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SPORTS 4B THE OKLAHOMAN NEWS0K.COM SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 U.S. OPEN AT CHAMBERS BAY Spieth hanging on as Open cranks up pressure SATURDAY'S RESULTS U.S. OPEN At Chambers Bay Purse: $10 million LOCALS IN THE U.S. OPEN Morgan Hoffmann (OSU): 71, 74, 74 (9) Jimmy Walker (OKC native): 72, 73, 72 (7) Robert Streb (Edmond North): 74, 70, 73 (7) Brad Elder (Tulsa native): 76, 68, 76 (10) Brandt -211 Jamie FINAL ROUND TEE TIMES TEE NO. 1 10:17 a.m.: D.A.

Points, Zach Johnson 10:28 a.m.: Andy Pope, Nick Hardy a.m.: Braa ti Lee Westwood, Sam Saunders Marc Kevin Na Paul Casey Sergio Garcia Jimmy Gunn a-Denny McCarthy Daniel Webb Simpson John Parry Keegan Bradley Brad Fritsch Tommy Fleetwood 11:23 a.m.: Mark Silvers, Ernie Els 11:34 a.m.: Brian Campbell, Thomas Aiken 11:45 a.m.: Cameron Tringale, Luke Donald 11:56 a.m.: Ryan Palmer, Billy Horschel 12:07 p.m.: Robert Streb, Kevin Chappell 12:18 p.m.: Jim Furyk, George Coetzee 12:40 p.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Colin Montgomerie 12:51 p.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Beau Hossler 1:02 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Brad Fritsch 1:13 p.m.: Webb Simpson, John Parry 1:24 p.m.: Denny McCarthy, D. Summerhays 1:36 p.m.: Jimmy Gunn, Sergio Garcia 1:48 p.m.: Paul Casey, Jack Maguire 2 p.m.: Ollie Schniederjans, Justin Rose 2:12 p.m.: Marc Warren, Kevin Na 2:24 p.m.: John Senden, Rory Mcllroy 2:36 p.m.: Brooks Koepka, Ian Poulter 2:48 p.m.: Jason Dufner, Jamie Lovemark 3:00 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Adam Scott 3:12 p.m.: Francesco Molinari, Charlie Beljan -74 3:24 p.m.: Alexander Levy, Kevin Kis 12 p.m.: Andres 4:24 p.m.: Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes mith UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. One day after he collapsed from a bout of vertigo, Jason Day was standing taller than ever Saturday in the U.S. Open.

When the medication began to wear off and the vertigo returned, Day fought his way to the finish with a 31 on the back nine for a 2-under 68. He wound up in a four-way tie for the lead with Masters champion Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace of South Africa. Day felt nauseous over the final hour. He had to steady himself to stick a tee in the ground and pluck a ball out of the cup. And he considered quitting three times.

Good thing he didn't. The 27-year-old Australian is playing in the final group of a major for the first time. "That was the greatest round I've ever watched," said Colin Swatton, his caddie and longtime coach who whispered words of encouragement along the hilly terrain of Chambers Bay. "I said, 'You've got the heart of a lion. You get to show the world today you get to be the greatest you can be and look, let's do And he just put his head down and kept walking, one foot in front of the other.

It was pretty impressive." Day steadied himself with a performance that brought to mind Ken Venturi winning the U.S. Open at Congressional in 1964 with a 36 -hole final while suffering from heat exhaustion and severe dehydration, and Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in 2008 with a shattered left leg. Day still has one day to go and a course that is getting faster and scarier by the day. And he has plenty of company.

Spieth, trying to become only the fourth player since i960 to win the first two legs of the Grand Slam, squandered three birdie chances late in his round and had to settle for a 71. 7 18 7i Jordan Spieth waves after completing Saturday's third round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash, cap photo: shot lead early on the back nine, only to give it back with a double bogey on the 13th hole with a poor second shot into the bunker. His tee shot on the 372-yard 16th hole landed near the front of the green, but three putts from the back forced him to settle for par. He also was in prime position in the fairway on the par -5 18th only to find a bunker.

Louis Oosthuizen, meanwhile, set himself up for a shot at U.S. Open his -tory. No one since World War II has ever shot 77 in the first round of the U.S. Open and gone on to win. Oosthuizen was part of that horror show with Tiger Woods (80) and Rickie Fowler (81) in the opening round.

He figured he would be watching the weekend at his home in Florida. Instead, he shot 66 to make the cut. And then the South African shot another 66 on Saturday and was at 1 -under 209. Spieth, Johnson and Grace each had the lead at one point on the front nine. Spieth holed a pair of 35 -foot birdie putts early and stretched his lead to three shots until he gave them back with a pair of three-putts, slapping his knee at the mistakes.

He held on with some key pars, rolled in a birdie at the 15th to get back into a share of the lead, and then wasted three great opportunities three putts from just off the 16th green for a par, a missed 1 0 foot birdie on the 17th and a 12 -foot birdie putt that missed on the final hole. "Just need to limit the mistakes tomorrow," he said. Johnson built a two- Johnson twice smashed driver that set him up for birdies down the stretch, and he couldn't convert in his round of 70. Grace overcame a rough patch in the middle of his round three bogeys in five holes and shot a 70. Day wasn't sure he would even play in the third round.

He collapsed to the ground Friday in a frightening moment. He managed to get up with help, stagger into a bunker to play his next shot and made bogey to finish three shots out of the lead. And then he delivered one of his best rounds considering the situation. Day chose not to speak to the media out of sheer exhaustion. He offered a few comments to a USGA official, and then headed to his motor home to lie down.

"I didn't feel that great coming out early," said Day, who dropped two shots in his opening four holes to fall as many as seven shots behind at one point. "I felt pretty groggy on the front nine just from the drugs that I had in my system, then kind of flushed that out on the back nine. The vertigo came back a little bit on the 13th tee box, and then felt nauseous all day. I started shaking on 16 tee box and then just tried to get it in, really. Just wanted to get it in." He said it was worse than the vertigo he suffered last year at Firestone that caused him to withdraw.

This time, he kept playing. "I think the goal was just to go through today and see how it goes," he said. For everyone else, it was a matter of hanging on. Barry: Many prominent state sports figures pay respects ber of influential Oklahoma sports figures who responded to news of his death Saturday evening. David Boren, Joe Casti-glione, Bob Stoops, Mike Gundy and Clay Bennett all released statements.

But perhaps Barry's greatest attribute which anyone who knew him, watched him or listened to him undoubtedly knows -was the unbridled joy with which he approached covering sports. "As many years as he was in the job, he was always enthusiastic about it," Fontenot said. "He was always a young guy in a little bit older body. He always stayed that same young guy and embraced life." affiliate in 1982. Even after Bob Barry death in November 2011, his son kept the "junior." "What I loved about him was his relationship with his dad, the way he and his dad treated each other at work," Iven said.

"His dad would come in, and Bobby would go over and give his dad a kiss on the cheek. "Theirs was what every father -son relationship should be like." It's funny, though, because the two were very different in many ways. While the father was a more by-the -book sort of broadcaster, the son was much more comfortable on the fly. Damon Fontenot, who worked with Bob Barry Jr. for five years at KFOR, called him "the best ad-libber you'd ever see." "Some guys were really, really prepared," Fontenot remembered.

"Bobby would roll in 20 minutes til, write his script or sometimes not have his script and it would look the same. "He was just so comfortable on camera. It was mind-boggling." Bob Barry Jr. was the son of a legend, but made a name for himself in his own right. He hosted events like the Jim Thorpe Award banquet and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame events, and local high schools were thrilled when he showed up at KFOR sports reporter Dylan Buckingham, fighting back tears, delivered a one -minute sports segment in which he called Barry a "father figure" but in which he also gave celebration highlights of the Washington Nationals' Max Scher-zer no -hitter Saturday, saying Barry would have demanded it.

Cavanaugh and Ogle -whose father, Jack, was a long-time Channel 4 and college football broadcast partner of Bob Barry Sr. -ended the newscast with another 54 -second tribute to Barry whose spot in the four -chair set was left empty. Barry's reach was evidenced by the num their field on Friday nights in "Chopper 4." "Junior was great on television, but he was even better live," said Okla-homan sports columnist Berry Tramel. "He always was a home run when hosting events. He knew his stuff; he knew Oklahoma sports.

And he knew people. And he liked people." Emotional Channel 4 news anchors Linda Cava-naugh and Kevin Ogle, who along with meteorologist Mike Morgan teamed with Barry for 20 years as hosts of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. KFOR newscasts, hosted a 10 V2 -minute tribute to Barry that led off the 10 p.m. newscast Saturday night.

FROM PAGE IB replaced his father as KFOR's sports director in 1997 and worked at the station more than 30 years. He also hosted a morning talk radio show Monday through Friday on The Sports Animal radio network. "I'm just devastated by this," said Sports Animal afternoon host Al Eschbach. "He was an absolutely wonderful person." Barry graduated from Norman High School and OU. He actually has a different middle name than his legendary father, but added "junior" to his name when he started work at Oklahoma City's NBC family or any of his friends without saying, 'I love That's hard for some people to say even to their family, but Bobby did that with friends every time." Sports Animal radio host and former KOCO sports director Mark Rodgers "If you wanted somebody to tell you a story, you'd pick one of those guys.

I think they had different paths. Senior loved the game action, and I think BBJ loved the talk show and talking to people, so they were different in that sense, but they were the same person in that they were both great storytellers. OU football coach Bob Stoops: "I am extremely saddened to hear of Bob's passing, and I know everyone connected with our program shares those sentiments. He was a one of the most respected and recognized sportscasters in our state, and a beloved friend to many. Our work will never be the same without him.

We send our most heartfelt condolences to his family." COMPILED BY JASON KERSEY Longtime Oklahoma City sportscaster Bob Barry Jr. died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash. Here's a look at what several of his friends and prominent Oklahoma sports figures said about Barry: Oklahoma City Thunder chairman Clay Bennett: "The Thunder is saddened to hear of the death of Bob Barry Jr. For decades Bob covered sports with integrity, dedication and passion. We send our thoughts and prayers to the Barry family, his TV and radio colleagues, and all who knew and loved him.

Oklahoma sports broadcasting has lost one of its finest." OU President David Boren: "The entire OU family was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Bob Barry Jr. He was a great supporter of the University and had a special place in the hearts of all Sooners." OU athletic director Joe Castiglione: "The OU Athletics family is stunned and incredibly saddened by the death of Bob Barry Jr. Bob was an energetic, dedicated and respected sportscaster, but he will probably be remembered by most for his great personality, strong love of people and the fact he was an Oklahoman. The Barrys are one of the all-time great family stories when it comes to sports in our state, and OU has enjoyed a close connection with them for more than half a century. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bob's wife Gina and his entire family." Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy: "Growing up in Midwest City, I've known Bob Barry for the last 30 years and it saddens me greatly to hear of his passing.

Not only was he outstanding at his profession, but he was a genuinely caring man whose demeanor and personality had a positive impact on everyone around him. BBJ was an institution in our state and he will be sorely missed." OSSAA media relations director Van Shea Iven, who worked with Barry at KFOR for 17 years: "He was a best friend, he was a brother, he was a father to me. Bobby didn't end a conversation with anyone in his.