U.S. Open: Graeme McDowell, Jim Furyk seek to close out possible second U.S. Open title SAN FRANCISCO - Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk have spent plenty of time together at thisU.S. Open, paired for the first two rounds and complimenting each other on their grind-it-out style of play. They're together again in today's final pairing at the Olympic Club - both with a chance to join the ranks of two-time Open champions, though they'll have to hold off not only each other but a bunched chase pack with some prominent names. "I saw thatErnie [Els] played a good round and Freddy Jacobson played a good round," Furyk said. I kind of looked up at the numbers to see where everyone stood, but I don't know [which] names go with them. Throw in Lee Westwood, who owns seven top-3 finishes in majors but still seeking his first victory. And Jason Dufner, runner-up at last year's PGA Championship who has won twice in his past six starts. And Webb Simpson, largely off the radar after last year's breakout season but whose Saturday 68 made him a contender. In all, 11 players lurk within four shots of the 1-under par pace set Furyk and McDowell. Nor is anyone counting out Tiger Woods, five shots back after a dismal Saturday that belied his stellar ball-striking from the first two days. "It's fairly crowded," said McDowell, who won the 2010 Open just down the coast at Pebble Beach. I think someone will go and shoot 69 or 70 [Sunday] and get the job done. Would I take level par and sit in the clubhouse? Maybe I would, but we'll go and give it a go anyway. I'm sure Tiger believes he has a chance, as do other players, but I don't think you can look much further back. McDowell and Furyk will tee off at 6:10 p.m. EDT, starting their day two shots ahead of their nearest pursuers. Jacobson is alone in third, with Westwood and Els part of a group that will start three shots back. It's a little different than previous Opens at Olympic, where Sundays came down to two men - and the popular choice finished second. McDowell and Furyk don't have the star power that was associated with Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Payne Stewart. But both have pedigree as former Open champions - Furyk captured the 2003 edition at Olympia Fields outside Chicago. Both also excel at the workmanlike, never-give-in approach demanded by most Opens. McDowell won at Pebble Beach by holding steadiest on a tough Sunday as other contenders were tripping around him. Furyk is the only man this week to shoot par or better in all three rounds - two 70s sandwiched around a 69. On a golf course like this, you have to go from spot to spot. It doesn't have to be fancy; it has to work," Furyk said. I think we have styles of games where we put the ball into play, we put the ball on the green and take our chance at the putt and then move on.