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The Latest: Morgan Hoffman nearly holes out at US Open (The Associated Press)

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) -- The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):

10:25 a.m.

Morgan Hoffman nearly holed out for double eagle in the U.S. Open and didn't even know it.

The eighth hole at Chambers Bay is so far up the hillside on the far side of the property that the gallery can't get there. It creates an eerie quiet for a major championship.

So when Hoffman hit a long iron into the lumpy green in the third round Saturday, he thought it might be good. Only when he hiked the 270-odd yards to the green did he realize his ball had stopped a couple inches from the hole.