Sam Burns leads The Open as McIlroy wades into DeChambeau rules rumpus

Bryson DeChambeau is four shots off the lead with a round to play at The Open (Image: Jacob King)

The 154th Open Championship has packed so much into the last day or so, the R&A officials will be getting hit with an excess baggage charge.

When Ryan Fox bounded home with a cracking 62 in the early stages of round three here at Royal Birkdale, to equal the lowest round in men’s major history, it was the third such score in the last 24 hours.