Scott Piercy tees off on the fourth hole during the final round of the Barbasol Championship golf tournament Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Opelika, Ala. And right now there’s nothing Spieth wants more than his name on the claret jug that goes to the British Open victor. Thirteen holes and 13 pars later, he was in a tie for 21st on a day when the field averaged 69.71 strokes at St. Andrews.
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Danny Willett is still in strong position to become the first Englishman since Nick Faldo in 1992 to win a British Open.
Spieth’s only stumble so far came at the ninth, where he missed about a 5-foot putt to save par.
His only regrets were a couple of careless bogeys that cost him the outright lead going into Monday’s finale in which the top 14 will start with only three shots separating them. Woods also used to do the kind of thing Spieth did next – reel off birdies on the next three holes.
Wilcox closed with two straight birdies, pumping his fists and hollering after sinking a 60-foot birdie putt on the closing hole.
Dunne and Harrington have both got themselves there after tearing up the course in their respective rounds. He figured he’d be “two or three back” when the round was over, but it’s only one.
Jordan Spieth is shrugging off any suggestion that he’ll be feeling pressure Monday because he’s got a shot at the Grand Slam. But Spieth, who has won the first two majors of the year, knows how to finish the job on the weekend.
“I don’t see why I can’t do it. I mean, I’m well capable of shooting the scores that I need to win if everyone else doesn’t play their best”.
Dustin Johnson began the third round of the British Open as the leader, having impressed everyone with the way he shook off that stunning loss at Chambers Bay. Its going to be hard.. “So it was a big day to shoot a good score, to get yourself in contention”.
This is rare territory for the British Open, not to mention the other majors.
Oosthuizen would roll in seven birdies in his round, but bogeys on the eighth and 12th cost him. That left Leishman with another par and one shot away from joining the select list of players who’ve shot 63 in a major.
Heavy rains are pounding the Old Course, prompting the players to hurriedly break out their umbrellas and weatherproof gear.
Of course, the tournament already has been plagued by inclement weather.
At the moment, there are no worries about another delay.
Duval took advantage of the soft greens and barely a hint of wind to shoot a 5-under 67 in the first group out Sunday. “There’s some great amateurs around these days and there will be an amateur that wins a PGA Tour event, probably even a major, at some point in the next decade or so”. At 5 under for the round are England’s Eddie Pepperell and amateur Ashley Chesters. Everyone was out there, so it wasn’t like I was the only one on the course.
He finally made a birdie, putting from the fairway on the 15th, but that preceded a nightmare finish with bogeys at the final three holes, including one at the last where he drove within 50 yards of the green only to leave his sloppy approach in the Valley of Sin and three putt from there. Just ask David Duval. It was one more than Englishman Tom Lewis shot when leading at Royal St George’s in 2011 but also equalled the second best score by a non-paid player in the event.
That’s how Scottish folk describe the fierce gusts that often patrol the east coast of the country, battering and buffeting as they go.
Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell, victor of the 2010 U.S. Open, was kicking himself though after round of two-under 70.
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On the conditions, he reiterated his stance from the morning — that the players should not have been sent out to start with.
