Burns leads Scott by one as dangerous weather halts US Open

Burns began the day on four-under par with a one-stroke lead over Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, and they battled through seven holes with the gap the same when the storm came, causing puddles on several Oakmont greens.

Scott made bogey at the first hole after missing the green with his approach but Burns made his first three-putt bogey of the week on the second.

Scott stumbled to bogey at the third after finding a right bunker off the tee but answered with a tap-in birdie at the par-five fourth.

When Burns made bogey at the fifth, finding a left bunker off the tee, the final pair were deadlocked for the lead at two-under.

Scott made a three-putt bogey at the par-three sixth and both parred the seventh before play was halted with them on the tee at the par-three eighth.

Norway's Viktor Hovland made bogeys at the second and third and another at the fifth to fall back to level par with England's Tyrrell Hatton fourth on one-over through eight holes.

American J.J. Spaun, who began the day one adrift, opened with three consecutive bogeys and added bogeys at five and six, stumbling to two-over alongside Mexico's Carlos Ortiz through eight holes.

The top six were the only players not to make the turn before the storm struck.