It’s moving day at Royal Birkdale as the contenders assemble for a fascinating third round at The Open.
Friday saw plenty of low scoring and a dollop of controversy, with Australia’s Lucas Herbert and the USA’s Sam Burns, a growing major force, shooting 62s to surge into contention.
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Bryson DeChambeau looked perfectly poised, too, only to be hit with a two-stroke penalty after an incident on the fifth – the two-time major winner has confirmed he will play this weekend, though admitted he had been “fired up” by the decision.
He’ll be off alongside Burns in the third from last group, with Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm among those right in the mix but needing a strong Saturday to challenge.
Here are the full tee times for the third round at Birkdale.
Round three: Saturday, 18 July (all times BST)
09:10 Jack McDonald (Sco), Russell Henley (US)
09:20 Min Woo Lee (Aus), Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)
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09:30 Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Kazuki Higa (Jpn)
09:40 Marcus Plunkett (US), Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn)
09:50 Peter Uihlein (US), Brooks Koepka (US)
10:00 Aldrich Potgieter (SA), Keegan Bradley (US)
10:10 Alex Noren (Swe), Alex Smalley (US)
10:20 Rickie Fowler (US), Max Homa (US)
10:30 Ryan Fox (NZ), Xander Schauffele (US)
10:45 Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Marco Penge (Eng)
10:55 Casey Jarvis (SA), Kurt Kitayama (US)
11:05 Laurie Canter (Eng), Sahith Theegala (US)
11:15 Michael Brennan (US), Eugenio Chacarra
11:25 Eric Cole (US), MJ Daffue (SA)
11:35 Kazuma Kobori (NZ), Nick Taylor (Can)
11:45 Justin Thomas (US), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
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11:55 Ben Griffin (US), Hennie du Plessis (SA)
12:10 Andy Sullivan (Eng), Patrick Cantlay (US)
12:20 Jacob Bridgeman (US), Rory McIlroy (NI)
12:30 Jesper Svensson (Swe), Shaun Norris (SA)
12:40 John Parry (Eng), Michael Thorbjornsen (US)
12:50 Jordan Smith (Eng), Im Sung Jae (Kor)
13:00 Matthew Southgate (Eng), Nico Echavarria (Col)
13:10 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Collin Morikawa (Eng)
13:20 Adam Scott (Aus), Chris Gotterup (US)
13:35 Patrick Reed (US), Johnny Keefer (US)
13:45 Corey Conners (Can), Sepp Straka (Aut)
13:55 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Victor Perez (Fra)
14:05 Daniel Brown (Eng), Cameron John (Aus)
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14:15 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Shane Lowry (Ire)
14:25 JJ Spaun (US), Pierceson Coody (US)
14:35 Jon Rahm (Spa), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
14:45 Scottie Scheffler (US), Francesco Molinari (Ita)
15:00 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
15:10 Thomas Detry (Bel), Bud Cauley (US)
15:20 Matt Wallace (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
15:30 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Sam Burns (US)
15:40 Ryan Gerard (US), Cameron Young (US)
15:50 Jackson Suber (US), Lucas Herbert (Aus)
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