If it wasn't already, the Australian challenge for US Open golf glory is officially over for another year.
The required third-round charges from Min Woo Lee, Cameron Smith and Adam Scott never materialised as all three Australians to make the halfway cut slumped further off the pace in North Carolina.
After starting moving day seven shots behind, Lee could only manage a two-over-par 72 to slip 11 strokes adrift of American leader Bryson DeChambeau.
