That’s brought an awful lot of people into contention. Billy Horschel leads the Open and will go out in the final match tomorrow with Thriston Lawrence, whose 65 was matched today only by Sam Burns. Lawrence and Burns got a much better deal with the conditions; there’s an argument that Horschel’s 69, ground out in appalling weather, was as good if not even better. But we’re splitting hairs. Everyone still under par will be happy with their day’s work in their own different ways … with the possible exception of Shane Lowry, who at one point led the Open at -8 but after being licked by the Postage Stamp, crumbled to a 77. Still, he’s one of many big names who could very feasibly win this famous old tournament tomorrow. And tomorrow’s another day. Hope you’ll join us then! Thanks for reading. Nighty night.
-4: Billy Horschel
-3: Thriston Lawrence, Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, Daniel Brown
-2: Scottie Scheffler
-1: Shane Lowry
E: Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, Matthew Jordan
+1: Im Sung-jae, An Byeong-hun
+2: Shubhankar Sharma, Daniel Hillier, John Catlin, Sean Crocker, Chris Kirk, Laurie Canter, Alex Noren, Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson
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Dan Brown can’t make his long bogey putt, and he signs for an ultimately disappointing 73. It promised so much more. See also: Shane Lowry, whose similarly lengthy bogey putt stops one turn short. A 77 for the 2019 champion.
