Shinnecock Hills responded with a vengeance on Saturday in the third round of the 2018 U.S. Open. Dustin Johnson had pushed the lead all the way to 4-under par heading into the weekend, but as we head into Sunday's final round, he's in a four-way tie atop the leaderboard after going 7 over. The cut was at 8-over par, but after a day where the average score was between 75-76, 8-over par is now good enough for T-16 on the leaderboard. Click here for live Round 4 leaderboard coverage of the U.S. Open. This course was a fickle beast all day with many golfers criticizing the way it is playing even compared to a difficult first two rounds. If you're Phil Mickelson, you know this all too well. Mickelson hit a ball while it was still moving on Saturday, and while he was assessed a penalty, he was not disqualified. Daniel Berger and Tony Finau were among the players to take advantage of more favorable conditions in the morning, each carding a 66 on the way to massive jump up the leaderboard. They were two of only three players to be under par for the day, along with Kiradech Aphibarnrat after a 68 moved him up into the top 10. So now we're set with former champions Johnson and Brooks Koepka, along with Berger and Finau going for it all on Sunday at the U.S. Open. At the risk of distracting from the mayhem created by Mickelson and his 81 earlier in the day, I'd say this is exactly what the USGA wanted to see heading into the final round. Click here for live Round 4 leaderboard coverage of the U.S. Open. Here's how the leaderboard looks heading into Sunday: T1. Dustin Johnson (+3): Early in the round, Johnson lost his touch on the greens here at Shinnecock Hills. But as the conditions worsened for scoring, D.J. was able to keep the train from going totally off the rails and enters the final round sharing the lead. There were a lot of missed putts during his 77, and he will be paired with Koepka, but they won't be in the final pairing. T1. Brooks Koepka (+3): Don't let Koepka's three-bogey finish on the final six holes create recency bias that makes you think he's off his game head into Sunday. On a tough day, Koepka did what he could to keep things in line to remain in contention to win in the final round. T1. Tony Finau (+3): After bogeys on No. 2 and No. 3, Finau turned around his entire U.S. Open experience with birdies on No. 4 and No. 5 and a 31 on the back nine. There was no way to know when he finished that 3-over would be so close to the lead, but it's put him in a position to make a run at his first major championship. T1. Daniel Berger (+3): With a couple birdies early in the round, Berger made himself one of the early known names on Saturday. Avoiding the big number and grinding out pars allowed him to stay steady with and finish with a 66 on the day. 5. Justin Rose (+4): Facing a birdie putt to tie for the lead on the 18th green, Rose fell victim to one of a handful of notorious pin placements. His birdie miss took off on the other side of the cup, leaving him a long par putt and a tap-in bogey to finish the day with a 73. That two-shot swing showcased the razor-thin margin for error the leaders battled all day. 6. Henrik Stenson (+5): After nine holes it looked like Stenson was in position to take this major championship by storm, but five bogeys on the final nine changed his position heading into Sunday. T7. Jim Furyk, Patrick Reed, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (+6): Aphibarnrat, like Finau and Berger, went low early and now has the challenge of repeating the feat with what we assume will be much tougher conditions on Sunday afternoon. Furyk and Reed have been steady enough to outlast most of the field, but need to go low for the first time this week in order to win it all. Miss anything? CBS Sports kept you up to date all Saturday with the latest scores, analysis and highlights from the 118th U.S. Open. If you are unable to view the updates below, please click here. Thanks for stopping by.<doc-sep>Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Brooks Koepka proved he could stand up to the pressure of competing in the U.S. Open in 2017 and win that event. He proved he was good enough to do it again in 2018, as he survived the brutal test that was Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, and won his second consecutive U.S. Open. The 28-year-old Koepka shot a two-under-par 68 and finished the tournament with a one-over 281, as he got the best of playing partner Dustin Johnson, Tommy Fleetwood and Tony Finau. Koepka became the first back-to-back U.S. Open champion, matching Curtis Strange (1988-89), the last man to do it. The other golfers who earned consecutive U.S. Open titles include Willie Anderson (1903-05), John McDermott (1911-12), Bobby Jones (1929-30), Ralph Guldahl (1937-38) and Ben Hogan (1950-51). Koepka said his determination never waned, even when he was down by seven strokes midway through the second round. "I just kept grinding and I always felt I had a chance," Koepka said when he was interviewed after receiving the Jack Nicklaus medal and the championship trophy during the Fox broadcast. "I was hitting the ball well and I was putting the ball well, but I just had to keep going. Once I made a few birdies, I knew I had a chance to get back in it and show what I could do." Not only did Koepka earn the hardware that goes to the winner, he earned a huge payday. The U.S. Open offers a $12 million payout in prize money, and Koepka earned the winner's share of $2.16 million. Video Play Button Videos you might like Here's how the payoffs break down for the top 10 golfers in the U.S. Open. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Top-10 Payout Breakdown (ties included, per ESPN.com) 1. Brooks Koepka, $2,160,000 2. Tommy Fleetwood, $1,296,000 3. Dustin Johnson, $812,927 4. Patrick Reed, $569,884 5. Tony Finau, $474,659 6. Xander Schauffele, $361,923 6. Tyrrell Hatton, $361,923 6. Henrik Stenson, $361,923 6. Daniel Berger, $361,923 10. Webb Simpson, $270,151 10. Justin Rose, $270,151 Here's a look at the final leaderboard, per PGATour.com. Koepka and Johnson both hit the ball quite well from tee to green for the majority of Sunday's round, but the difference in the final round was that Koepka made a slew of important putts down the stretch, while Johnson missed quite a few putts that he made with regularity in the first two rounds when he built a four-stroke lead. Koepka gained 4.08 strokes per round over the final 36 holes with his putting, while Johnson had a minus-6.44 strokes gained over the same time frame, per Golf Channel analyst Justin Ray. Koepka had to hold off Fleetwood, who started much earlier in the day and shot a U.S. Open-record-tying 63. He had a sensational final round, and he reached the seven-under mark after his birdie on the 15th hole. He had legitimate birdie opportunities on the final three holes, but he was unable to drop any of those putts. "I was really happy with the way I played," Fleetwood explained during his post-round interview on Fox. "I am happy to have shot 63, but I really wanted a 62. That would make me feel a lot better." If Fleetwood had made his six-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, he would have shot a 62, and the additional pressure might have earned him a victory or at least a tie. Fleetwood's 63 came 45 years after Johnny Miller shot 63 in the final round to win the 1973 U.S. Open. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press Reed got off to a hot start and put pressure on Koepka during the front nine. The Masters champion birdied five of the first seven holes and moved into a temporary tie for the lead. When it looked like Reed would stay with Koepka, he bogeyed the ninth, 11th and 12th holes, and that gave Koepka some breathing room. Koepka put his power on display throughout all four rounds. However, it was his poise and ability to make clutch putts that earned him his second consecutive U.S. Open.<doc-sep>Brooks Koepka battled through two tough afternoons at Shinnecock Hills over the weekend to become the first repeat winner at the U.S. Open since Curtis Strange in 1988-89 and just the second since Ben Hogan in 1950-51. Everything about 2018's event from the scoring perspective was the inverse of the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills. By winning on both courses, which forced golfers to play quite differently, Koepka has cemented his status as one of the best golfers in the world when he's healthy. Koepka not only had to battle 54-hole co-leader and playing partner Dustin Johnson, he had to keep his eye on a leaderboard that saw Masters champion Patrick Reed make a run and Tommy Fleetwood shoot the sixth 63 in U.S. Open history earlier in the day. Fleetwood entered the clubhouse at 2-over par, and after both Koepka and Johnson bogeyed the 11th hole, Fleetwood's score looked strong enough to put him in contention for a playoff. But when Koepka knocked his approach shot snug on 16 to push the lead to even par with two holes to play, there was no question that he was going clear every hurdle Shinnecock Hills provided this week. The initial challenge was his own doing, a 75 on Thursday with two bogeys and two double-bogeys. He rallied to a 66 on Friday, and as the course and conditions took hold of this tournament on Saturday afternoon, Koepka was impacted just like the rest of the field. He carded three bogeys in his final seven holes of the day to finish with a 72, but those four pars he had to grind out in the same stretch left him in tie for first place and in the mix to win on Sunday. Round 4 was all about execution. Koepka was all over the pins early in the round, with birdies on three of the first five holes. When the wind picked up in the afternoon, he did as good a job scrambling as anyone on the course. He was lights out on the greens, burying tough putts from 5-10 feet when his playing partner couldn't buy a birdie putt. Here's how the leaderboard looked at the end of the 2018 U.S. Open: 1. Brooks Koepka (+1): A two-putt bogey on No. 18 was not going to sour a coronation moment for the two-time major winner. While he occupies a crowded room of under-30 American superstars, no one else has two U.S. Open titles. In winning his second before turning 30, Koepka becomes just the fourth golfer since World War II to accomplish that feat, joining Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Jack Nicklaus. 2. Tommy Fleetwood (+2): It's hard to nitpick a historic round (and new course record at Shinnecock Hills), but Fleetwood's 63 could have been a 60 or 61. We will remember the putt on 18, but Fleetwood also had three or four really good birdie looks that didn't fall during his charge up the leaderboard. The next step for Fleetwood is putting together four consistent rounds of this elite golf in a major championship. 3. Dustin Johnson (+3): The stats after two rounds hinted at potential unsustainable success on the greens and somewhat average, at least by D.J. 's standard, work off the tee and on his approach shots. The confidence he had been showing on the greens looked lost on Saturday and Sunday, as his putting will be the talking point of why the World No. 1 was not able to convert on his lead in 2018. 4. Patrick Reed (+4): The reality inside Reed's mind -- where he is the greatest golfer of all time and we just don't get it -- and the reality shared by the rest of the golf world moved a little bit closer together this week, where Reed burned hot on a 31 going out only to flame out with a 37 coming in for a fourth-place finish. 5. Tony Finau (+5): It was an electric afternoon with Finau on the course with moments of title contention and big jumps and slides on a very crowded leaderboard. Playing in the final group with Daniel Berger, Finau had five birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey on No. 18 to notch his first top-five finish and third top-10 finish in a major championship. Miss anything? CBS Sports was updating the application below with scores, analysis and highlights from the 118th U.S. Open on Sunday. If you are unable to view the updates below, please click here. Thanks for stopping by.<doc-sep>
Julio Cortez/Associated Press Brooks Koepka was not about to let an opportunity to win his second consecutive U.S. Open championship slip through his grasp. Playing in the next-to-last pairing with Dustin Johnson, Koepka began the round in a four-way tie for the lead with Johnson, Daniel Berger and Tony Finau. However, playing with the lead at the start of the final round meant that Koepka was under pressure. That pressure may crush lesser golfers, but it heightened Koepka's game. He went on to shoot a 68 and win the title at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York with a one-over-par 281. That allowed him to win the tournament by one stroke over Tommy Fleetwood of England. Koepka put his power on display from tee to green both Sunday and throughout the four rounds of the tournament. However, the reason he was able to shoot a one-over for the tournament and close with a two-under 68 was his ability to make clutch putts once he found his stride in the second round. Koepka was struggling midway through Friday's round, as he found himself seven shots out of first place and playing inconsistently. However, he found his game and quickly got back into contention. "I just kept grinding and I always felt I had a chance," Koepka said during his post-match interview on the Fox broadcast. "I was hitting the ball well and I was putting the ball well, but I just had to keep going. Once I made a few birdies, I knew I had a chance to get back in it and show what I could do." Video Play Button Videos you might like Koepka received the lion's share of the $12 million purse paid out in the tournament, and he also earned the championship trophy and the Jack Nicklaus medal that goes to the winner. Frank Franklin II/Associated Press Top-10 Payout Breakdown (ties included, per ESPN.com) 1. Brooks Koepka, $2,160,000 2. Tommy Fleetwood, $1,296,000 3. Dustin Johnson, $812,927 4. Patrick Reed, $569,884 5. Tony Finau, $474,659 6. Xander Schauffele, $361,923 6. Tyrrell Hatton, $361,923 6. Henrik Stenson, $361,923 6. Daniel Berger, $361,923 10. Webb Simpson, $270,151 10. Justin Rose, $270,151 Here's a look at the final leaderboard, per PGATour.com. While Koepka managed to play steady golf with the lead throughout the final round, Fleetwood played spectacularly and nearly took the title after shooting a 63. Fleetwood played much earlier in the day and let loose with a barrage of birdies to move into contention. He was seven-under par through 15 holes, and he had birdie opportunities on the final three holes that would have allowed him to shoot 62 or better and put even more pressure on Koepka. Fleetwood was thrilled with his round, but he would have liked to cut one more stroke off his score. "I knew I was kind of [feeling good] in it teeing off, but you still have to get off to that good start," Fleetwood said on the Fox broadcast (h/t Adam Silverstein of CBSSports.com). "... All the way around, I always felt like I could get myself back in it. It's funny though, when you finish, you always feel like you're going to be just short [of winning]. ... I made great putts coming down that back nine. It's easy to look at 16, 18 where I had chances, because that's essentially what it comes down to, but I made so many good putts today." Johnson hit the ball nearly as well as Koepka. He launched massive tee shots, and his fairway irons were focused on the flagstick and left him with several birdie opportunities. However, Johnson's putting was off Sunday, just as it was during Saturday's moving-day round. That's what kept him from winning the second U.S. Open of his career. Patrick Reed made five birdies during the first seven holes to earn a share of the lead, but he followed that streak with a run of three bogeys in four holes. Tony Finau shot a 72 and had several opportunities to put his imprint on the final round, but he could not muster any consistency. Koepka has now won consecutive U.S. Open titles. He joins Ben Hogan (1950-51) and Curtis Strange (1988-89) as the only golfers in the last 68 years to accomplish that feat.