OAKMONT: With Oakmont's punishing greens relenting a bit, Jeev Milkha Singh rode a solid back nine to card three-over 73 and jump to tied 35th place after the penultimate round of the 107th US Open.

The Indian, in fact, was within half a roll of a final hole par that would have seen him another five places up on the leaderboard, which is headed by Australian Aaron Baddeley (70) at two-over. Baddeley is followed by Tiger Woods (69) who displayed brilliant ball striking, finding 17 of the 18 fairways as he moved to four-over and into the leader-group for the final day.

Jeev's three-day total at the Oakmont Golf and Country Club stands at 13-over 223 and he is ahead of the likes of defending champion Geoff Ogilvy (40th at 14-over), Masters champion Zach Johnson (50th at 16-over) and also Major winners, Michael Campbell (45th at 13-over) and Jose Maria Olazabal (50th at 16 over).

Jeev was joined at the 35th place by Ernie Els (74) and Fred Funk (74). In the final round, Jeev plays with John Rollins (74). Jeev bogeyed the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, 16th and 18th holes but birdies on the 10th, 12th and 17th holes saw him strike back in the second stretch.

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