nd Round: Aberg takes the lead | 02:59Ludvig Aberg, trying to become the first US Open debut winner since 1913, teed off with a one-stroke lead in Saturday’s third round at Pinehurst, where top-ranked Scottie Scheffler was 11 strokes adrift.

Only 12 players were under par for the tournament as the perils of Pinehurst took a toll, with its dome-shaped elevated greens and dirt and weeds waste areas. Scheffler, who made the cut on the number at five-over 145, missed a nine-foot par putt to bogey the par-3 15th and parred in from there. “Golf is a mental torture chamber at times, especially the US Open,” said Scheffler, who refused to call the course borderline unfair.The US Open winner takes $4.3 million and the runner-up a hefty $2.32 million from a record $21.5 million purse.

Aberg is the first debut player since Taiwan’s Chen Tze-chung in 1985 to lead the US Open after 36 holes.

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