British Open third round leaderboard, live updates: Shane Lowry, Scottie Scheffler among Round 3 leaders at Royal Troon
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, which gave him a two-shot lead over the field heading into Moving Day at Royal Troon in Scotland. He had a bit of a leg up in the second round, too, as heavy winds absolutely battered the afternoon wave and sent several big names home early.
Daniel Brown, who led after the first round, fired a 1-over 72 on Friday. He’ll start Saturday at 5-under on the week with Justin Rose, who matched the low round of the day with his 3-under 68 on Friday. They are the first trio from the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead the British Open at the midway point since 1951.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will start the day five shots back of Lowry at 2-under. Scheffler, who has won six times already this season on the PGA Tour, is coming off a playoff win at the Travelers Championship.
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Justin Thomas heads to Sunday even for the tournament
Thomas is in with 4-under, 67 for Saturday’s third round. He got off to a blistering start with six birdies on his first 12 holes. After bogeys on 13 and 15, he was able to steady the ship and come in with three straight pars. He’s seven shots behind leader Shane Lowry heading into the final round.
Justin Thomas got back to even par for the tournament after Moving Day. (Warren Little/Getty Images) Shane Lowry finds the bunker off the tee on No. 1
With rain now falling as hard as it has all day, the leaders are off the first tee and at 7-under, Shane Lowry is at the top of the leaderboard, and also in a lefthand fairway bunker off the first tee. Lowry is looking to lift the Claret Jug for a second time.
Shane Lowry is looking to lift the Claret Jug for a second time this week. (AP/Jon Super) Scottie Scheffler tees off in Round 3
The two-time Masters champion is in the mix at the British Open and his round is underway. He enters the third round at 2-under, and five shots back of Shane Lowry. Scheffler, who’s playing with LIV Golf’s Dean Burmester today, has six wins in his 15 starts this season.
Scottie Scheffler is searching for his seventh win of the year this week. (AP/Peter Morrison) Justin Thomas slowing down after hot start
After going out in 31, Justin Thomas has come back down to earth some. 7 birdies in his first 12 holes had Thomas knocking on the door of the leaders, who are set to get their rounds started over the next half hour or so, but bogeys on 13 and 15 and an errant second shot on 16 have Thomas scrambling to stay connected to the leaders as his third round begins to draw to a close.
Justin Thomas of the United States reacts to his putt on the 14th green during his third round of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Sam Burns is into red numbers for the tournament
The LSU Tiger birdied No. 8 to get to 4-under for the day and 1-under for the championship. The scoring conditions have been so much more favorable for the first part of the day, but rain is starting to move into the area at Royal Troon.
Sam Burns made a few early birdies to get into the red on Saturday at Royal Troon. (AP/Jon Super) DP World Tour star Thriston Lawrence is charging up the leaderboard as well
Among the low scorers in the early part of the day are names we’ve seen on Sundays at majors before … Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, but also some less heralded names like Thriston Lawrence. The South African 4-time winner on the DP World Tour is 6-under through his first eight holes and up 24 spots on the leaderboard into 4th place.
Thriston Lawrence is taking full advantage of Moving Day at Royal Troon. (Warren Little/Getty Images)
