The 2017 US Senior Open continues on Saturday (July 1) with the third round from Salem Country Club just outside of Boston, Mass. The third round begins right at 7 a.m. Eastern time, with players teeing off two tees on the third-time tournament host.
Gene Sauers is defending champion in a field headlines by Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer and Miguel Angel Jimenez, all vying for the $720,000 third-place prize from the $4 million prize pool.
We've got all the info you need to know to get ready for the 2017 US Senior Open third round, including the leaderboard featured groups and tee times, TV times and how you can watch online, as well third-round pin placements.
US Senior Open leaderboard
The 2017 US Senior Open leaderboard is headed by Kirk Triplett and Kenny Perry, who share the lead at 11-under 129 through two rounds. Doug Garwood is two strokes behind and alone in third place, while Scott Verplank and Bernhard Langer share fourth place. (The USGA has the live leaderboard.)
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | TOTAL |
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| T1 | Kirk Triplett | -11 | 62 | 67 | 129 |
| T1 | Kenny Perry | -11 | 65 | 64 | 129 |
| 3 | Doug Garwood | -9 | 64 | 67 | 131 |
| T4 | Scott Verplank | -8 | 66 | 66 | 132 |
| T4 | Bernhard Langer | -8 | 67 | 65 | 132 |
| T6 | Joe Durant | -7 | 66 | 67 | 133 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | -7 | 68 | 65 | 133 |
| T6 | Tom Lehman | -7 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
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| T6 | Paul Goydos | -7 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T10 | Jerry Smith | -6 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T10 | Paul Broadhurst | -6 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T13 | Jeff Sluman | -4 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T13 | Stephen Ames | -4 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T13 | Glen Day | -4 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T13 | Olin Browne | -4 | 63 | 73 | 136 |
| T13 | Jeff Maggert | -4 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
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| T13 | David Frost | -4 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
Tee times and featured groups
A weekend field of 61 players teed off in twosomes on Saturday at Salem Country Club, with the 2017 US Senior Open Saturday tee times running from 8:35 a.m. Eastern time through the final group at 1:50 p.m. Here are some marquee groups throughout the day.
- 1:29 p.m. -- Tom Lehman, Bernhard Langer
- 1:39 p.m. -- Scott Verplank, Doug Garwood
- 1:50 p.m. -- Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett
Pin placements
The USGA releases the third-round pin sheet with the pin placements (or as they say officially, hole locations) just before play gets going in the morning.
TV times and how to watch online
The US Senior Open airs on TV on Saturday on Fox, with coverage going from 1-6 p.m. Eastern.
On the Fox Sports Go app and on usga.org, streaming coverage beings at 1 p.m. Eastern. On the USGA website, two channels of streaming coverage begin at 1 p.m.
