After two days of receptive greens and favorable fairways, the USGA decided to crank it up a few notches. Selecting tougher hole locations Saturday when the course continued to dry out, Pinehurst looked like a baked-out British Open for the third round.
It became obvious early when Phil Mickelson couldn't hold the fifth green with a wedge.
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