By Will Pearson, europeantour.com
at Pinehurst
After a mesmerising Moving Day, europeantour.com looks at the best numbers from day three of the US Open Championship at Pinehurst Resort...
5- Shot lead for Martin Kaymer with 18 holes to play after the German shot 72 in the third round at Pinehurst
8- Kaymer's best finish previously at the US Open (2010)
3- Shots The Ryder Cup star's third day total fell short of the all-time US Open 54-hole record (Rory McIlroy - 2011)
35- Fairways he has found from the tee out of 42 this week along with 36/54 Greens in Regulation and 84 putts
7- Out of the last 10 US Opens have been won by international players
3- Major Championships - up until this week - won by Germans (Bernhard Langer - Masters (1985, 1993), Kaymer - US PGA (2010))
6- Players to have completed wire-to-wire victories at the US Open previously
49- Number of times the third round leader has gone on to win at the US Open
2- Out of the last 9 US Opens have been won by the 54-hole leader (Tiger Woods - 2008, Rory McIlroy (2011)
7- The number of shots in the biggest final-round comeback in championship history (Arnold Palmer - 1960)
24- Number of putts from Rickie Fowler in his joint best-of-the-day 67
2- Amount of players to break par on a hugely challenging day in North Carolina (Fowler and Compton - both 67)
6- Players left under par for the championship after a brutal Moving (In The Wrong Direction) Day
1- Former US Open champion in the top 10 with Sunday to come (Justin Rose - T10)
5- Nationalities in the top ten (1 German, 9 Americans, 1 Swede, 1 Englishman, 1 Zimbabwean)
9- European Tour members in the top 20
2- The hardest hole on the course on Saturday, averaging 4.67 and yielding just one birdie all day (Boo Weekley)
5- The easiest hole on the course on Saturday, averaging 4.43 and giving up 8 eagles and 29 birdies)
73.821- The average score for day 3 after a brutal day at Pinehurst
