The Open 2019: third round – live!

If the first two days of the 148th Open Championship are anything to go by, the weekend is going to be a heady Portrush rush. Look at the drama we’ve already been served up: a hole-in-one for Emiliano Grillo; a nonuple-bogey 14 for David Duval; a record-breaking back-nine 29 for Ryan Fox; an opening quadruple-bogey for pre-tournament favourite Rory McIlroy, who’d go on to miss a putt from 12 inches on his way to a 79; a 78 for Tiger; a triple-bogey capitulation at the 18th that cost local hero Darren Clarke his weekend participation; an Irish charge by Shane Lowry; the late-career renaissance of Lee Westwood; and 65s for Xander Schauffele, Justin Harding and … Rory McIlroy, who fell one stroke short of a comeback for the ages.

And there are still two whole days to go! With so many big names on the shoulder of leaders Shane Lowry and JB Holmes, today won’t just be about moving. The way things have been going, it’ll also feature some grooving, shaking, rattling, rolling, bumping, grinding, twerking, the twist, the hitchhike, the watusi and the mashed potato. The only downside is the lack of a Silver Medal battle, no amateurs having survived the cut. Ah well, we can’t have it all. It’s still on. Moving Day is on. It’s on!

-8: Holmes, Lowry
-7: Fleetwood, Westwood
-6: Smith, Harding, Rose
-5: Koepka, Spieth, Putnam, Frittelli
-4: Van Rooyen, Finau, Bjerregaard, Reed, Rahm, Kuchar
-3: Hatton, D Johnson, Noren, Simpson, Stenson, Schauffele, Fowler
-2: An, Sabbatini, Pieters, Olesen, Els, Fitzpatrick, MacIntyre

Missing the cut (a selection): Jason Day, Brandt Snedeker, Beef, Padraig Harrington, Gary Woodland, Hideki Matsuyama, Kim Si-woo, Zach Johnson, Paul Lawrie, Bryson DeChambeau, Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, David Duval (well, y’know) and … Rory McIlroy.

Today’s tee times: (all BST)
9.35am: Paul Waring
9.45am: Francesco Molinari, Jason Kokrak
9.55am: Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson
10.05am: Charley Hoffman, Ashton Turner
10.15am: Yosuke Asaji, Andrew Wilson
10.25am: Yuki Inamori, Matt Wallace
10.35am: Nino Bertasio, Tom Lewis
10.45am: Adam Hadwin, Ryan Fox
11am: Innchoon Hwang, Benjamin Hebert
11.10am: Paul Casey, Kyle Stanley
11.20am: Eddie Pepperell, Doc Redman
11.30am: Kevin Streelman, Joost Luiten
11.40am: Shubhankar Sharma, Louis Oosthuizen
11.50am: Stewart Cink, Callum Shinkwin
12pm: Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner
12.10pm: Bernd Wiesberger, Russell Knox
12.20pm: Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Mikko Korhonen
12.35pm: Sergio Garcia, Branden Grace
12.45pm: Romain Langasque, Sang Hyun Park
12.55pm: Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover
1.05pm: Danny Willett, Aaron Wise
1.15pm: Justin Thomas, Robert Macintyre
1.25pm: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ernie Els
1.35pm: Thorbjorn Olesen, Thomas Pieters
1.45pm: Rory Sabbatini, Byeong Hun An
1.55pm: Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele
2.10pm: Henrik Stenson, Webb Simpson
2.20pm: Alex Noren, Dustin Johnson
2.30pm: Tyrrell Hatton, Matt Kuchar
2.40pm: Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed
2.50pm: Lucas Bjerregaard, Tony Finau
3pm: Erik van Rooyen, Dylan Frittelli
3.10pm: Andrew Putnam, Jordan Spieth
3.20pm: Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose
3.30pm: Justin Harding, Cameron Smith
3.40pm: Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood
3.50pm: Shane Lowry, JB Holmes

source: theguardian.com