ST ANDREWS, Scotland —They chatted, they chuckled and they gradually pulled away from the field Saturday in the third round of the British Open.
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland, good friends in the second-to-last group, shot identical scores of 66 at the Old Course to share a commanding four-shot lead at 16 under par heading into Sunday's final round.
At one point, while waiting to hit, they had a pleasant chat that completely belied the magnitude of the moment.
