Shane Lowry enjoys two-shot lead in U.S. Open

OAKMONT, Pa. -- Shane Lowry of Ireland held a two-shot lead over Andrew Landry at 5-under when third-round play was suspended because of darkness Saturday night in the 116th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.

Lowry was 3-under through 13 holes when play was halted at 8:49 p.m., meaning round three will resume at 7 a.m. on Sunday before final-round play in the afternoon.

Lee Westwood of England, Sergio Garcia of Spain and Dustin Johnson were tied for third, three shots off the lead. Westwood made it through 15 holes at 1-under for the day. Garcia was even through 13 and Johnson was 2-over after 12.

Lowry sprinkled five birdies in during his incomplete round and had two bogeys.

Landry, playing in his first major, was the 18-hole leader after an opening 66 before falling out of first after a 71 in Saturday morning's delayed second round.

The 28-year-old rookie birdied No. 7 to retake the lead in the third round, but gave it back with a bogey two holes later. He was even through 13 holes before play was stopped.

Top-ranked Jason Day and second-ranked Jordan Spieth were two of the 33 players who finished round three, with 33 more set to finish Sunday.

Day took advantage of moving day, jumping from a tie for 45th to a tie for eighth with Bryson DeChambeau, Daniel Summerhays and Zach Johnson after shooting a 66. Day is six shots off the lead.

Spieth is tied for 29th and trails Lowry by nine shots after shooting an even-par 70 on Saturday despite opening with three birdies on his first four holes. His second nine included a double bogey and bogey before finishing with a birdie and five consecutive pars.

Branden Grace of South Africa also surged into contention, tying Day for the best performance of the round with a 66. He is in sole sixth, four shots behind Lowry.

NOTES: The 54-hole leader at the U.S. Open has won the championship 51 times, including in 2015 when Jordan Spieth claimed a one-shot victory at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. ... Jason Day of Australia and Zach Johnson were the only players in the top 13 of the leaderboard entering Sunday who had won a major. Day won last year's 2015 PGA Championship while Johnson won the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. ... Top-ranked amateur Jon Rahm of Spain was 7-over and 12 shots off the lead when play was suspended Saturday. Rahm was the only amateur who made the cut for the weekend.