The unwanted piece of history the US Open frontrunner needs to avoid in final round

All eyes will be on Wyndham Clark at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Sunday.

The 32-year-old has a huge lead at the US Open and will tee off for his final round of the weekend with the odds weighted very much in his favour.

Clark sits at the top of the leaderboard on seven under, giving him a six-shot advantage over the chasing pack with 18 holes left to play on Long Island.

Only 10 players in history have achieved bigger leads in major championships after 54 holes and two of them were Tiger Woods.

With Clark's short game holding up, everything points towards the 2023 US Open victor claiming the title for a second time.

Samuel Stevens, Scottie Scheffler, Sahith Theegala and Tom Kim are the players tied for second on one under with 18 holes remaining.

"Shinnecock will be set up a lot tougher tomorrow and he's so far ahead that it's almost impossible somebody could come flying out of the pack, needing to shoot at least seven under to win if Clark can just shoot par," reports BBC Sport.

"Twenty-one players have had a lead of six shots or more entering the final round of a major since the Masters started in 1934. The only one who didn't win? Greg Norman."

The Australian's collapse in the Masters at Augusta in 1996 is the stuff of golfing legend.

Norman had a six-shot lead after 54 holes and went out on the Sunday with English golfer Nick Faldo, the player who was six shots behind him.

Faldo caught up and tore past, eventually winning by five shots.

Norman never won the Masters. 1996 was his third second-placed finish, which he also achieved in the US Open and PGA Championship.

He won the Open Championship twice.

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"An opening-hole blemish was followed by another bogey at the fourth to see Norman's advantage cut to four, before things quickly worsened for the two-time Open champion," recalled a Sky Sports snapshot two decades on.

"A run of three consecutive dropped shots around the turn saw Norman slip back alongside Faldo at nine under, before a double-bogey at the 12th gave the Englishman a two-shot lead.

"Although Norman matched Faldo's birdies on the par-fives at 13 and 15 to stay in touch, another double-bogey at the short 16th ended any hopes as the Englishman rolled in a final-hole birdie to complete a five-stroke win."