The 2024 Open Championship is up for grabs getting into the ultimate spherical.
Shane Lowry, the chief after 36 holes at seven-under-par, shot a 77 (+6) on Saturday to drop to ninth. He had a disastrous spherical after recording a birdie on the par-5 fourth gap, which lowered his rating to eight-under.
Lowry double-bogeyed the par-3 No. 8 and adopted that with 5 back-nine bogeys.
He is one stroke behind world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, who sits alone in eighth place at two-under-par.
Billy Horschel (-4) leads, however he is not a certain factor to depart Royal Troon together with his first main championship.
He has two top-10 finishes in his earlier 42 profession main tournaments. His greatest end at The Open is a tie for twenty first in 2022.
Six gamers are one stroke behind him, together with Daniel Brown, a fan-favorite who entered The Open ranked No. 272 globally and certified for the 12 months’s closing main after hitting a 20-foot putt on the ultimate gap on the West Lancashire Last Qualifying.
2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele is part of that prolonged group at three-under, together with Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Thriston Lawrence and Justin Rose.
Burns, Henley and Lawerence entered the third spherical above par, whereas Rose shot a 73 on Saturday.
The climate was a major issue on Saturday, however conditions are expected to improve for the ultimate spherical. Sunny skies are forecasted, though wind gusts might attain 22 mph.
With the way in which the event has gone, the leaderboard might shift wildly with one robust wind.
From Brown changing into a folks hero together with his laissez-faire demeanor to Si Woo Kim’s historic hole-in-one to pre-tournament favorites Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, Bryson DeChambeau and Tommy Fleetwood lacking the reduce, The 2024 Open Championship has already been a wild trip.
It is solely becoming that something is feasible heading into Sunday.