Open Championship day three gallery

Some images from the third day of the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake

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Some images from the third day of the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake

The third round of the Open Championship got underway at 9am, with a two-tee start and players in three balls for the first time in the history of the championship.

Rory McIlroy entered the weekend with a four-shot lead over American Dustin Johnson and six clear of a six-strong group including the likes of Rickie Fowler and Charl Schwartzel.

Schwartzel and Fowler made the best of the unexpectedly benign early conditions, and the likes of Jim Furyk, Victor Dubuisson and Sergio Garcia also made strides up the leaderboard on a birdie-fuelled morning at Royal Liverpool.

Tiger Woods, who made the cut on the mark (+2), started the third round with two consecutive birdies to get back to level par.

 

Nick Bonfield
Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

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