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British Open third-round leaderboard, live updates: Justin Thomas blisters to start moving day Saturday

July 20, 2024
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We’ve reached the midway point of the British Open and Shane Lowry is in full control of the leaderboard.

Lowry dropped to 7-under after his second-round 69 on Friday, giving him a two-shot lead over the field heading into the moving day at Royal Troon, Scotland. He had a leg up in the second round as the strong winds absolutely smashed the afternoon wave and sent many of the big names home early.

Leading after the first round, Daniel Brown shot a 1-over 72 on Friday. He’ll start the week at 5-under Saturday with Justin Rose, who matched the day’s low round of 3-under 68 on Friday. First trio from England and Ireland to lead the British Open at the midway point since 1951.

Top-ranked Scotty Scheffler will start the day at 2-under five shots behind Lowry. Scheffler, who has already won six times on the PGA Tour this season, is coming off a playoff win at the Travelers Championship.

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The third round of the British Open will be broadcast on USA Network and NBC, and can be streamed on the Peacock.

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  • Tristan Lawrence’s star turn continues at Invert 9

    Lawrence was 7 under and 4 under for the tournament, three shots behind Shane Lowry. It starts to rain and the umbrellas come out among the fans at the Royal Troon, which starts to affect the players and the final teams start to leave.

  • Sam Burns is in red numbers for the match

    LSU Tiger finished 8th, -4 for the day and 1-under for the championship. Scoring conditions were very favorable for the first part of the day, but rain began to fall in the Royal Troon area.

    Sam Burns of the United States tees off on the eighth hole during the second round of the British Open golf championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Super)

    Sam Burns of the United States tees off on the eighth hole during the second round of the British Open golf championship at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/John Super)

  • Sometimes you just have to flip the club and do something

    Robert MacIntyre plays left-handed, but to avoid the impossible situation of getting out of a bunker late in his third round, he chose to flip his club and go right-handed. He misses heavily on the right… but equalizes from this position.

  • Another birdie for JD

    The two-time PGA Championship winner is -2 for the championship after another birdie at 12 and is 6-under for the day. That was his last win on the 2022 PGA Championship Tour, and his best finish yet again at the T11 Open in 2019.

  • Chi Woo Kim no. Makes a hole-in-one on 17

    This is the 10th Open Championship played at Royal Troon, and no player has aceed the par-3 17th to date. Well, that number went from zero to one with Si Woo Kim’s hole-in-one in the third round. He’s at +5 for the match, a shot he’ll remember for life the day after. Check out:

  • DB World Tour star Tristan Lawrence also charges the leaderboard

    Among the low scorers earlier in the day were the names we saw in the majors on Sundays…Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, but also Tristan Lawrence to name a few. South Africa’s 4-time winner on the DP World Tour is 6-under through his first 8 holes and up 24 spots on the leaderboard to finish in 4th place.

    TRUNE, SCOTLAND - JULY 19: Tristan Lawrence of South Africa plays his second shot on the second hole during the second day of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon on July 19, 2024 in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)TRUNE, SCOTLAND - JULY 19: Tristan Lawrence of South Africa plays his second shot on the second hole during the second day of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon on July 19, 2024 in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

    TRUNE, SCOTLAND – JULY 19: Tristan Lawrence of South Africa plays his second shot on the second hole during the second day of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon on July 19, 2024 in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

  • Adam Scott moves up the leaderboard

    Adam Scott moved up 16th and 41 places to tie for T13 on the leaderboard today with a perfect round of 5-under par.

  • How to stay balanced, Cam Young

    Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall. Don’t fall.

    Oh, good, a draw

  • Justin Thomas’ roller coaster of a weekend summed up in one picture

    Have you ever had round-to-back rounds like this in your homework? Some days nothing works, some days everything cooks.

  • Sangje I make big moves on Saturday

    One day SungJae Im! The 5-under 65 is at +1 for the championship, and if conditions deteriorate Saturday afternoon, it looks like he could be in for Sunday’s late tee times.

  • The weather at Royal Dune can be a factor in the day going

    The morning groups in Round 3 dealt with much less wind than Friday and the scoring conditions were much better – Justin Thomas 4-under 7 – but that wouldn’t be the case all day. Groups may be affected by the end of the day with rain and some strong winds4pm local time/11pm ET.

  • Tiger Woods will miss the weekend

    Tiger Woods missed the cut in Scotland this week and calls for him to be hanged for good are growing fast.

    Woods, wrote Jay Busbee of Yahoo Sports, “should continue to play all these tournaments as long as he wants to.” He earned it.

    Tiger Woods of the United States on the 16th green on day two of the Open at Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Photo date: Friday July 19, 2024. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)Tiger Woods of the United States on the 16th green on day two of the Open at Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Photo date: Friday July 19, 2024. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

    Click the photo to read more about Tiger Woods’ week in Scotland. (Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

  • Moving day at Royal Troon

    Today is moving day in Scotland. Shane Lowry will start the day with a two-shot lead over the rest of the field in Daniel Brown, Justin Rose and Royal Troon. With us just hours away from the final groups, here’s everything you need to know for the third round of the British Open.

    Leaderboard

    1. Shane Lowry (-7)

    T2. Daniel Brown (-5)

    T2. Justin Rose

    T4. Billy Horschel (-2)

    T4. Dean Burmester

    T4. Scotty Scheffler

    T7. Corey Connors (-1)

    T7. Jason Day

    T7. Xander Schauffele

    T7. Patrick Cantley

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    Important tee times

    Click here for each third round tee time.

    ET at all times

    9:45 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson

    9:55 am – Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Jordan

    10:05 am – Patrick Cantlay, Sander Schaffel

    10:15 a.m. – Jason Day, Corey Connors

    10:25 am – Scotty Scheffler, Dean Burmester

    10:35 am – Billy Horschel, Justin Rose

    10:45 am – Daniel Brown, Shane Lowry

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