That left Johnson with a one-shot lead over Oosthuizen playing the last, with Leishman out of contention two shots further back.
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But he then heard a massive roar from the 16th which indicated that Spieth had holed from 50 feet across the green for a birdie to make it a three-way tie for the lead.
Spieth pulled his drive on the 18th close to the grandstands to the right of the first fairway and had to back off his second shot due to noise from spectators taking pictures. Only Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Tiger Woods (2002) had won the Masters and the U.S. Open in the same year – until Spieth went wire-to-wire at Augusta National and then prevailed at Chambers Bay when Dustin Johnson 3-putted the final green.
“It was very tough out there”, said Schniederjans, who played in the worst weather conditions of the day, having to deal with a constant 20 to 25 miles per hour wind and the occasional rain squall.
A total of 14 players are within four shots of the lead.
But as for Under Armour shares, they were off just a little bit after Spieth’s round.
If Jordan Spieth doesn’t win the British Open on Monday, he will likely blame the par-3 eighth as the undoing of his single-season Grand Slam chances.
Bernhard Langer has made what could be his final crossing of the Swilcan Bridge.
Dunne and Niebrugge could miss out on more than $100,000 each, assuming they hold their positions in the top 10 over the rest of the day.
The second Monday finish in the British Open’s 144-year history is shaping up to be unforgettable.
It was an extraordinary day of extravagant shot-making that saw a barrage of birdies assail the Old Course. Ryan Fox, with a 76, was the lone player to post a higher score in the round.
He reached the turn in one over 37 and at that stage he was three behind playing partner Danny Willett who had been one back at the start of the day.
There was his final-round meltdown in the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, followed a couple of months later by his disputed two-shot penalty on the 72nd hole of the PGA Championship that cost him a spot in the playoff.
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And it was a truly worldwide mix with Europeans, Americans, Australians, South Africans and at one stage even an Indian battling it out.
