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John Schwarb & Jeff Ritter

2024 British Open Day 3 Facts, Stats and Numbers We Noticed

Sam Burns surged up the leaderboard with a Saturday 65. | Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports

Moving day at the 2024 British Open is in the books, with Billy Horschel leading at 4 under par. Here are the numbers that mattered most.

9 – Players under par.

72.43 – Field average for Round 3.

74.36 – Field average for Round 2.

74.44 – Field average for Round 1.

328.2 – Feet of putts made for Daniel Brown, tops in the field.

6 – Bogeys or worse over the last 11 holes for Shane Lowry. The 36-hole leader is three shots back.

2
– Bogeys or worse for Lowry in his first 43 holes.

10 – Birdies in a 30-hole stretch for Billy Horschel from late in Round 1 through the front nine Saturday.

65 – Low round by Thriston Lawrence and Sam Burns. Both surged to T2 at 3 under.

30 – Front-nine score for Lawrence.

80 – High round, by Corey Conners and Darren Fichardt.

0 – Bogeys for Ewen Ferguson (shot 70, +4 overall).

14 – Front-nine improvement for Justin Thomas from Friday (45) to Saturday (31).

3 – Combined score over par by the day’s final pairing on par-3 8th hole “postage stamp.” Lowry led Brown by one shot entering the hole, but Lowry made double and Brown made bogey.

T96 – Sam Burns on the leaderboard after an opening-round 76.

T2 – Burns going into Sunday after rounds of 69 and 65.

+10 – Combined scores on the par-3 8th Friday and par-4 11th Saturday for Joaquin Niemann after two quintuple bogeys.

-5 – Score on the other 52 holes for Niemann, who is 5 over for the tournament.

34
– Consecutive holes without a birdie for Brooks Koepka, who shot 7-over 78 Saturday.


This article was originally published on www.si.com as 2024 British Open Day 3 Facts, Stats and Numbers We Noticed.

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