Golf-Reality check ends fairytale Bland run at U.S. Open

[ASFN Admin]

Halfway U.S. Open co-leader Richard Bland received a sobering reality check when he plunged out of contention with a six-over-par 77 in the third round at Torrey Pines on Saturday. But he struggled as the course firmed up in the afternoon sunshine, dropping five more shots and finishing ignominiously by hitting a ball into the pond known as Devlin's Billabong - named after Australian Bruce Devlin - in front of the 18th green.

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