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The Englishman kept himself in the hunt by shooting a three-over-par 73 on the third day to move to five over, three shots behind leader Aaron Baddeley.

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No nerves: Justin Rose is only three shots down going into the final round

Rose has played well in the final round of a US Open before, shooting a closing 69 in 2003 to finish in a tie for fifth.

A 69 might be all it takes to win at Oakmont later today and whatever it takes, Rose will shoot for it.

"Just two guys ahead of me so at the end of the day, I'm in a good position," Rose said.

"Fortunately I can go out there and just chase it.

"Obviously I have nothing to lose from that position, and I'll certainly be enjoying my chances tomorrow and hopefully put in a good performance."

Putting in a good performance has not been a problem for Rose this week, but finding consistency has proved more troublesome.

He carded five birdies in the first round but they were offset by four bogeys and a double bogey.

On Friday he was three over after five holes but played the final 13 in two under without a bogey, and in the third round he was six over after back-to-back bogeys at nine and 10 but played the next seven holes in two under before bogeying 18.

Rose's back-nine birdies came on 13 and 14. He dropped an 18-footer on the par-three 13th and converted from 15 feet at 14.

Despite his closing bogey, Rose was inspired by his performance on the greens down the stretch.

"I feel there are birdies on this course," Rose said. "But at the same time, if you miss a tee shot, you are looking at bogey.

"But I made some putts coming down the stretch this afternoon and that excites me for tomorrow.

"I felt like I haven't been rolling my putter well all week and I was excited about what I felt."

What Rose will feel later on will depend on if he can keep putting well while keeping bogeys off his scorecard.

He will also have to focus on taming Oakmont and not catching Tiger Woods, who trails Baddeley by two shots but has to be considered a favourite to win his third US Open title.

"This golf course is a big enough challenge without factoring anybody else into the equation," Rose said.

"You have to go out and break the course down."