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“Hatton watched the slow play of his partner, Talor Gooch, with murderous intent,” Ewan Murray wrote yesterday in his third-round report. By the way, this is Tyrrell instead of Derek. The Englishman has been paired today with last week’s Barbasol Championship winner Trey Mullinax. Hatton left his bird putt short in the 1st, but has created an excellent opportunity for a parity breaker at 2 after scoring without a point. I hope Mullinax spends a little more time there than Gooch.
At 14, one of the two par-five in St Andrews, Sadom Kaewkanjana of Thailand, drains a 15-foot bird and advances 10 below. This is a performance of the young man. He is now tied seventh next to Dustin Johnson.
We saw it with our own eyes: Cameron Smith yesterday went from posing as a god to acting like a mere mortal to the greens. Datagolf statistics support this. The Australian qualified in first place for the strokes won: in the first two days, but was only 66th in this category. [losing 1.65 strokes to the field] in the third round. Tommy Fleetwood was statistically the best putter on Saturday, with Viktor Hovland 5th and Rory McIlroy 33rd.
Matt reports that Smith has just arrived. “Backpack, sweatshirt, cheeky smile. Winner of the full competition / pet atmosphere.”
Cameron Smith on the 18th yesterday. Photography: Andrew Boyers / Reuters
Updated at 13.46 BST
Tony Finau is a kind of thoroughbred golfer (10 first 10 in the majors), but his position came too late this week. The easy swing American is six under the day after 16 holes and has reached the 12th tie. He failed to break 70 in each of his first three rounds. As I write this, he is playing at the Road Bunker at 17 years old. Oh dear, I cursed him.
One player has now slipped into the top 10 and is an unlikely name: Thai Sadom Kaewkanjana, who booked his ticket to the Open by winning the SMBC Singapore Open. The 23-year-old is five below for the day (eagle with 5) and nine below the general, good enough to tie for eighth.
Updated at 13.38 BST
A reminder of when the half-dozen final groups come out. Not long ago!
2.00 pm Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay 2.10 pm Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott 2.20 pm Dustin Johnson, Tommy Fleetwood 2.30 pm Si Woo Kim, Scottie Scheffler 2.40 pm Cameron Young, Cameron Smith 2.50 pm Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland
Matt C is absorbing backstage action.
Rory McIlroy’s mother and father entered the property. An informal walk next to the first. Passed all the food outlets and the Open Arms, among the full crowd. Don’t think anyone has recognized them!
Calm before the storm for leaders. Jordan Spieth practicing his contractions, DJ thinking he’s at a Sex Pistols concert, Adam Scott perfecting his t-shirt game (and his short game), Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood the audience’s favorites, Rory the word on his lips everyone.
Great birdie-birdie-birdie start by Xander Schauffle today. Last week’s Scottish Open winner hasn’t had the week he wanted, but looks set to finish in style. A contrast to Jon Rahm, who seems willing to explode after a bogey at 3 and a double bogey at 4 when he had a wedge in his hand for the second. The Spaniard falls in the tie 68.
Local Scotsman Robert MacIntyre is currently giving galleries a lot to cheer for. The left has tied two eagles today, in the 5th and 7th, and is -6 in the overall and draws the 26th when coming out at 13. A pity this annoying double bogey in today’s 1st.
Barclay Brown has gone with the Stone Roses Spike Island cube hat today instead of the wider-edge It Ain’t Half Hot Mum number from the first three days. But despite being a birdie at 18, his bid to win the silver medal as a first-time fan went south after a series of bogey, bogey, bogey, bogey, double bogey from 13 to 17. This 75 closed left him at +2, an additional swing. than the +1 of Australian Aaron Jarvis. It means Italian Filippo Celli is in pole position in the amateur race – he’s 3 after 7 holes, so he has a four-shot cushion.
Matt caught up with the BB block favorite as he left 18. Barclay’s name? He has no idea why his name is Barclay, except that his father is Scottish. Despite our nonsense that his name suggested he starred alongside Terry-Thomas, Brown has no background in acting and quickly dropped out of drama at school. But he is enjoying his bachelor’s degree in economics at Stanford[Tiger’sformeruniversity)andwillseehisfour-year-oldNohihamedalladeplataperovariurewhohadconvertedtoacultfigurethisweek[Tiger’solduni)[l’antigauniversitatdeTiger)iviuràelsseusquatreanysallàNohihamedalladeplataperòvariureques’haviaconvertitenunafiguradeculteaquestasetmana[Tiger’solduni)andwillseeouthisfouryearsthereNoSilverMedalbuthehadachucklethathe’dbecomeacultfigurethisweek
Love spreads to Barclay Brown. Photography: Jane Barlow / PA
Updated at 13.27 BST
Like many in St Andrews, DP World Tour professional Matthew Southgate was angry when he commented that Rory fired his bunker yesterday at 10am for the eagle. “It looked like the stand was coming down. It was like Wembley,” Southgate said this morning.
Matt Cooper is live in St Andrews and has given us some tales from the Auld Gray Toon.
An open disappointment for celebrity detection, maybe even they can’t get in through voting. Actress Kathryn Newton has been here, there and everywhere as an R&A ambassador (I can even report with joy that she was kind enough to record a wonderful message for my stepping niece). Elsewhere, Niall Horan was seen at the R&A World Golf Museum, while Tim Henman, Andrew Murray and Gavin Hastings have been tasting whiskey in the tent village. There is a rumor that Robbie Williams showed up in town. I’ve seen Panorama’s Kirsty Wark, but I’m not entirely sure if she counts as a celebrity. All in all, nothing on the scale of the past, when the heavyweight whispers of George Clooney, Tom Cruise and even P-Diddy were common.
And another …
Want to have a front row seat for today? The Rusacks Hotel, which overlooks holes 1 and 18, has recently been renovated, with the Manning brothers playing in the NFL as part of the group that undertook the project. A rooftop seat is said to cost £ 3,000 per person this afternoon.
Can anyone win the low 64 round of Smith / Burns? Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters champion and winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links 2021 Championship in St Andrews, thinks so. “The greens are a bit softer, not too windy. There is a low score. A good chance for the two leaders to get away from the group, ”Willett said after closing with a 3 under 69 to finish at -4.
At this stage yesterday, Kevin Kisner threatened to shoot something ridiculous. He finally signed for a 65. No one has blasted traps like Kisner today – he was -7 after 10 – but Sam Burns, the world number 11, enjoyed an incandescent finish to shoot the 64 and equalize the low round of Cameron Smith. week. Burns closed with four straight birds, a warning story for anyone who thinks this is over if someone has a big advantage walking up to tee 15. This round of bottom eight has taken Burns up 56 places to 21st. tie.
Ahhh, beautiful. Wait a minute, I just had something in my eye. ‘Music Box Dancer’, as many of you will know, was the musical theme of ‘Around With Alliss’. Speaking of the big man, here’s Peter’s comment on one of the iconic moments of golf. The little laugh after dropping the ball is perfect. Pure pear. Imagine if Rory has a four-shot lead by putting the final hole in and paying homage to Seve’s celebration. I’m moving forward!
We did the themed music for the BBC Open golf on the first day, so let Frank Mills perform us for today’s closing round with another classic. Take it, great …
Frank Mills
Preamble
Is this the day? Is this the day Rory McIlroy ends his eight-year wait for a fifth major by joining the senior pantheon for winning an Open Championship in St Andrews? The main threat to McIlroy’s offer to join Jack, Seve, Sir Nick and Tiger is to play partner Viktor Hovland. The two exchanged a magnificent 66 when they went in tandem yesterday, these six lower rounds took them four ahead of leading midfielder Cameron Smith and American debutant Cameron Young. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is hiding at five again next to Si Woo Kim, but if McIlroy and Hovland start making birds, the group of pursuers may be too far away to catch them. A very significant day awaits us in the 150-year history of the Open. Thank you for joining us in today’s final round – always one of the great days of the sport.
The classification entering the fourth round
-16: McIlroy, Hovland-12: Young, Smith-11: SW Kim, Scheffler-10: D Johnson-9: Fleetwood, Fitzpatrick, Scott-8: Spieth, Cantlay
Departure times: all BST, (a) denotes amateur
7.20 am Sam Bairstow (a) 7.30 am Wyndham Clark, Jamie Rutherford 7.40 am David Law, Hideki Matsuyama 7.50 am Sungjae Im, Sam Burns 8.00 am Adria Arnaus, Garrick Higgo 8.10 am Laurie Canter, Patrick Reed a. 35h Jordan Smith, Aaron Jarvis (a) 8.45h Danny Willett, Barclay Brown (a) 8.55h Robert Dinwiddie, Sebastian Munoz9.05h Yuto Katsuragawa, Lars Van Meijel9.15h Jason Kokrak, Kurt Kitayama9.30h Marcus Amritage, Justin Thomas9.40h Jason Scrivener, Paul Casey9.50 am Tony Finau, Justin De Los Santos10.00 am Thriston Lawrence, Thomas Detry. a. 10.10 am Corey Conners, Sergio Garcia. 10.20 a. 00h David Carey, Lee Westwood11.10h Harold Varner III, Joo-Hyung Kim11.20h Brad Kennedy, Filippo Celli (a) 11.30h Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk11.45h Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Richard Mansell11.55h Sahith Theegala12 Min Woo. Xander Schauffele, Lucas Herbert 12.15 pm Víctor Pérez, Jon Rahm 12.25 pm Will Zalatoris, Nicolai Hojgaard 12.35 pm Anthony Quayle, Ian Poulter 12.55 pm Aaron Wise, Dean Burmester 1.05 pm Russel Henley, Dyland Frittelli 1.15 pm Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau Mullinaxton, 3 p.m. , Shane Lowry 1.45pm Kevin Kisner, Thomas Pieters 2.00pm Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay 2.10pm Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Scott 2.20pm Dustin Johnson, Tommy Fleetwood 2.30pm Si Woo Kim, Scottie Scheffler 2.40pm Cameron Young, Cameron Smith 2.50pm .. .