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Scottie Scheffler was the leader at the end of the third round of The open Saturday at Royal Portrush.
The 29-year-old Scheffler continued his dominant game on Saturday and took 4 Unter-PAR to switch to 14 under for the tournament.
The Three times main champion Played Bogey-Free Golf and had an eagle and two birdies. Scheffler’s eagle came to the seventh hole, while his two birdies were on the eighth or 16th holes.
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, Scottie Scheffler exhibits a putt on the 18th green in the third round of the British Open in the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
If Scheffler can hold and win tomorrow, he will be three quarters of the way to the career slam and win his second big tournament of the year. Scheffler won the PGA championship in May.
When Scheffler wins open Sunday, he will join an exclusive list of players to win the master, PGA championship and the Open 30 years ago.
The only three players who achieve this performance are Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
While Scheffler stayed in first place on the ranking, there was a lot of movement behind him.
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Scottie Scheffler celebrates a birdie on the 16th Grün in the third round of the British Open on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Matt Fitzpatrick entered the third round in second place at 9-Unter-Par, but even shot par and fell to third place. Li Haotong overtook second place from Fitzpatrick and shot 2-under-Par to pull on 10-under-par for the tournament.
There is a four-way difference for fourth place when four different players get into the last round.
Rory McIlroy shot 5-Unter-PAR to switch to 8-uner for the tournament. Chris Gotterup, Harris English and Tyrrell Hatton went on Saturday to improve 3-under-Par to improve the tournament on 8-Unter-PAR.
Brian Harman entered the day with 8-little-PAR with third place, but fought on Saturday and appeared at the age of 2 to bring ninth place to a tie.
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Rory Mcilroy from Northern Ireland recognizes the crowd on the 16th green in the third round of the British Open in the Royal Portrush Golfs Club in Northern Ireland on Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Below you will find a list of ranking that enters the last round of the Open:
1. Scheffler, 14-lower couples
2. Li, 10 below
3 .. Fitzpatrick, 9 below
T-4. McIlroy, 8 below
T-4. Gotterup, 8 below
T-4. English, 8 below
T-4. Hatton, 8 below
8. Xander Schauffele, 7-end
T-9. Russell Henley, 6 Unter
T-9. Nicolai Hojgaard, 6-little
T-9. Robert Macintyre, 6 Unter
T-9. Rasmus Hojgaard, 6 under
T-9. Harman, 6 under
The first pairing will complete in the last round of the Open at 8:30 a.m.
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