The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland — July 16, 2022
No one shot a 68 on the third day of The Open Championship on The Old Course at St. Andrews. That does not mean there was a lack of low scoring on “moving day’ of the year’s final major professional golf championship.
The low round of the day was a 65 posted by Kevin Kisner. He climbed 53 spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 13th. However, Kisner started the day at even par, if he duplicates the score tomorrow he would need the leaders to drop two strokes to bring him into contention.
New Leaders
Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland started Saturday’s round at 10 under tied for third behind the Camerons. Both shot a six-under-par 66 to stay tied and take over the top of the leaderboard. Were it not for a bogey on the 17th, McIlroy might have held the lead alone.

The Camerons are not out of it. Cameron Smith surrendered his three-stroke lead over McIlroy and Hovland by carding a 73. A bogey on the first was followed by seven straight pars before a birdie on the ninth evened him up at mid-round. A double bogey on the 13th, followed by a birdie on the 14th combined with seven more pars left Smith four strokes behind the leaders at 12-under.
Cameron Young matched five birdies with two bogeys through 15 holes trying to stay within striking distance of the lead. A double bogey on the 16th dropped him into a tie for third with Smith, four strokes behind the leaders. Both players may need a repeat of their early round 64s to contend for the win.
The final pairing will start the day with a big lead and have the advantage of watching their pursuers playing one hole ahead. An early run could cause the pressure to ramp up, and then anything can happen.
The Followers
It is highly unlikely the golfer raising the Claret Jug on Sunday afternoon will come from anywhere but the final two pairings. Si Wo Kim’s 67 moved him into a tie for fifth with Scottie Scheffler at 11 under.
Dustin Johnson could not find the magic of Friday. His 71 left him in sole possession of seventh place, six strokes out of the lead at 10 under.
Tommy Fleetwood’s 66 moved him into a tie with U.S. Open Champion Matt Fitzpatrick, and Adam Scott for eighth at nine-under.
Jordan Spieth put together a 68 to sit eight-under-par in a tie for 11th with Patrick Cantlay. On the other end of the spectrum, English amateur Barclay Brown shot a five-over 77 to drop 52 places into a tie for 64th at one-under.
The Leaderboard After Round Three at The Open Championship
POSITION | PLAYER | TO PAR | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | STROKES |
T1 | Viktor Hovland | -16 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 200 |
T1 | Rory McIlroy | -16 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 200 |
T3 | Cameron Young | -12 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 204 |
T3 | Cameron Smith | -12 | 67 | 64 | 73 | 204 |
T5 | Si Woo Kim | -11 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 205 |
T5 | Scottie Scheffler | -11 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 205 |
7 | Dustin Johnson | -10 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 206 |
T8 | Tommy Fleetwood | -9 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 207 |
T8 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -9 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 207 |
T8 | Adam Scott | -9 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 207 |
T11 | Jordan Spieth | -8 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 208 |
T11 | Patrick Cantlay | -8 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 208 |
T13 | Kevin Kisner | -7 | 74 | 70 | 65 | 209 |
T13 | Thomas Pieters | -7 | 75 | 67 | 67 | 209 |
T13 | Brian Harman | -7 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 209 |
T13 | Shane Lowry | -7 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 209 |
T13 | Tyrrell Hatton | -7 | 70 | 66 | 73 | 209 |
T18 | Trey Mullinax | -6 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 210 |
T18 | Francesco Molinari | -6 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 210 |
T18 | Bryson DeChambeau | -6 | 69 | 74 | 67 | 210 |
T18 | Russell Henley | -6 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 210 |
T18 | Dylan Frittelli | -6 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 210 |
T18 | Aaron Wise | -6 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 210 |
T24 | Dean Burmester | -5 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 211 |
T24 | Anthony Quayle | -5 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 211 |
T24 | Ian Poulter | -5 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 211 |
T24 | Will Zalatoris | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
T24 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
T24 | Victor Perez | -5 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 211 |
T24 | Jon Rahm | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
T24 | Xander Schauffele | -5 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 |
T24 | Lucas Herbert | -5 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 211 |
T24 | Min Woo Lee | -5 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 211 |
T24 | Sahith Theegala | -5 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 211 |
T35 | Richard Mansell | -4 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 212 |
T35 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -4 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 212 |
T35 | Chris Kirk | -4 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 212 |
T35 | Billy Horschel | -4 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 212 |
T35 | Filippo Celli | -4 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 212 |
T35 | Brad Kennedy | -4 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 212 |
T35 | Joohyung Kim | -4 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 212 |
T35 | Harold Varner III | -4 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 212 |
T35 | Lee Westwood | -4 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 212 |
T35 | David Carey | -4 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 212 |
T35 | Abraham Ancer | -4 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 212 |
T35 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | -4 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 212 |
T35 | Talor Gooch | -4 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 212 |
T48 | Robert MacIntyre | -3 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 213 |
T48 | John Parry | -3 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 213 |
T48 | Adrian Meronk | -3 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 213 |
T48 | Corey Conners | -3 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 213 |
T48 | Sergio Garcia | -3 | 75 | 66 | 72 | 213 |
T48 | Thriston Lawrence | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 213 |
T48 | Thomas Detry | -3 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 213 |
T55 | Tony Finau | -2 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 214 |
T55 | Justin De Los Santos | -2 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 214 |
T55 | Jason Scrivener | -2 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 214 |
T55 | Paul Casey | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 |
T55 | Marcus Armitage | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 |
T55 | Justin Thomas | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 |
T55 | Jason Kokrak | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 |
T55 | Kurt Kitayama | -2 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 |
T55 | Yuto Katsuragawa | -2 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 214 |
T64 | Lars Van Meijel | -1 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 |
T64 | Robert Dinwiddie | -1 | 67 | 77 | 71 | 215 |
T64 | Sebastián Muñoz | -1 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 215 |
T64 | Danny Willett | -1 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 215 |
T64 | Barclay Brown (a) | -1 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 215 |
T69 | Jordan L Smith | E | 73 | 71 | 72 | 216 |
T69 | Aaron Jarvis (a) | E | 75 | 69 | 72 | 216 |
T69 | Joaquin Niemann | E | 69 | 74 | 73 | 216 |
T69 | Cameron Tringale | E | 71 | 71 | 74 | 216 |
T69 | Laurie Canter | E | 72 | 70 | 74 | 216 |
T69 | Patrick Reed | E | 72 | 68 | 76 | 216 |
T75 | Adri Arnaus | 1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 217 |
T75 | Garrick Higgo | 1 | 72 | 69 | 76 | 217 |
T77 | Sungjae Im | 2 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 218 |
T77 | Sam Burns | 2 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 218 |
T77 | David Law | 2 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 218 |
80 | Hideki Matsuyama | 3 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 219 |
81 | Wyndham Clark | 4 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 220 |
82 | Jamie Rutherford | 5 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 221 |
83 | Sam Bairstow (a) | 7 | 72 | 72 | 79 | 223 |