Day 3, Part 2

:00:28. > :00:32.Championship here at the Royal Liverpool and the rain is falling

:00:33. > :00:36.once again, as it has been to 9am this morning when play started. The

:00:37. > :00:42.umbrellas have been up and down, and right now they are up. We will

:00:43. > :00:51.update you with the fact that the warnings of light in have gone away

:00:52. > :00:57.for the time being. We are now on an amber alert.

:00:58. > :01:02.Carl shorts all moves to 8-under and only three shots back from our

:01:03. > :01:19.overnight leader Rory McIlroy. And Victor Dubuisson, the talented

:01:20. > :01:25.Frenchman, 66 yesterday, birdie at the 7th, this would take on 7-under

:01:26. > :01:31.par. They really are on Rory McIlroy's tale. Thus far, he is the

:01:32. > :01:37.only man who is over-par after an opening bogey. His lead was cut

:01:38. > :01:41.after the 1st hole when Dustin Johnson made a birdie there. It is

:01:42. > :01:52.shaping up nicely, with some good scoring. Charl Schwartzel is two

:01:53. > :01:57.and, Victor Dubuisson is 3-under. And Jimmy Walker made his first

:01:58. > :01:58.bogey after a great run. We mentioned the former champion Charl

:01:59. > :02:22.Schwartzel. Let's go out to him. 8-under par, Schwartzel with this

:02:23. > :02:28.from the front of the green. He has done it. A Olesen yardage this

:02:29. > :02:38.morning. He moves to 9-under par, tied with Justin Thompson. It is not

:02:39. > :02:43.hard rain, just a light drizzle at the moment. The radar map looks like

:02:44. > :02:45.we might get a couple of hours of it, but not too much threat of

:02:46. > :02:54.lightning. Not quite firing this morning,

:02:55. > :03:20.George. He bogeyed the first part. Of the players that started, George

:03:21. > :03:24.was the best with his rounds of 70 and 69. He certainly had the tough

:03:25. > :03:35.side of the draw. Sergio Garcia on the fifth. A clumsy

:03:36. > :03:47.chip from front right, but a much better put-mac. Beautiful.

:03:48. > :04:07.The field are creeping inexorably up to Rory McIlroy's heels. Not time to

:04:08. > :04:09.panic yet, but it is getting close. Rory McIlroy is 1-over par for his

:04:10. > :04:34.opening for my calls. Fowler is one of those players that

:04:35. > :04:39.can go a long way under. He looked like he was going to miss. He looked

:04:40. > :04:43.so comfortable, Martin Kaymer always looks like that. I wonder what the

:04:44. > :04:55.fuss is about, putting, watching him. Luke Donald is another, he just

:04:56. > :05:00.stepped over it. It is surely not difficult.

:05:01. > :05:15.Jim Furyk with his very unique action.

:05:16. > :05:25.Pretty good break skipping over that front bunker. Awkward to get at. Not

:05:26. > :05:26.quite tough as yesterday. I do not think he caught that one quite

:05:27. > :05:43.right. A bit thin. Byeong-Hun An, he lives in Orlando

:05:44. > :05:45.and is from South Korea, beautifully done. That is his fifth birdie of

:05:46. > :05:57.the day, one bogey. Dustin Johnson has come off it a

:05:58. > :06:18.bit. It just doesn't trickle in. A big

:06:19. > :06:22.break for him. On these opening five holes, Rory McIlroy could not have

:06:23. > :06:31.placed his key shots in better positions. He is rewarded with a

:06:32. > :06:41.good angle in and a forearm. 230 to go. More aggressive play than Fowler

:06:42. > :07:02.and Garcia. He is going to be rewarded with a birdie four.

:07:03. > :07:10.That is a big sample, career! It is for some players! A big difference

:07:11. > :07:40.there. He is in the mood for birdies

:07:41. > :07:44.today. He likes to be aggressive. He is that kind of player. Once he

:07:45. > :07:51.starts holding putts, he keeps holding them. That was nice. That

:07:52. > :07:53.was nice, just pinged through the valley there. The front was

:07:54. > :07:57.difficult to get at. I valley there. The front was

:07:58. > :08:06.he meant it that way, but it was a good result. Just a skip up from

:08:07. > :08:09.short. Sergio Garcia may try to emulate that. That he is capable of

:08:10. > :08:17.giving it the big high soft land. emulate that. That he is capable of

:08:18. > :08:18.Yes, he hit a huge high one to number three, to stop it very

:08:19. > :08:26.quickly to a tight pin. The best of number three, to stop it very

:08:27. > :08:32.them all at that seems to be Rory McIlroy. He reaches huge heights and

:08:33. > :08:36.then lands incredibly softly. But all of these players are shaping the

:08:37. > :08:38.ball very cleverly, if required. It looks like Sergio Garcia is lining

:08:39. > :09:00.up for the high cut. That was a bit unlucky. Just a

:09:01. > :09:04.little hollow, a little valley before that green, and he pitched it

:09:05. > :09:10.on the top of the first crest and it didn't skid forward. Graeme McDowell

:09:11. > :09:23.on number 11, this for a birdie. He rammed into the back of the

:09:24. > :09:32.whole! Third birdie of the day, two bogeys.

:09:33. > :10:03.Looking like a masterstroke of planning, the way the weather is.

:10:04. > :10:06.Rory McIlroy is still two ahead, but a slightly suspect start to his

:10:07. > :10:10.third round, the last few holes, anyway. Charl Schwartzel and Rickie

:10:11. > :10:25.Fowler are making a move. Adam Scott is a bit lacklustre, and

:10:26. > :10:34.Francesco Molinari, an uncharacteristic round for him. This

:10:35. > :10:45.is going to be difficult to get up close.

:10:46. > :11:00.Just clambers and stays on the little top tier.

:11:01. > :11:11.A big tee shot here for Victor Dubuisson at number eight. Can he

:11:12. > :11:16.get at it? Superbly well played. A little unlucky that it checked a bit

:11:17. > :11:24.further to the left there. Alphabetical scores along the bottom

:11:25. > :11:42.of your screen. This is Francesco Molinari, 3-over

:11:43. > :11:46.for the round. For him, that must feel about 20 other. And he has

:11:47. > :12:14.played three on this hole. Not the easiest of two putts coming

:12:15. > :12:23.up here. It is about ten feet in front of him, with a little crest.

:12:24. > :12:37.A lovely rhythm to his stroke, Rory. Yes, a very sound putter. He

:12:38. > :12:43.wants to roll this to the hole side, not give himself any headaches.

:12:44. > :12:49.Quite right. He would take two putts and get off the screen immediately,

:12:50. > :13:04.I feel. -- get off this green immediately.

:13:05. > :13:14.He just feels a bit of momentum is available, but is he going to take

:13:15. > :13:19.it? It can be elusive at times. Sergio Garcia, we saw a 6-iron tee

:13:20. > :13:21.shot come up short. He's a wonderful tipper normally. That is no mistake

:13:22. > :13:59.at all. Darren Clarke. His 12th. We saw

:14:00. > :14:05.Dustin Johnson's chip pull up short. This would get him within one of

:14:06. > :14:13.Rory. But it cannot come from the far right.

:14:14. > :14:20.But it is a certainty he will not go away, Dustin Johnson. He looks

:14:21. > :14:28.comfortable here, playing well for a number of weeks now. He is just

:14:29. > :14:36.wondering about a trip to the optometrist! Is a real athlete. He

:14:37. > :14:38.can to a basketball, amongst other athletic things. I can dunk a

:14:39. > :14:46.biscuit. Jimmy Walker. A fantastic season on

:14:47. > :15:23.the PGA Tour. 6-under for Jimmy Walker. There is a

:15:24. > :15:30.subdued atmosphere on the course at the moment, a kind of hush. Varies.

:15:31. > :15:33.Maybe they are waiting for a thunderstorm to happen. And as Peter

:15:34. > :15:36.says, they cannot applaud while you are holding an umbrella! They are

:15:37. > :16:15.just heckling us. 10-under par for Rickie Fowler. What

:16:16. > :16:36.a start for him. Six holes, format birdies. He is a couple behind.

:16:37. > :16:42.Dustin Johnson is just tapping in. The storms may have evaporated, but

:16:43. > :16:59.a lot of players are making a lightning move up the leaderboard.

:17:00. > :17:05.He is playing a good round of golf, four heard it after bogeying the

:17:06. > :17:21.second, Victor Dubuisson. 24 years old, a Frenchman. His first

:17:22. > :17:23.victory was at the Turkish open last season, where he held off Tiger

:17:24. > :17:37.Woods and played some superb golf. He has played pretty well since. It

:17:38. > :17:43.is not look like he is a quick flash in the pan. It looks like he will be

:17:44. > :17:50.around for a good while. He has got a lot of game, no doubt about that.

:17:51. > :17:57.This looks... Got to be careful here, going down the shaft.

:17:58. > :18:04.Just nudging it back into play, second on the seventh. Charl

:18:05. > :18:37.Schwartzel. a 6-iron. Difficult to get close to

:18:38. > :18:43.this flag, things tend to get swept down to the middle of the green.

:18:44. > :18:49.That would be a good place, and uphill putt for a birdie. Is he

:18:50. > :19:17.going to go hide? He's going high. It could be worse. The forecast was

:19:18. > :19:22.not very clever. We have been very lucky, Ken. The clouds look very

:19:23. > :19:25.ominous and there is a sort of hair hanging about the place. People are

:19:26. > :19:31.waiting for something, possibly dreadful, to happen. It is almost

:19:32. > :19:35.like waiting for the end of the world. Everybody is trying to remain

:19:36. > :19:43.calm. The golf is very good at the moment. The first two rounds, the

:19:44. > :19:47.qualifying scores were a couple lower than I thought it might be at

:19:48. > :19:51.one stage, and although there are a couple of booties are scattered

:19:52. > :20:03.about today, there are lots of birdies. This is how it has been

:20:04. > :20:09.playing. Birdies are red, pars are blue.

:20:10. > :20:17.I am wondering if the atmosphere will affect the curving slightly.

:20:18. > :20:22.Rory McIlroy was about three yards short. He rolled back. You can carry

:20:23. > :20:29.this right into the heart of the green. That is hardly the heart of

:20:30. > :20:43.the green, but certainly up to the flag.

:20:44. > :20:53.To the ninth, Victor Dubuisson, 7-under.

:20:54. > :21:12.No... Left an awkward shot from the. Charl Schwartzel, the Masters

:21:13. > :21:16.champion, at the 7th. Our good friend Johann Rupert was just

:21:17. > :21:19.telling me all three players, all three teddies in this group, speak a

:21:20. > :21:30.language other than English come all Afrikaans. If you come from Holland

:21:31. > :21:47.and understand Flemish, you can get a bit of what they are saying.

:21:48. > :21:54.Ken was saying that this foul weather hasn't really appeared. It

:21:55. > :21:58.is not a bad day for golf. There is hardly a breath of wind and the rain

:21:59. > :22:03.is coming straight down. The ground has softened a little bit, but you

:22:04. > :22:07.can play with confidence. The long grass is wet and Standley, which

:22:08. > :22:10.does not make it any easier. The scoring by some of the players has

:22:11. > :22:20.been terrific, by most of the players, in fact, although there has

:22:21. > :22:29.been the occasional miscue. Jim Furyk. He is trying to get it to

:22:30. > :22:42.turn to the left. A nice little bounce would have helped, as well.

:22:43. > :23:05.They have been a good combination for years.

:23:06. > :23:11.It doesn't matter what they say about power, if you are going to hit

:23:12. > :23:17.its 60, 70 yards straight every time and don't put too badly, you will do

:23:18. > :23:21.very well in life. That is, if you are going to take up golf! No good

:23:22. > :23:28.if you are going to be a plasterer, but there we are. What is it like

:23:29. > :23:35.out there, Maureen? There is quite a buzz around this Rory McIlroy,

:23:36. > :23:39.Dustin Johnson match. Francesco Molinari is having a nightmare today

:23:40. > :23:42.and he must be that he is a spectator for these other two at the

:23:43. > :23:55.moment. It is awful. I think every player has felt like that at some

:23:56. > :24:02.stage. He stabs it out. I have had heard it is the centenary of

:24:03. > :24:08.Whitchurch in Cardiff. After this, there will not be many centenary is

:24:09. > :24:23.for a few years because of the First World War. David Howell, he goes.

:24:24. > :24:27.Birdie putt. Got it. Well done, David. Coming out of the dog runs.

:24:28. > :24:39.-- doldrums. Chip shot for Rory. He's going with

:24:40. > :24:45.a sound I am. Just starting to tighten his game up after the

:24:46. > :24:50.start, looking more like you did in the first two rounds. Yes, that chip

:24:51. > :24:54.is beautiful, but that was a big target and he missed it. Sometimes I

:24:55. > :24:58.think they try to be too precise. That may sound old-fashioned, but if

:24:59. > :25:07.he had been a few yards past the flag there, it would not have been a

:25:08. > :25:28.bad shot. Now he has got to play a good chip, a three or for footer.

:25:29. > :25:41.Ryan Gauld sit in the... He's going to take a penalty drop.

:25:42. > :25:58.Can he rolled? Excellent speed. Nice little tussle. Walks like a

:25:59. > :26:12.gunslinger. Victor Dubuisson is just off the edge. Nice and flat there.

:26:13. > :26:17.He judged it very well. Phil Mickelson is having one of his usual

:26:18. > :26:22.rounds, 37 strokes for his first nine and then he has just come back

:26:23. > :26:33.with three birdies to come back with 1-under par for the Championship.

:26:34. > :26:51.Molyneaux Ari has come out of the bunker on the sixth. This is for a

:26:52. > :26:58.3-part... Are! Three par-5s on the homeward side. Maybe a hint of

:26:59. > :27:03.movement in the right at the end of this part. Yes, but he has left

:27:04. > :27:04.himself the easiest but possible by leaving the chip shot short of the

:27:05. > :27:20.hole. Rory McIlroy still leads the

:27:21. > :27:29.Championship and we are waiting for him to burst into life. Everything

:27:30. > :27:36.is going along nice and steadily. This is Dustin Johnson.

:27:37. > :27:47.Half a dozen players now in hot pursuit.

:27:48. > :27:57.We should see Ken. What is he going to do on the course? Here it is. The

:27:58. > :28:05.seventh is a demon par-4. There are bunkers left and right off the tee.

:28:06. > :28:09.A hard fairway to find. If you drive down this left side and find the

:28:10. > :28:14.fairway, you must avoid the pot bunker. If you go in there, you will

:28:15. > :28:22.not reach the green in two. But even if you do find the fair way, down

:28:23. > :28:25.the left ear from where the player is you cannot see the flag at all,

:28:26. > :28:28.just the very top of it. If you get a bit higher, you will see from this

:28:29. > :28:30.angle be bunker is down the left-hand side of the putting

:28:31. > :28:33.surface and it is difficult to get to the green easily unless the pin

:28:34. > :28:37.is on the right. However, if you can drive down this right side and hit a

:28:38. > :28:45.boomer, you can still slightly incited to the green. But from here,

:28:46. > :28:48.the angle to the flag is greatly enhanced. If the camera goes up

:28:49. > :28:53.comedy will see from this of the fairway, you get a much better

:28:54. > :28:56.angle. The bunkers are not so much in play and you are playing into the

:28:57. > :29:04.slope on the green. This is the best angle to get, a perfect tee shot,

:29:05. > :29:43.the best angle for the flag, but I jingo it is tricky.

:29:44. > :29:53.top and I do not know if it got the deflection. -- Ryan Johnson hit the

:29:54. > :30:08.bushes. Right now you just take par at seven

:30:09. > :30:15.and eight today, two of the hardest holes on the golf course. Try to

:30:16. > :30:17.skip them and go to the ninth tee. You can see how difficult this crass

:30:18. > :30:23.errors. He barely gets the You can see how difficult this crass

:30:24. > :30:31.through once it hits it. He did not attempt to hit it very fast so it

:30:32. > :30:42.must have been a dreadful life. -- lie.

:30:43. > :31:03.What a bonus. What a bonus for DC. Crackerjack.

:31:04. > :31:12.With all the problems at the 7th hole, it will cause the final group

:31:13. > :31:16.to wait. He was lucky that the ball actually kicked out after hitting

:31:17. > :31:29.the top of the bush. It is still a long way out. It does not look like

:31:30. > :32:06.it will fly and the pin is all the way in the back left.

:32:07. > :32:21.That was not a great strike. He has done well to get it on the green.

:32:22. > :32:30.Darren Clarke, we saw him with that monster putt, he has had six birdies

:32:31. > :32:40.so far and one dropped shot. He is going along nicely at 4-under par.

:32:41. > :32:53.Rory McIlroy weights. A bogey at the opening hole. The bad weather has

:32:54. > :33:10.not yet reached us along West Sussex and the course. The Midlands and

:33:11. > :33:15.Manchester. -- the coast. There is a strange stillness about the day, the

:33:16. > :33:20.feeling that you get before a big thunderstorm but it is managing to

:33:21. > :33:39.stay away. There is no wind to move the weather along quickly.

:33:40. > :33:42.That's nearly killed somebody. You do not know how lucky you are,

:33:43. > :34:08.sorry. -- sir. The left side is safer. It is a

:34:09. > :34:28.harbour second shot. -- it is a harbour second shot.

:34:29. > :35:27.430 yards and he is through the back. Back not too bad.

:35:28. > :35:58.He will have that for a double bogey.

:35:59. > :36:04.If you find a brochure then you play the place. -- then you pay the

:36:05. > :36:28.price. He generates a lot of power, he

:36:29. > :36:34.bumps it. He did not chase it far enough. He wanted more elevation on

:36:35. > :36:40.that and he could have chased it and they green. -- chased it down to the

:36:41. > :37:00.green. He seemed to know that was going to

:37:01. > :37:10.miss the moment it came other club. He is going along very nicely.

:37:11. > :37:18.Robbie Fowler as I occasionally, much the concern of some. -- as I

:37:19. > :37:35.occasionally call him. That is the shot you need if you're

:37:36. > :37:40.going to play links golf. There is never enough to get -- there is

:37:41. > :37:44.never enough green to work with. Ryan Moore eventually gets in the

:37:45. > :37:45.hole but it started with a push tee shot into the bushes. Penalty drop

:37:46. > :38:09.out. Two shots blown away. You have now got me confused with

:38:10. > :38:15.Ricky and Robbie. This does not look very healthy. He has managed to miss

:38:16. > :38:24.those bushes, the ones that Ryan Moore were involved in.

:38:25. > :38:29.It does not look like it is a good live for Rory McIlroy. It is not

:38:30. > :38:42.great, at all. -- good lie. It is a drop out and start again, I

:38:43. > :39:28.feel. He did the right thing. The tendency

:39:29. > :39:32.is you try to get another 40 or 50 yards out of it and you find

:39:33. > :39:40.yourself meeting -- missing the fairway on the other side. Dustin

:39:41. > :39:41.Johnson, you can see his balding, all he could do was blasted out of

:39:42. > :39:53.the bunker the left. I bet he is good at bowling. Fine

:39:54. > :40:20.judgement. It looks like it it's going to be

:40:21. > :40:25.Rory McIlroy here because he is five yards farther back. There is an

:40:26. > :40:27.annoying aeroplane overhead. Visibility must be about 750 feet

:40:28. > :41:00.and I do not know what he Four could be a delight and it is a

:41:01. > :41:40.possibility. Thank you for your e-mails.

:41:41. > :41:44.You can see how raised the green is. Anything on the putting surface is

:41:45. > :42:10.OK. He had a very shaky start. He is

:42:11. > :42:14.clawing his way back. How do the cameramen managed to track the

:42:15. > :42:20.balls? They have got a site to fall the ball. There are some seals far

:42:21. > :42:33.away on the bank. There are plenty of them and. You do not need to go

:42:34. > :42:38.to the North Pole or South Pole, we have got them here and there are

:42:39. > :42:47.plenty of them. It is an amazing stretch of water that goes in and

:42:48. > :42:54.out here. It goes from six feet to 40 feet and it is an amazing stretch

:42:55. > :43:01.of water, tidal flow in and out. When the tape goes out it goes out

:43:02. > :43:21.for Michaels. -- when the tide goes out it goes out from manuals.

:43:22. > :43:43.Seven and eight are very difficult today. He brings a club back nicely

:43:44. > :44:04.and cleaners has left hip. -- clears.

:44:05. > :44:21.It is the story of the day, everything has been ingrained. -- a

:44:22. > :44:29.grind. I sought Nick Faldo on your programme, what happened to his

:44:30. > :44:33.caddy. They were an amazing partnership. She went back to Sweden

:44:34. > :44:40.and was teaching some golf. I do not know what she was up to? She was

:44:41. > :44:49.with Henrik Stenson for a while and then she was studying psychology.

:44:50. > :45:01.Good luck whatever you are. -- wherever you are.

:45:02. > :45:47.That might help Rory. That is a safe path. Rory has a putt for his par.

:45:48. > :45:54.Wonderful shot and the hands that club over to his caddy with some

:45:55. > :46:17.properties, Neil Wallace. That is his shot of the day of us.

:46:18. > :46:28.It rolled down at a fair old pace. That is a killer blow, not body

:46:29. > :46:34.blow, killer blow. Look at the pace. It is beautiful. Great in the middle

:46:35. > :46:57.and it is a good three or four feet past, confident apart. Very

:46:58. > :47:04.important, lovely shot. Another shot gone.

:47:05. > :47:16.HAZEL IRVINE:. As you said, it is an important par saved. Rory has his

:47:17. > :47:20.three shot cushion. The leaders would order Mallory have been going

:47:21. > :47:30.out and about an hour and a past time that it was not for the two key

:47:31. > :47:33.start that he had today. The introducer has got a half-day and he

:47:34. > :47:38.will not know what to do with himself. We are here with the

:47:39. > :47:43.gentleman with one of the most recognisable voices in golf, Ivor

:47:44. > :47:57.Robinson, look at the time, your job is done. Not let know that. -- do

:47:58. > :48:02.not let anybody know that. It is unique, the first time in The Open

:48:03. > :48:06.Championship we have got two key starting. We do have that on the

:48:07. > :48:10.European Tour so the players do understand it but it is a new one

:48:11. > :48:18.for me. What will you do if your afternoon? I do not know what to

:48:19. > :48:26.do. Do you watch the golf? Normally hear from the first tee shot of the

:48:27. > :48:29.day to the last one. It has been 625 until 4pm. You collapse after that.

:48:30. > :48:35.I do not know what to do. until 4pm. You collapse after that.

:48:36. > :48:57.fun. A pleasure to top -- to talk to you. One of golf 's nice men.

:48:58. > :49:03.He is trying to bring it in from the right. That is where the architect

:49:04. > :49:30.wanted you to play the hole. Very distinctive swing and movement

:49:31. > :49:35.through the ball for Dustin Johnson. He had moved it -- he has placed it

:49:36. > :50:08.into the rough stuff. You must have good touch. He

:50:09. > :50:20.still only 25. It feels like he has been out here forever.

:50:21. > :50:33.He played the first Sergio Garcia. There has only been

:50:34. > :50:38.two birdies at eight to you an example of how it is playing. --

:50:39. > :51:03.today to give you an example. Sergio Garcia.

:51:04. > :51:08.done. I do not know if we have kept any records of somebody going round

:51:09. > :51:10.without having parked on the cards. It may have been done but it sounds

:51:11. > :51:30.very unlikely. -- having par. He carves that end. One viewer said

:51:31. > :51:34.that he likes the look of the shoes for the players. They look very

:51:35. > :51:54.comfortable. They are light and comfortable indeed.

:51:55. > :52:08.Phil Mickleson, 1-under par. He has had a typical round for him.

:52:09. > :52:17.He is never dull to watch. Three quarters hold that does not cut

:52:18. > :52:33.back. Woods and Phil Mickleson. They have

:52:34. > :53:02.pushed the game a long way over the last 20 years.

:53:03. > :53:10.Middle of the green is never bad but that is even better. We saw Sergio

:53:11. > :53:17.Garcia put one in just a couple of feet away and that is not too bad

:53:18. > :53:41.from Rory. Can you sense the forward direction for Rory? I think so. If

:53:42. > :53:46.Rory McIlroy looked nervous walking to the first tee, that is gone now.

:53:47. > :53:51.He has got that confident swagger back. Everything is going along

:53:52. > :54:14.smoothly. That was a good shot by Molinari.

:54:15. > :54:46.After the opening day, Italy had three players in the top ten.

:54:47. > :55:33.You get a view of more than one hole three

:55:34. > :55:48.You get a view of more than one hole from the stands here.

:55:49. > :55:59.He seems to have a great and that today. That is aggressive. -- seems

:56:00. > :56:14.to have a great river am going today.

:56:15. > :56:19.Down at the 15th for a birdie. 3-under and the struggle for Mac. He

:56:20. > :56:54.does. 3-under and this for four. Thus to knows that if he makes a

:56:55. > :57:16.miss of this then he will slip back. -- Dustan. He is lining it up as if

:57:17. > :57:19.he fancies hauling it. -- holing. Wet sand is the only thing that

:57:20. > :57:27.could be trickier today than yesterday. It is a different

:57:28. > :57:30.approach as you hit the ball. There was an army of photographers waiting

:57:31. > :57:53.to capture that if he was able to get it in the hole.

:57:54. > :58:02.I like watching him play. He has got a beautiful swing. I am surprised

:58:03. > :58:07.when he hits one off-line or does not do a good score. He pulled that

:58:08. > :58:08.left. He got a little bit quick through the ball. It does not take

:58:09. > :58:46.much to hit one off-line. That just comes off the shoulder. He

:58:47. > :58:51.has got some game. It took the best Jason Day to beat him during Match

:58:52. > :59:08.Play earlier this year. Miraculous up downs.

:59:09. > :59:35.That was his fault shot. Look out. --third.

:59:36. > :59:40.That was the easiest of pars. Dustin Johnson still has work to do for his

:59:41. > :00:03.par. off to the right of Dustin Johnson,

:00:04. > :00:11.there is a bigger electronic scoreboard telling us that yesterday

:00:12. > :00:14.he doubled bogeyed this foul. -- this holed. I wonder if that is

:00:15. > :00:29.off-putting for the players? Could be. His second shot he played after

:00:30. > :00:31.Rory, and he put it in the bunker. Certainly he is 7-under for the

:00:32. > :00:50.Championship. Big applause for Tiger coming up the

:00:51. > :00:58.18th. Jordan Spieth, Gibson from Australia playing alongside him.

:00:59. > :01:01.Nice to see Tiger is having a good day, with a few birdies. He is doing

:01:02. > :01:15.OK. We saw Rickie miss the ninth. He has

:01:16. > :01:34.elected to chip it. The skids off the fringe, but still very good. So

:01:35. > :01:44.Rickie is just three back furore. -- furore McIlroy.

:01:45. > :01:56.The weather warnings have not materialised this far. The golf is

:01:57. > :02:01.good and the crowds have come through. All in all, it is exciting

:02:02. > :02:10.and there are a few more hours still to come. Rory McIlroy has a three

:02:11. > :02:16.shot lead at the moment. You can lose five shots here in the space of

:02:17. > :02:19.three holes very easily indeed. Jimmy Walker at the bottom is a

:02:20. > :02:24.delight from it. He has been around for years and has never done

:02:25. > :02:29.anything, but suddenly he has become a world star in golf and he plays in

:02:30. > :02:36.such an easy manner. It is nice to see some delight that instead of

:02:37. > :02:43.watching the big boys all the time. Sergio Garcia, brilliant tee-shots.

:02:44. > :02:47.watching the big boys all the time. Awarded birdies at

:02:48. > :02:52.watching the big boys all the time. nine. He joins Rickie Fowler at

:02:53. > :03:02.9-under. After that start, he really played well.

:03:03. > :03:09.His 61st major Championship, Sergio Garcia. Stop it! You see that cheeky

:03:10. > :03:13.devil in his pocket they're looking for something. Players do not make

:03:14. > :03:30.enough money these days, they have to borrow off the caddy. Rickie

:03:31. > :03:46.Fowler for a par. A very nice e-mail saying sorry to hear of Bob

:03:47. > :03:52.Torrance's passing. He was a jolly man with a distinctive raspy

:03:53. > :04:01.Scottish voice, honed by the occasional drinker. Sadly missed.

:04:02. > :04:11.Lovely memories. 280 yards into a peanut shaped

:04:12. > :04:20.green, pin right at the back, 5-iron.

:04:21. > :04:36.Rory, Rory, Rory! Did that hit our man in black? It hits something. It

:04:37. > :04:48.hit the machine, I think. Is he all right? Where is it? That is not what

:04:49. > :04:49.was ordered, Rory McIlroy. I think it may be under the machine. Here

:04:50. > :05:07.comes the law. The law moves slowly. Here he goes. Various Rory's ball,

:05:08. > :05:11.it goes down at the feet of our camera operator, that is where it

:05:12. > :05:24.is, right underneath the Redman's shoes.

:05:25. > :05:37.The body will move. Play will go on. Ken Brown is coming back in. No

:05:38. > :05:43.rush! Use just easing himself gently in, adjusting the bones in the seat.

:05:44. > :05:49.We line up Justin Johnson -- Dustin Johnson. He has gone with a 5-iron

:05:50. > :05:57.as well, three quarters truncated follow-through. Nobody ever shouts

:05:58. > :06:02.forward and I found it very distressing. That was obviously

:06:03. > :06:11.going into the crowd and I didn't hear anybody yell, look out. Two

:06:12. > :06:18.dreadful tee shots from two of the best, 50 yards apart, 5-iron, not

:06:19. > :06:31.the hardest club in the world to hit straight, but there you are.

:06:32. > :06:44.Charl Schwartzel, at the rough. Kanuho no -- can he run it up the

:06:45. > :06:49.garden path? That could be horrible. It's geared its way back into the

:06:50. > :06:56.right corner of that trap. Deep bunker and fluffy sand down there,

:06:57. > :07:07.well used. Edoardo Molinari, a chance to get to 6-under.

:07:08. > :07:14.Nicely judged. Beautifully done by Molinari.

:07:15. > :07:28.10th birdie on the 12th. 3-under for his round. His younger brother is

:07:29. > :07:44.having his struggles. Sergio Garcia. Very low launch angle. A

:07:45. > :07:51.high spin for a driver. Pretty good down that left-hand side. Those iron

:07:52. > :08:04.shot he hit on eight and nine were tremendous.

:08:05. > :08:10.Marking his ball just in case he gets a nudge by the machinery. He

:08:11. > :08:20.has moved out of the way. CHEERING.

:08:21. > :08:30.That was nearly the biggest cheer of the day. Does this remind you of a

:08:31. > :08:45.certain person? A Spaniard who had a car moved? That happened many years

:08:46. > :08:51.ago, 1976 at Birkdale, or live them -- Lytham. It was a wild tee shot,

:08:52. > :09:00.5-iron. Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy or at least five shots

:09:01. > :09:06.apart. Rickie Fowler's tee shot on the 10th. The really bad stuff is

:09:07. > :09:09.down the left-hand side. Find the fairway, set yourself up for a

:09:10. > :09:27.birdie, hopefully get a decent flat stands there.

:09:28. > :09:40.Marie! Just far enough. Delightfully done. A good recovery. A decent

:09:41. > :09:42.line. A delicate little shot. He has played some lovely pictures and

:09:43. > :09:51.chips from awkward spot this week. Charl Schwartzel, in the elephant

:09:52. > :10:08.trap. Not sure I like the name, the

:10:09. > :10:17.elephant trap. Decent, from Schwartzel.

:10:18. > :10:30.Victor Dubuisson, a nice flat line is eyeing it up. A little upslope.

:10:31. > :10:37.Can't do much better than that, a delightful shot. Just a little bluff

:10:38. > :10:48.at the front of the green, you need to skip it up the bank. Playing

:10:49. > :10:50.alongside Dustin Johnson, Francesco Molinari has been heading backwards

:10:51. > :10:56.today and ruling himself out of things.

:10:57. > :11:08.It is amazing, now he is ten strokes behind.

:11:09. > :11:16.Adam Scott has not been going well, two under for the Championship, won

:11:17. > :11:22.over today, very surprisingly. He was disenchanted with things after

:11:23. > :11:27.his efforts yesterday, and he had been tougher half of the draw and

:11:28. > :11:35.knew that he was a bit too far back going into the weekend.

:11:36. > :11:44.Rory is giving this a lot of attention and respect. There is a

:11:45. > :11:47.feeling that this will move from right to left. There is not too much

:11:48. > :11:55.to the eye, but it is almost when you walk on that green, you see it

:11:56. > :11:57.in your feet. He just wants to tidy this one away and keep the momentum

:11:58. > :12:15.going. Beautiful. Right in the heart of the

:12:16. > :12:19.Cup. Bogey at the 1st, birdie at the 5th, all the rest are pars. Still

:12:20. > :12:45.leads by three. 10th to come, which is manna from

:12:46. > :12:49.heaven, those par-5s. Dustin Johnson has to be positive with this one.

:12:50. > :12:55.You will have memories of the last one lingering in his brain.

:12:56. > :13:00.You will have memories of the last half and firm. Follows bogey follows

:13:01. > :13:11.bogey for Dustin Johnson. Three in a row, adding 37, to other for the

:13:12. > :13:12.day, 6-under six behind. He had got within a couple of Rory McIlroy at

:13:13. > :13:41.one stage. The 10th is a straight hole, 532

:13:42. > :13:48.yards. On the green of this 10th hole, Charl Schwartzel is trying to

:13:49. > :13:52.save par. Not close. He slips back. A few players are getting up close,

:13:53. > :13:55.and still Garcia and Fowler are the real threats. But others have ebbed

:13:56. > :14:12.away a bit. Let's see if Marc Warren can find a

:14:13. > :14:16.birdie on the 11th. Shortish par four. It is going in the right

:14:17. > :14:45.direction. That could be awful. It has got a

:14:46. > :14:49.value to come through and the green running away from him. That is a

:14:50. > :14:58.high tariff and that it is he has got a good life.

:14:59. > :15:22.A rare one from Garcia. You don't see too many horrendous shots like

:15:23. > :15:28.that from Sergio Garcia. He was trying to be quick on it. The key

:15:29. > :15:35.thing here for Rory, you could get up there with a couple of July

:15:36. > :15:36.ands. The most important thing is to find the fairway. Definitely a

:15:37. > :15:57.birdie chance, 532 yards. Delicious! A couple of good bounces

:15:58. > :16:15.yesterday, but that was a real shame worn -- shame worn. Wide-eyed. Not a

:16:16. > :16:19.great balance. Jim Furyk. Two birdies so far today, no dropped

:16:20. > :16:30.shots. Three birdies so far. Jim Furyk, 8-under. A tidy round he's

:16:31. > :16:32.putting together. After that delightful approach to the 12th,

:16:33. > :16:57.Victor moves to 8-under. Johnson is trying to regroup now.

:16:58. > :17:04.Things just change so quickly within a couple of shots. But he certainly

:17:05. > :17:07.has the power to heat up this back nine if he gets his irons dialled

:17:08. > :17:26.in. That is not the side go. He seems a bit out of kilter. He

:17:27. > :17:35.will have not too far to go, this par-5, with a second shot. That is

:17:36. > :17:37.the two in the group ahead, Fowler and Garcia, his nearest

:17:38. > :17:56.challengers. Good from Mickelson in the final

:17:57. > :17:59.home, this will see him home. Not owing to be this year for the

:18:00. > :18:10.defending champions. And Garcia's shot. He's looking at

:18:11. > :18:24.the state of the wicket. He is looking as if he will try to

:18:25. > :18:34.belted along the ground and run it through, perhaps.

:18:35. > :18:40.He got lucky, but he has to be careful. There are a few brambles.

:18:41. > :18:44.He has got to come down incredibly steeply, said that is probably why

:18:45. > :18:48.he was looking in that area, inking a first bounce might be there, and

:18:49. > :18:58.then skidded onto the green. It will come out low. He has got a lot of

:18:59. > :19:01.rough grass to try to get through. Got to be careful with those

:19:02. > :19:07.brambles as well, because they have long tentacles. Meanwhile, Victor

:19:08. > :19:24.Dubuisson. Par-3 on the 13th. All the way up the back of this long

:19:25. > :19:33.green today. From the crowd says it all, because that is not nice.

:19:34. > :19:39.You get a good idea how steeply he is thinking about coming down,

:19:40. > :19:44.trying to get as clean a contact as possible. Because it is wet, the

:19:45. > :19:48.first bounce might skid up onto the green. He has got to be careful when

:19:49. > :19:56.he places the club close to the board as well, so it doesn't move.

:19:57. > :20:00.Just testing the strength of those brambles, because they can really

:20:01. > :20:11.snag your club. That's see what this one is going to do. He has got great

:20:12. > :20:12.vision. He is never afraid to play a golf shot, and a lot of players

:20:13. > :20:34.would not even see this. There is a lot of riskier. He is

:20:35. > :20:46.trying to pitch it into this area, somewhere there.

:20:47. > :20:54.That was the result. Could not go at the flag. Fraught with all sorts of

:20:55. > :21:04.dangers. He got the distance pretty well.

:21:05. > :21:13.Still the outside chance of a birdie on this par-5. Still some fairly

:21:14. > :21:32.benign par-5s at Hoylake. And on the other side of the green...

:21:33. > :21:47.The left side of this screen is the 10th hole. You can see the tide a

:21:48. > :21:52.long way out. And that is West Kirby beyond at the end of the course, and

:21:53. > :21:59.Hoylake at this end of the course. Now, Dubuisson, after his tee shot

:22:00. > :22:08.on the par a lot depends on the lie. He was taking a big slash at

:22:09. > :22:12.it. They can't be lying to well. This is a hit and hope. Well played.

:22:13. > :22:52.Really well played. Jim Furyk. Second on the dogleg 12.

:22:53. > :23:30.No bogeys today. Three birdies. Ryan Moore has

:23:31. > :23:41.We caught eight glimpse of Fowler, the last group.

:23:42. > :23:44.We caught eight glimpse of Fowler, there is his marker on the edge of

:23:45. > :23:48.the green, coming from the rough down the left. So Rickie Fowler and

:23:49. > :23:55.Garcia down the left. So Rickie Fowler and

:23:56. > :24:00.birdies here. Waiting back down the fairway, Rory McIlroy build the

:24:01. > :24:14.taking his second shot from the prime position on the fairway.

:24:15. > :24:18.I am sure that Garcia is pleased he has left himself with a birdie

:24:19. > :24:33.attempt after way he was with the second shot.

:24:34. > :24:42.Going to result in just a par. He has not played the par-5s

:24:43. > :24:43.particularly well this week, Sergio. All three of them averaging

:24:44. > :25:04.under-par today. Tiger, JP and dog head. The top

:25:05. > :25:12.team. Dubuisson for his par on the 13th.

:25:13. > :25:19.A shot goes for the man from the South of France.

:25:20. > :25:46.He slips back alongside Charl Schwartzel, with 7-under.

:25:47. > :25:57.Tiger Woods. Second to the first. He started on the 10th tee, and a

:25:58. > :26:18.little sizzler. Well done. Ryan Moore, had par putt on the

:26:19. > :26:25.10th. A long way adrift at the moment, Ryan Moore. Two underpar,

:26:26. > :26:42.Ryan Woods is one underpar. Jim Furyk get a longer birdie

:26:43. > :27:09.attempt. A poor birdie attempt. His dad Mike has been his coach all

:27:10. > :27:16.his career. That unusual swing. After a lengthy wait, Rory has taken

:27:17. > :27:20.a 2-iron, 245 yards, a bit of an absolute as a launch pad, but a bit

:27:21. > :27:30.more breeze up there and he will have to hit this really well.

:27:31. > :27:40.Has he got it through the gap? Where is this going? Please, this could be

:27:41. > :27:50.really awkward. That better scuttle a bit, otherwise he is in an awful

:27:51. > :27:54.spot in the backflip. If that has just dropped over the edge, it could

:27:55. > :27:59.be awful. It may have trickled down far enough. He won't even know it is

:28:00. > :28:04.in the bunker for certain. Rickie Fowler actually rolled in that

:28:05. > :28:11.birdie putt on the 10th to get to 10-under par. Only two behind

:28:12. > :28:16.Michael Roy -- Rory McIlroy at the moment. This is getting a bit more

:28:17. > :28:27.interesting. Rory McIlroy has Co. Rickie Fowler

:28:28. > :28:32.had a birdie at the 10th, two shots behind now. Sergio Garcia had a five

:28:33. > :28:37.at the 10th, so three behind. Jim Furyk is going very well, only three

:28:38. > :28:42.bogeys all week. Darren Clarke is putting together one of the best

:28:43. > :28:45.rounds of the day, 5-under for his round. Jimmy Walker is playing

:28:46. > :28:52.steady and consistent golf, he made his debut in this Championship last

:28:53. > :29:03.year. And the likes of Stephen Gallacher is doing well. Keegan

:29:04. > :29:07.Bradley is the leader in the clubhouse, at at nine o'clock in the

:29:08. > :29:11.company of Phil Mickelson, a Ryder Cup partnership. Here is Russell

:29:12. > :29:28.Fuller. moment, how was it out there? Today

:29:29. > :29:32.is not a day to go out and shoot a low number. It was challenging

:29:33. > :29:38.earlier on in steady rain but I was proud of the way I played. Was it

:29:39. > :29:43.the fact that it was an earlier start for you cause any problems

:29:44. > :29:47.with preparation. I did not get to bed at the normal time that I would.

:29:48. > :29:54.I thought I would be around noon and then I found I was forced off at 9am

:29:55. > :29:59.with a 5:30am wake-up. I do not think it is ever happened in the

:30:00. > :30:04.open. Do you expect somebody to shoot a low score? I think it is

:30:05. > :30:09.under there and I shot 3-under and it was the highest I could have

:30:10. > :30:12.shot. It is a challenging course and you can headed into the bunkers is

:30:13. > :30:41.no matter what the conditions are. Thank you for speaking to us.

:30:42. > :30:49.Can you have a close look at the ball? It is on the down slope but he

:30:50. > :30:55.has got room to get the club up sharply. It is not a picnic but it

:30:56. > :31:20.does give a chance. It could have been a lot worse.

:31:21. > :31:30.He did not quite get that the elevation but it was a good effort.

:31:31. > :31:34.He needed an extra two feet. I will remind you that it is a par five so

:31:35. > :31:44.it is still a birdie attempt to come.

:31:45. > :31:58.7-under. Was Tiger Woods 14-under 21 in 2005? 7-under heads the field. If

:31:59. > :32:14.you are 7-over then you are in trouble.

:32:15. > :32:35.Dustin Johnson was in the rough on the left-hand side but he had a

:32:36. > :32:58.decent lie. It would've been an eagle attempt.

:32:59. > :33:07.This is another big moment for Rory McIlroy. It would be wonderful to

:33:08. > :33:10.escape from that insane bunker with a birdie. What I like to look for is

:33:11. > :33:32.the rhythm of his stroke. It will feel like half a shot,

:33:33. > :34:20.especially after that drive. Just over 150 yards. This 11th

:34:21. > :34:36.hole, the fairway rules up and down like a roller-coaster. -- rolls.

:34:37. > :34:38.Tomorrow, Rickie Fowler will be in Orange, the colours of his Oklahoma

:34:39. > :35:05.State University. He managed to get plenty of hate

:35:06. > :35:18.considering the down slope. That was a lovely shot. It landed softly. As

:35:19. > :35:19.this is usual for Sergio Garcia after that incident at the 10th hole

:35:20. > :35:35.with errors. That was a missed opportunity

:35:36. > :36:28.because of his power just like a Rory McIlroy.

:36:29. > :36:55.Francesco Molinari and the Ryan are both having horrors. -- Ryan Moore.

:36:56. > :37:17.It looks OK. It gives him a chance to get at that Tate). -- tight right

:37:18. > :37:29.pin. There are some dark clouds on the horizon.

:37:30. > :37:46.Francesco Molinari 's coach is disappointed for his man.

:37:47. > :38:15.It is very much a result of the way that he gets the club and that is a

:38:16. > :38:30.good one. It is unorthodox but you cannot argue with the results.

:38:31. > :38:45.Up the hill all the way for Rickie Fowler. Has he hit it? It has. He is

:38:46. > :38:47.now one behind Rory McIlroy. Terrific putts. Such a fluid,

:38:48. > :39:08.flowing stroke. Final hole for Darren Clarke at the

:39:09. > :39:21.9th. He needed a little bit more on that one. You can see him smiling.

:39:22. > :39:25.It is a good day 's work. Best performance of the season, no doubt

:39:26. > :39:48.about that. He played most of the season on the American PGA Tour.

:39:49. > :40:08.It feels just a bit quieter. That noise when Rickie Fowler rolled down

:40:09. > :40:20.the birdie putt, that would've been registered by the group behind.

:40:21. > :41:04.That was interesting. Jim Furyk had a putting home. -- hold.

:41:05. > :41:23.There are some ripples at in until he gets nearer to the Cup. -- in

:41:24. > :41:25.this green. He is quite an interesting character, he is not the

:41:26. > :41:49.quintessential normal Frenchman. This is the first of the two doglegs

:41:50. > :41:53.left. Everything is feeding down towards the three bunkers on the

:41:54. > :41:55.right. The sting has been taken out of the fairways and the fairways are

:41:56. > :42:05.holding, which is good. Like a lot of players, carrying a

:42:06. > :42:30.driving iron. He is responding to Rickie Fowler 's

:42:31. > :42:49.birdie. I am shaking my head at that shot.

:42:50. > :42:54.It was stunning. Johnson has got a much better angle and he will be

:42:55. > :42:58.able to see Rory McIlroy 's ball. He has a better view of the flag.

:42:59. > :43:01.Anything coming has a better view of the flag.

:43:02. > :43:32.should feed down towards the pin position.

:43:33. > :43:38.He has just gone walkabout at the moment, Dustin Johnson. He needs to

:43:39. > :43:53.get some birdies to get back into the game.

:43:54. > :44:07.That is just about far enough. There are bunkers on the right. 290 yards

:44:08. > :44:10.to teach that. Through the ball, there is none better. The club face

:44:11. > :44:30.is on the right angle of attack. This is the shortest hole on the

:44:31. > :44:37.course, the 15th. 6-under for Edoardo Molinari. He is alongside

:44:38. > :44:58.Dustin Johnson now. Terrific round of golf from Darren

:44:59. > :46:47.Clarke. Six birdies. He always enjoys the links.

:46:48. > :47:07.Second shot on 12 for Rickie Fowler. He is producing magical stuff here.

:47:08. > :47:08.That is great to see Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, exciting young

:47:09. > :47:22.talents in the game. He is a young talent himself, Dustin

:47:23. > :47:28.Johnson. He was par of the American Walker cup team that played against

:47:29. > :47:30.Great Britain and Ireland in 2007 in County Down with Rory McIlroy on the

:47:31. > :47:44.other side. They played each other in the

:47:45. > :47:52.singles matches. It is amazing that they are now playing in the final

:47:53. > :47:57.group of The Open Championship. Tremendous support for Rory McIlroy

:47:58. > :47:59.around the screen. He has a good look at the scoreboard so he is

:48:00. > :48:32.perfectly aware of the situation. makes the most of it. He leads by

:48:33. > :48:38.two. They are a group apart but it is an nice tussle developing between

:48:39. > :48:41.Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy. Rickie Fowler had a couple of

:48:42. > :49:12.birdies and Rory McIlroy responded. APPLAUSE

:49:13. > :49:18.This is fabulous star. One of the most exciting talents in the game.

:49:19. > :49:36.At his very best at the moment. They are enjoying themselves immensely.

:49:37. > :49:40.The rules official will walk around with each match as well as somebody

:49:41. > :50:05.who will look after the bunker. Talking about young talents in the

:50:06. > :50:10.game versus Victor Dubuisson. -- this is. He has just slowed down a

:50:11. > :50:32.little bit. This was for a birdie for a 68. Five

:50:33. > :50:36.birdies and no dropped shots. He will sit alongside Darren Clarke on

:50:37. > :50:47.5-under. They will end up playing together tomorrow. Those look

:50:48. > :51:13.comfy, those giant beanbags. Difficult to get up from.

:51:14. > :51:54.I do not like the way that that one dived in there there.

:51:55. > :52:11.That is Tigers X Caddy. -- ex-caddy. It is a good angle, you can see the

:52:12. > :52:54.green from you. -- from here. You can see the marker close to the

:52:55. > :53:35.hole of Sergio Garcia. Rickie Fowler will go first.

:53:36. > :53:35.Striking it will go first.

:53:36. > :54:06.That was downhill. He has played Fowler, within one of

:54:07. > :54:08.That was downhill. He has played very well this week but he pushed

:54:09. > :54:27.that. When you are hitting it so well,

:54:28. > :54:29.giving yourself chances, and you're playing partner is rolling in the

:54:30. > :54:51.birdies, it hurts. Adam Scott had some problems today.

:54:52. > :55:20.This was to get to 4-under. It is a Adam Scott had some problems today.

:55:21. > :55:42.long way back from here. Just a few holes and tomorrow to go.

:55:43. > :56:02.Unlucky. He has been playing quite nicely but he had a double bogey at

:56:03. > :56:07.the 2nd. Tiger Woods is playing the court back to front, he is

:56:08. > :56:08.the 2nd. Tiger Woods is playing the front nine but it is his back nine

:56:09. > :56:35.today. You cannot believe from this angle

:56:36. > :56:44.that the green goes far to the left, it is almost on the beach. It is an

:56:45. > :56:48.intimidating hole but the way that Rickie Fowler is going, I would not

:56:49. > :56:50.be surprised if he ends up knocking this one close. He is going with a

:56:51. > :57:32.seven iron. APPLAUSE

:57:33. > :57:56.He has done well but it has finished on an upslope. He will have to chip.

:57:57. > :58:06.170 yards to go and that has gone to the left. Paying the price for

:58:07. > :58:43.missing the fairway with a iron. In she goes, another birdie for

:58:44. > :59:07.Matteo Manassero. He has had a mixed bag. Three bogeys and six birdies.

:59:08. > :59:12.You wonder what is going through the mind of Sergio Garcia. He has to go

:59:13. > :59:50.202 yards. The flag is not moving at all,

:59:51. > :59:57.hardly. The crowds are down slightly on 2006, but still very big compared

:59:58. > :00:02.to other Championship venues. These are the alphabetical scores on the

:00:03. > :00:15.bottom of the screen. The last light was eight to out of ten. -- was a

:00:16. > :00:19.two out of ten. This is a 8.5 out of ten.

:00:20. > :00:41.And that to stay in the lead. Stay in the lead on his own.

:00:42. > :01:45.Jim Furyk for his par at 14. A good chip from down there as well.

:01:46. > :01:51.That ball stayed on the upslope rather than slipping into the

:01:52. > :02:01.hollow. The shot has become much more manageable. Meanwhile, to Marc

:02:02. > :02:11.Leishman, a chance for him to get to five underpar. They are stacking up

:02:12. > :02:47.behind, a lot of these players are still some way adrift.

:02:48. > :02:53.Dustin Johnson has not had a birdie since the 1st hole. He still

:02:54. > :03:19.hasn't. It will be nice if one of these

:03:20. > :03:24.putts drops for Sergio Garcia. Some of them he has knocked so close you

:03:25. > :03:31.did not think he could miss, but he still has. The standard of golf he

:03:32. > :03:32.is playing is a still has. The standard of golf he

:03:33. > :04:17.his school has been. 9-under, format behind. -- four

:04:18. > :04:25.behind. It is really Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler who are showing

:04:26. > :04:32.the rest how to do it. They left himself a relatively straight uphill

:04:33. > :04:38.one. First time since early in his first round that he has not had the

:04:39. > :04:53.sole League alongside Rickie Fowler.

:04:54. > :05:12.Rickie Fowler, 6-under for his round. Rory McIlroy is level par.

:05:13. > :05:27.Charl Schwartzel, laying off the backflip, gouging an old divot.

:05:28. > :05:30.Magical! It went right along the top of the tight rope. I thought for a

:05:31. > :05:41.moment it would fall off, but it stayed on.

:05:42. > :05:46.The weather has not been vintage, but the heaviest rain has stayed

:05:47. > :05:54.away for good spells, and we have been rewarded with some fantastic

:05:55. > :05:55.golf. Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy or on -- are on top of the

:05:56. > :06:15.leaderboard. I don't think it is any surprise,

:06:16. > :06:18.the way Rickie Fowler is blowing. The first two time they played in

:06:19. > :06:22.the Open Championship in Saint Andrews and Saint Georges, he was

:06:23. > :06:31.leading. If you put all eight rounds together he beat anyone else that

:06:32. > :06:43.played in those two opens. He is putting with such confidence.

:06:44. > :07:12.They clear the green, waiting back on the

:07:13. > :07:32.Some very heavy rain looks like it is happening to the North at the

:07:33. > :07:37.moment. It does happen in this part of the world, I am told, that things

:07:38. > :07:50.can skirt round this golf course to land North and South. Rory McIlroy

:07:51. > :07:54.can only just seen the top of the flag, which is barely flickering.

:07:55. > :08:13.The tee is barely flickering or so. Tried to draw it in, but a nastier

:08:14. > :08:38.hop, a vindictive leap to the right. On the next hole, Rickie Fowler.

:08:39. > :08:47.Actually, it is a wide fairways here at 14, sleeping left-to-right. The

:08:48. > :08:50.bunker is on the left, 280 yards, the bunker on the right is a bit

:08:51. > :09:20.further. yards wide, a bell shaped fairway,

:09:21. > :09:24.but that seems to dive into a bit of a thicket. This is how it has played

:09:25. > :09:44.today. A bit of a breeze helping with Ryan

:09:45. > :10:04.Moore's tee shot on 14. It just came up in the last couple of minutes.

:10:05. > :10:14.Ideal, and now to Sergio. We were treated to Rory McIlroy at his best

:10:15. > :10:17.yesterday, and today we have been treated by Garcia and Rickie Fowler.

:10:18. > :10:25.It is wonderful to see these guys being so creative. You have to be

:10:26. > :10:29.creative on this course. It is a work of art. If you hit these

:10:30. > :10:33.fairways, with the softer greens, you have a chance to get closer.

:10:34. > :10:42.That is why these players are playing safe at 14.

:10:43. > :10:50.A nice one. A low, drilling draw shot, onto the slope of the fairway.

:10:51. > :10:52.The further right you go, the longer the second shot, but a better view

:10:53. > :11:10.of the green you get. Charl Schwartzel on the 14th green,

:11:11. > :11:20.pops in. He is fighting back. A couple of bogeys on the back nine,

:11:21. > :11:23.but now one birdie. There is the 13th green there, down to the 14th,

:11:24. > :11:30.wonderful crowds here as we look out over the estuary, and towards the

:11:31. > :11:38.misty cloudy hills of North Wales. Victor Dubuisson. That will be a par

:11:39. > :11:50.and he will remain alongside Charl Schwartzel and Jim Furyk on 7-under

:11:51. > :11:54.par. Victor Dubuisson and is currently in a tie for fourth place,

:11:55. > :11:58.but significantly at the top it is Rickie Fowler 6-under for his round

:11:59. > :12:02.today, and Rory McIlroy is level for his round today, and that is why we

:12:03. > :12:14.have a stalemate at the top with a few holes left to play on this third

:12:15. > :12:19.day. What about Graeme McDowell? Three Northern Ireland men are all

:12:20. > :12:25.major winners, two US opens and a PGA and the other titles between

:12:26. > :12:39.them. Well played, Graham, especially on

:12:40. > :12:46.the back nine. Some unpleasant weather conditions. When we started

:12:47. > :12:50.off this morning, it was nasty, the first few balls. It was raining

:12:51. > :12:57.pretty hard. It is a tough start to this course. The front nine didn't

:12:58. > :13:02.really go my way. I took some flags on that I didn't need to you and

:13:03. > :13:06.bogeyed a tank made the turn in one other, thinking, this is not really

:13:07. > :13:21.happening. The back nine was kind to me yesterday. Thankfully I made some

:13:22. > :13:24.good swings. I think you are realistic about your chances, you

:13:25. > :13:26.are a bit far back and there are some quality players with some

:13:27. > :13:35.opportunities over the back nine this afternoon. The skies have

:13:36. > :13:41.cleared a bit and the wind is negligible. The greens are quite

:13:42. > :13:48.soft and they are very pure to put on -- to putt on. The two T start,

:13:49. > :13:57.you could question it, but it is not going to make a difference. The

:13:58. > :14:00.morning guys will have had a tougher time than the afternoon guys. The

:14:01. > :14:07.decision will not affect them much apart from somebody tracking of like

:14:08. > :14:10.this afternoon. I am too far back. I expect the deed is to play a solid

:14:11. > :14:13.back nine and they will be out of touching distance for the and Lessig

:14:14. > :14:32.really blows hard tomorrow. Thanks. Look at this one here. It looks OK.

:14:33. > :14:44.How is he going to play at? That was a creative shot there. Pretty good.

:14:45. > :14:52.Just like Phil was saying, it is such a delight to create shot if you

:14:53. > :14:56.are a good player on the links. Fowler in the hay, digging it out

:14:57. > :15:04.there on the 14th. He had given himself a good position to try to

:15:05. > :15:15.find the green and save his par. Both leaders are in a bit of bother.

:15:16. > :15:36.Garcia's tee shot leaves him in a great position here.

:15:37. > :15:50.Not risking the right side, if you had the bank down there it kicks

:15:51. > :15:51.into the rough, so sensible play. Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia are

:15:52. > :16:04.active players. Dustin Johnson, a good tee shot on

:16:05. > :16:18.the 13th. Finally! Finally, Dustin Johnson

:16:19. > :16:23.finds his second birdie of the day after he birdied the first. He

:16:24. > :16:28.looked like he was setting sail for good things, but it is back to

:16:29. > :16:36.7-under. A horrible run leading up to the turn.

:16:37. > :16:45.He is one of these poets which is easier to see. Not outside the

:16:46. > :17:11.whole. He has putted well, and usually when

:17:12. > :17:15.he has putted well, he is there or thereabouts. He will know that

:17:16. > :17:21.Rickie Fowler is having a few problems ahead.

:17:22. > :17:28.Rickie is third now, and even from this close, with that position and

:17:29. > :17:29.the banks to the right, it is intimidating, difficult to get

:17:30. > :17:41.Just playing a bit cagey, giving close.

:17:42. > :17:51.Just playing a bit cagey, giving himself an outside chance of saving

:17:52. > :17:53.his par. Quite a steep angle of attack, and can almost see the ball

:17:54. > :18:05.running up the grooves as he strikes it, the ball spinning.

:18:06. > :18:19.And Matteo Manassero, six birdies today, and number seven comes at his

:18:20. > :18:22.final hole. A round of 68 from Manassero, and this is a day that

:18:23. > :18:29.the youngsters are showing the rest had to do it. He got off to a rocky

:18:30. > :18:37.start, but 6-under par, a tie for eighth place at the moment. You

:18:38. > :18:42.think of Manassero in there and more importantly, Rickie Fowler and Rory

:18:43. > :19:08.McIlroy at the top, two 25-year-olds. Sergio Garcia is not

:19:09. > :19:34.spectator's point of view, it is very exhilarating. There we are, we

:19:35. > :19:38.talked about the seals yesterday, a whole family of them out there.

:19:39. > :19:48.There is one on his back having a lovely time. There are about 200 of

:19:49. > :19:52.them across the way. I am not sure the salmon fish is enjoyed them,

:19:53. > :19:59.because they make their group, there is a whole family there. Back to the

:20:00. > :20:02.golf! Let's see if Garcia can roll this one in for a birdie after being

:20:03. > :20:05.in a different off the tee shot. Almost forced to play safe with the

:20:06. > :20:18.life he had. There are not that many within a

:20:19. > :20:20.real touching distance, but more than I thought there might be at one

:20:21. > :20:37.time. Schwartzel came to a bit of a halt

:20:38. > :20:43.with a double bogey. I think, although there is some conversation

:20:44. > :20:47.about the two T start and the weather, I think it has worked out

:20:48. > :20:51.pretty well, and we have been very lucky. There has not been an awful

:20:52. > :20:56.lot of rain. The course has stood things remarkably well. I am sure a

:20:57. > :21:02.lot of players, although it is not the done thing, would not mind doing

:21:03. > :21:09.this again tomorrow. But it doesn't quite work out that way. David

:21:10. > :21:13.Howell, Mark James. Thanks, Peter. This is an eagle for Fowler. Two

:21:14. > :21:52.lovely shots. And back to Rory and Dustin Johnson,

:21:53. > :21:56.chatting away. That is one of the extraordinary things about golf, it

:21:57. > :22:00.allows you to do this sort of thing. You can hardly have a chat at tennis

:22:01. > :22:04.or crooked... Well, they do have a chat at cricket sometimes, but not

:22:05. > :22:11.in a very compliment we wait, I am told! But I would not know anything

:22:12. > :22:17.about that. I would imagine there is a bit going on at the cricket, in

:22:18. > :22:26.the Test match. Let's see if Fowler can save par at 14. How many times

:22:27. > :22:35.have we said it today, a wayward tee shot? How many times has it been

:22:36. > :22:38.true? Rory coming up behind will have an opportunity, if he can get a

:22:39. > :22:55.format here to grab the lead again. Garcia has got to take his time on

:22:56. > :23:03.this one, because he has missed one at this distance a few holes ago. A

:23:04. > :23:12.better stroke. The one he missed was a very weak effort. He did not look

:23:13. > :23:16.comfortable. That was better. He still does not look as comfortable

:23:17. > :23:20.as they can on the greens. He is playing some good golf. Rickie

:23:21. > :23:44.Fowler taps in, drops a shot. They move away. The next group are

:23:45. > :23:49.almost in position to hit. There they are. Nasty clouds. We have had

:23:50. > :23:57.those all day. It has been very ominous, but so far, the golfing

:23:58. > :24:02.gods have been kind. I would what that's huge cheer that is. There is

:24:03. > :24:06.a camera on the end of that, giving you some wonderful pictures. Dustin

:24:07. > :24:19.Johnson is a bit short, a bit shy, and you can see the flag on the left

:24:20. > :24:32., an awkward place. Justin Rose on the 18th. This for a 69. Well done.

:24:33. > :24:42.Takes into 5-under. Continuing his very fine season.

:24:43. > :24:48.tomorrow. There should not be any storms, the odd shower perhaps, but

:24:49. > :24:53.not too much wind. Judging from what we have had today, it will probably

:24:54. > :24:57.be blowing a gale and pouring with rain tomorrow. So far we have

:24:58. > :25:06.escaped very well. Victor Dubuisson on, I like watching him.

:25:07. > :25:15.And he has missed it. I had an e-mail earlier saying, they are

:25:16. > :25:29.looking for lookalikes. This man thought he looks like the man who

:25:30. > :25:34.played Cardinal Richelieu in the three Musketeers. We will wait until

:25:35. > :25:41.he turns round so we can have a look at him.

:25:42. > :25:45.All these players are knocking on one click short. But a good solid

:25:46. > :25:51.hit, one click short. But a good solid

:25:52. > :25:58.holes on this back nine, this 14th uphill, semi-blind. If he can get

:25:59. > :26:05.one birdie, no drop shot and a birdie, maybe two birdies, he will

:26:06. > :26:08.have had a good day. Those mudflats do not look attractive when the tide

:26:09. > :26:18.is out, but some splendid houses down the road to the sea. All this

:26:19. > :26:43.has to be taken down on Monday. It might take them a day or two.

:26:44. > :26:56.Over, 166, this whole today -- this hole today. A lovely card from

:26:57. > :26:59.Sheila Darbyshire, a British fan. I can she has got tired of watching

:27:00. > :27:04.the football, but she's looking forward to the Ryder Cup. Glad you

:27:05. > :27:09.are enjoying things, Sheila. A bit topsy-turvy today, and lots of

:27:10. > :27:14.things of interest, and another day tomorrow with a lot of players

:27:15. > :27:16.jockeying for position. Rickie Fowler is one of them. Here he is at

:27:17. > :27:37.the 15th. Very little wind. This whole becomes

:27:38. > :27:44.a birdie chance. Neither of those were as close as they would have

:27:45. > :27:51.liked. The green is like a bowl, the apron sloping back towards the pin.

:27:52. > :28:00.There is more golf next week at Royal Porthcawl. It is the seniors.

:28:01. > :28:04.They are testing their skills on another mighty course, halfway

:28:05. > :28:12.between Cardiff and Swansea on the coast. If you have not been, it is

:28:13. > :28:14.delightful along the coast. Edoardo Molinari now, coming out of the

:28:15. > :28:26.light rough on Just came out with no spin, just

:28:27. > :28:36.trickling over the back, and down for a score of 69. Currently

:28:37. > :28:42.6-under. His brother has had a miserable day so far, played in the

:28:43. > :28:45.last group. It is incredible how even really good players like

:28:46. > :28:50.Francesco Molinari can have days when nothing ever goes right. That

:28:51. > :28:55.is sport. You can go in feeling like $1 million and missed the first

:28:56. > :29:00.ball. And sometimes the people who write about it don't understand

:29:01. > :29:03.that. They think everybody who is good should play brilliantly all the

:29:04. > :29:15.time. That is not 1 million miles away. Not 1 million miles away,

:29:16. > :29:23.Dustin Johnson. Will Rory McIlroy have learnt anything? He's a long

:29:24. > :29:29.way off. He will settle for two putts as well. 34 Dustin Johnson.

:29:30. > :29:51.Just for maglev. spec marks? Was it Bernard Langer or

:29:52. > :30:04.Greg Norman? I do not think I ever saw Arnold Palmer do it. -- spike

:30:05. > :30:15.marks. It just seems to be the thing to do. Aren't I a nice person? I do

:30:16. > :30:19.not know what is going on down here? I think make the book at

:30:20. > :30:26.bedtime. Constant bobbing and weaving from the crowd.

:30:27. > :30:36.I love theses, don't you? I could just look at those faces. What tales

:30:37. > :30:38.they may be able to tell. The man on the right with the fancy pants and

:30:39. > :30:56.they half glass of beer. You have missed it again, what is

:30:57. > :30:57.the matter with you? You used to be so good at those but you are hanging

:30:58. > :31:20.on. Just like that. It is a ridiculous

:31:21. > :31:26.game, isn't it? He had a couple of birdies today and then that one,

:31:27. > :31:34.then a bit of a struggle, then he sinks one from 14 yards. It is worth

:31:35. > :31:48.a smile. Well done, Rory. He has worked hard for his score,

:31:49. > :31:56.Rory. That was a beauty to get in. Just two par fives to come. It has

:31:57. > :31:58.been a tricky day for him. He looked nervous walking to the first tee.

:31:59. > :32:14.You did say that. Look out. They are all doing it now.

:32:15. > :32:24.It is becoming silly. 68 for Edoardo Molinari. He has had his health

:32:25. > :32:33.problems. It is nice to see him back again. They love the Gulf in Italy.

:32:34. > :32:59.That is the situation and Rory leads by two.

:33:00. > :33:11.He is now two behind Rory McIlroy after the bogey on the previous

:33:12. > :33:16.green. Plenty can happen on the last three calls. Two par fives that are

:33:17. > :33:24.reachable. I still find that hat fascinating. It is a train drivers

:33:25. > :33:26.hat. It is different from the other people 's baseball hats. Never

:33:27. > :33:52.mind, the world will go on. Three under, 9-under for the

:33:53. > :34:03.Championship. He really felt that one. Two par fives to come, if he

:34:04. > :34:08.can birdie those two, he is playing well enough, get to 11-under, he has

:34:09. > :34:21.a good chance at this unless Rory McIlroy goes mad. An eagle as

:34:22. > :34:55.possible. It can be done. -- is possible.

:34:56. > :35:13.Cant wait to get the par in his hands. -- the putter.

:35:14. > :35:32.It was a mighty of the TV. Even in the rough he is round the corner.

:35:33. > :35:42.551 yards this final hole. He has done at or near enough. That is

:35:43. > :36:03.silly. Cricket pitch away but he is on. A modest nod and a little smile.

:36:04. > :36:22.He went straight over the bunker and right next to the pin, good shot.

:36:23. > :36:28.man over the last six years. Amazing. He is coping with it very

:36:29. > :36:50.well. By Dom, he gave that the full

:36:51. > :37:00.treatment, didn't he? Is that heading towards trouble? Yes, no.

:37:01. > :37:33.Maybe just poor enough to stop them getting to the green.

:37:34. > :37:51.To be young! That is trouble, I think. Be a busy couple of bunkers

:37:52. > :38:00.beer. -- there is a couple of bunkers up there.

:38:01. > :38:15.It will be a pitch out and a pitch out and what a time to eat. I always

:38:16. > :38:20.thought he got indigestion when you start down your face. I remember

:38:21. > :38:23.when we played, some clubs had an old water fountain about the ninth

:38:24. > :38:33.hole which we never used in the winter.

:38:34. > :38:41.It is not coming. When I think of those old water fountains with the

:38:42. > :38:59.Brown, rusty water which was horrible stuff. Now it is, do you

:39:00. > :39:09.want sparkling water or still? We had a little metal ball with a chain

:39:10. > :39:22.on it. Was it on a chain to stop it being stolen? Probably. Do not drop

:39:23. > :39:37.the main ease down your clean shot. -- shirt.

:39:38. > :39:54.It could be, no. I thought it was into. Do not be too greedy. If you

:39:55. > :40:26.get two fours at the 16th and 18th then you will be a very happy bunny.

:40:27. > :41:02.Three South Africans playing together. They all speak...

:41:03. > :41:08.should get off the player mats. This has been a remarkable time around

:41:09. > :41:09.since I looked out of my window this morning and I saw those black chrome

:41:10. > :41:58.dash-mac clouds creeping in. Pretty good. He has made it,

:41:59. > :42:25.finally. Things are once again going right for Dustin. Back to 8-under.

:42:26. > :42:28.That was a pool stroke for this vanquished housen. He is a over

:42:29. > :43:04.today. -- Oosthuizen. Of the green, maybe? He does look a

:43:05. > :43:14.bit like the cardinal from the three Musketeers. Was there a cardinal in

:43:15. > :43:44.the Monty Python? There might well have been.

:43:45. > :44:00.That was his third shot and it was from a long way. It is over there in

:44:01. > :44:06.the green stuff. It looks like the watercress line. Now the caddies are

:44:07. > :44:25.eating, they even feed the caddies nowadays.

:44:26. > :44:53.That is a nice, tidy finish. Brandon Scott. Not the greatest first name

:44:54. > :44:57.but came home in style. The large sticks up for lining up and using on

:44:58. > :45:03.the range. You can stick them in the ground in front of you as a tracking

:45:04. > :45:06.device. You can do anything with them virtually. They tend not to

:45:07. > :45:12.break and they are very light so the caddies do not complain. Good luck

:45:13. > :45:32.for your centenary. look a better lie. It can deceive

:45:33. > :45:36.sometimes. You can catch it on top of the club and it does not go

:45:37. > :45:45.anywhere so you have to be mindful of that and keep the club going

:45:46. > :45:53.above the ground. Be wary of that. He has got about 230 two the front.

:45:54. > :46:06.-- to the front. He can just about make it. On lucky. -- unlucky. Not

:46:07. > :46:17.too bad now. Second putt at the 18th, Victor

:46:18. > :46:38.Dubuisson. What a lovely way to finish. He is

:46:39. > :46:48.in our Ryder Cup team. Six birdies. We need him. This back nine has

:46:49. > :46:55.certainly brightened Johnson's day, another birdie chance here. I do not

:46:56. > :47:05.like the sound of that, but he did shout four. You do not shout four

:47:06. > :47:17.when there is nobody there. He is going back.

:47:18. > :47:29.Paul wants to know, can we buy clubs like the professionals use? More or

:47:30. > :47:34.less but they take more care. In the length and thickness of the grid and

:47:35. > :47:39.all that. But they are basically the same. 95%, anyway. That is a

:47:40. > :47:54.beautiful drive. I think he has ripped that passed

:47:55. > :48:06.the 328 bunker that we saw Sergio Garcia by. Jim Furyk, 17th hole for

:48:07. > :48:07.the 328 bunker that we saw Sergio a par. No! Gym, whatever happened to

:48:08. > :48:28.Jim? -- Jim Furyk. We are coming to the end of this,

:48:29. > :48:32.the third day. A trouble today, they thought it was going to be troubled,

:48:33. > :48:35.the thunder and lightning and the end of the world was coming, but it

:48:36. > :48:40.did not arrive goodness for the golfers. That is the situation with

:48:41. > :48:43.just a handful of players left out on the course. Rory McIlroy is still

:48:44. > :49:10.ahead of the pack. Still a couple The shot. -- the fourth shot. Rickie

:49:11. > :49:12.Fowler's four. Chasing it along -- forth. It did not quite release. We

:49:13. > :49:23.are lucky we forth. It did not quite release. We

:49:24. > :49:28.were told to get there one iron out if we did get the storms because not

:49:29. > :49:37.even God can hit a 1-iron! You just made that up! Dave Telford has sent

:49:38. > :49:45.us a message. Regarding the death of Bob Torrance on. I am sure the

:49:46. > :49:51.family will be listening and a lot of people are sending messages of

:49:52. > :49:54.family will be listening and a lot condolence and narration -- memories

:49:55. > :50:09.of your dad and things he said which were amusing. A good man.

:50:10. > :50:18.Not too bad. A quick hello to my brother's wife's sister who is

:50:19. > :50:22.getting married today to Mike, have a great day and I hope it is not to

:50:23. > :50:25.Mike, have a great day and I hope it is not too disrupted by the good

:50:26. > :50:28.golf! I hope you have given them a decent present. Not a set of

:50:29. > :50:50.saucepans. Fish knives and forks. No one can do without fish knives!

:50:51. > :50:57.And the fish server looks like something you lay cement with. Who

:50:58. > :51:02.is in there? I do not think you can play it, Tiger. Is it mine? No, that

:51:03. > :51:30.is not mine. There is a ball here! Silver Birch, all those things. I

:51:31. > :51:48.know some of my friends hate these bushes on the course.

:51:49. > :51:54.on this long par four. Back left. He has gone miles left. That hit and it

:51:55. > :52:16.went left. I have the greatest admiration for

:52:17. > :52:26.spectators. They follow the stewards. They behave, apart from

:52:27. > :52:29.the occasional few, on the hole, they are an amazing lot. -- for the

:52:30. > :52:47.most part. A very different sort of day. The

:52:48. > :52:56.leaders would normally just about be going out now, just after three

:52:57. > :53:04.o'clock. Rickie Fowler. This is to stop the rot, and he has not. Hardly

:53:05. > :53:15.rot, but just a little chink. A three shot lead. It could well be.

:53:16. > :53:27.If Rory McIlroy can make four. It would increase to four.

:53:28. > :53:33.Garcia has a putt to go to double figures.

:53:34. > :54:14.Some very good schools today. I think they have handled the course

:54:15. > :54:24.well -- good scores. Oil at is a good test. -- Hoylake. People wonder

:54:25. > :54:28.why it is called Liverpool when it is not in Liverpool, it goes back

:54:29. > :54:37.hundreds of years, do not let it bother you. They do not mind being

:54:38. > :54:43.called Hoylake or Royal Liverpool. Fascinating day. Jim Furyk, his

:54:44. > :55:01.shot. Was that a snap up or was that my

:55:02. > :55:03.imagination? It was not. -- a snap all. That does not look great. It

:55:04. > :55:17.could be horrid. Dustin Johnson. Lucky to get right

:55:18. > :55:23.to the edge of the fake of the fit -- of the thick. He belted it and

:55:24. > :55:35.there is not a sound, did it just disappear? A pretty big target.

:55:36. > :55:40.Sometimes I wonder whether the players will have to hit it from the

:55:41. > :55:43.left or right. It is not easy to feather in a 9-iron. A big moment

:55:44. > :55:58.for Rory McIlroy, one good one. He is looking good, I think, he

:55:59. > :56:07.likes it. Does he like it? He loves it! That shows the power of Michael

:56:08. > :56:15.Roy, up onto the green easily -- Rory McIlroy. 577 yards through the

:56:16. > :56:25.middle of the green. Do you know the story of his head cover? It is

:56:26. > :56:31.obviously a well loved head cover. Probably given to him by his mum. I

:56:32. > :56:37.have no idea. Somebody has to fit had any significance. We will try to

:56:38. > :56:46.find out. -- somebody asked me if it had any significance. They have been

:56:47. > :56:53.together a long time. They have, they won a couple of Majors. Sergio

:56:54. > :56:55.is looking pretty menacing right now. He has the bit between his

:56:56. > :57:17.teeth. The crowd like it and he seems

:57:18. > :57:30.satisfied, we have not a clue. It is a funny sky for following the ball.

:57:31. > :57:34.They frame it up and so -- so you can follow the flight of the ball,

:57:35. > :57:40.but it is not the easiest thing in the world to do, but degree when you

:57:41. > :57:57.have this grey sky. Fowler is down the middle. He is OK.

:57:58. > :58:10.Jim Furyk. He is uncomfortable. He wants to avoid

:58:11. > :58:18.that. If he can get both feet in the bunker, it makes you lower half more

:58:19. > :58:25.that. If he can get both feet in the action of the ball. --

:58:26. > :58:27.that. If he can get both feet in the this off his knees. Well done!

:58:28. > :58:33.that. If he can get both feet in the will do! That will do very nicely!

:58:34. > :58:42.Yes! Robert Karlsson showing his

:58:43. > :59:02.appreciation for that bunker shot. Charl Schwartzel has had a drop from

:59:03. > :59:06.left. He was behind the grandstand. He gets the opportunity to move

:59:07. > :59:13.away, no penalty. Tiger looks as though he is on his way back to try

:59:14. > :59:17.for another. Is that the same we saw five minutes ago? I think so. He is

:59:18. > :59:25.a same -- he is a slow walker these days. There would be a time -- there

:59:26. > :59:32.was a time he would have been driven back. I wonder what the members will

:59:33. > :59:40.be thinking in another six, eight weeks. Do you remember when so and

:59:41. > :59:50.so did so and so? Let me see what I can do from here!

:59:51. > :59:59.Amateur golf began here when Championship golf began. When you

:00:00. > :00:04.look at the history of the club, why don't we get the best amateurs in

:00:05. > :00:10.the country together, they said? Let's see who is the best amateur

:00:11. > :00:20.player, and that is how it began. It was the first amateur Championship.

:00:21. > :00:23.1885? Something like that. It is wonderful the origins of amateur

:00:24. > :00:29.golf, they have kept them going over the years. Rory McIlroy has just

:00:30. > :00:30.golf, they have kept them going over to miss that coin in front of him,

:00:31. > :00:39.No. Yes! It kept going, I thought it that marker.

:00:40. > :00:45.No. Yes! It kept going, I thought it would go right. What a bonus, I

:00:46. > :00:49.thought that would go to the right. Rory McIlroy has struck a couple of

:00:50. > :00:52.blows in the last 30 minutes. Another round yet. He must not step

:00:53. > :01:07.ahead. That is He has got another coming up at the

:01:08. > :01:13.18th. It is amazing. He was tied with Rickie Fowler a couple of holes

:01:14. > :01:28.ago and suddenly a five shot lead. Charl Schwartzel the par, at 17. --

:01:29. > :01:38.Marc Leishman. -- for par. It looked good, but it just strayed off.

:01:39. > :02:10.Marc Warren. At the 18th. Into the hillside. No, no, no.

:02:11. > :02:18.Incredibly still with the conditions. Maybe just a fraction of

:02:19. > :02:24.breeze which is different than it has been in the last couple of days.

:02:25. > :02:29.Garcia, still over 200 jobs left. Phil, you must be surprise, wait a

:02:30. > :02:38.moment and we will see what Garcia does. It sounded a whisker heavy,

:02:39. > :02:42.maybe not. It is not fading much. That is not good. When you went out

:02:43. > :02:47.this morning, little did you think you would have a dry round! I have

:02:48. > :02:54.got my waterproofs on and ID not need them. It is amazing. -- I did

:02:55. > :02:59.not. It was doom and gloom at eight o'clock this morning and it started

:03:00. > :03:04.to rain heavily. There had been some thunder but it has been remarkably

:03:05. > :03:09.free along the Wirral. I am sure if you have had thunder and lightning,

:03:10. > :03:17.we apologise, we cannot help that. Charl Schwartzel at the 18th.

:03:18. > :03:25.The former Masters champion, of course. A classic swing. A modern

:03:26. > :03:30.swing. A lot of power. Straight on the bunker, over it. He was going

:03:31. > :03:39.well at the back lanes caught him out, he has had three bogeys, one

:03:40. > :03:53.birdie. The back nine of biting back again. Dustin Johnson for a birdie

:03:54. > :03:59.at 16. That is two he has left. I such a margin. -- by such margins

:04:00. > :04:11.Championships are won and lost. Marc Warren, having played... A bad

:04:12. > :04:22.result from the back of the 18th. This, for a birdie. He hit two

:04:23. > :04:28.magnificent shots to go right past the pin. Fowler. He has a good angle

:04:29. > :04:37.going into that left hole position. On top of that rich. -- Ridge. He

:04:38. > :04:41.fancies it, I think. No, you does not. And there is horrid stuff

:04:42. > :04:47.fancies it, I think. No, you does there. You have to hit so hard, it

:04:48. > :04:54.is hit it and hope. Suddenly playing a bit longer. Sergio hit a wood of

:04:55. > :05:21.the tee. Jim Furyk. A round of 71. 6-under par. Two

:05:22. > :05:32.bogeys in the last seven taking the shine off that round.

:05:33. > :05:43.Back to the tee the Rory McIlroy. -- for Rory McIlroy. Find the fairway.

:05:44. > :06:18.And he has. Robert Karlsson, he was in the first

:06:19. > :06:20.group on Thursday. A five and a six in the last couple of holes. Round

:06:21. > :06:39.in 70, a pretty good score. A reminder of how it stands and that

:06:40. > :06:45.eagle at the 16th has given Rory McIlroy breathing space. Five shots

:06:46. > :06:52.back to Rickie Fowler and Garcia who have made a dynamic duel. They are

:06:53. > :06:59.spreading out further down, Jim Furyk is home. And Justin Rose, the

:07:00. > :07:03.pre-championship favourite, back to back victories in his last two

:07:04. > :07:08.events, he is a long way away, ten shots back from McIlroy. He finishes

:07:09. > :07:15.at 5-under in the Championship so far and a birdie, birdie finish,

:07:16. > :07:18.let's get his thoughts with Russell. Your thoughts on that round, a 69,

:07:19. > :07:27.5-under par for the Championship. Today was a nice day to play golf,

:07:28. > :07:34.there has been threatening weather and the warm up was terrible. It

:07:35. > :07:38.turned into a nice day, not much wind. This is my lowest round for

:07:39. > :07:42.the week but my 70 was much better than that round today and I had an

:07:43. > :07:47.opportunity to go low today, a lot of chances on the back nine and I

:07:48. > :07:51.could not get them to drop. Has that been the story of your week, have

:07:52. > :08:00.you been on the fringe of things? Yes,, I was on the trickiest side of

:08:01. > :08:05.the draw -- yes,. You are trying to play catch-up. I played a lot of

:08:06. > :08:10.good golf, I felt comfortable, just maybe I have not had my run yet so

:08:11. > :08:14.hopefully things will click tomorrow. A bit too far back to win

:08:15. > :08:19.if I am on list, but there is always pride to play for. I feel there is a

:08:20. > :08:24.low round on me and you never know what conditions might bring tomorrow

:08:25. > :08:29.-- on me. We hope you find one, thank you, Justin.

:08:30. > :08:35.I do not think it was lashing down with rain, he has become quite a

:08:36. > :08:42.gentle soul. That has gone way right. He is not that far wide. It

:08:43. > :08:55.does not look too bad. A nice message from David Hunter

:08:56. > :09:03.about the North of England open amateur youth Championship. Colin

:09:04. > :09:07.Montgomery, all those players played in it. It is played again in the

:09:08. > :09:14.middle of August. I think I did play in it, possibly. It is of history at

:09:15. > :09:20.big event for young amateurs in the North of England. Middlesbrough golf

:09:21. > :09:22.club, that is where it is played -- it was played in 2013. This is

:09:23. > :09:38.another chance. He had two different results and

:09:39. > :09:45.that will go back, probably. Rory will have a six shot lead in a

:09:46. > :09:50.minute. Amazing. Don't count your chickens!

:09:51. > :10:02.Charl Schwartzel. Surely? Can he chase it up over the rough? Into the

:10:03. > :10:09.bunker, I fancy. It would have made it. This 18th hole, playing 581

:10:10. > :10:22.yards, is very reachable for the big boys. The 17th, 460 yards, is still

:10:23. > :10:23.a big hit. Ryan Moore. 4-over on the front. He got a couple back this

:10:24. > :10:40.nine. That is a good putt. 4-under for the

:10:41. > :10:46.Championship right now. I think a lot of spectators would be put off

:10:47. > :10:51.coming today because of the weather forecast but still a healthy crowd

:10:52. > :10:57.and they have seen good golf. There were so many umbrellas up before it

:10:58. > :11:05.was almost silent. I remember in 1981, the Ryder Cup, no applause.

:11:06. > :11:10.You cannot win you hold an umbrella. -- when.

:11:11. > :11:14.You cannot win you hold an umbrella. negotiate and he did not quite pull

:11:15. > :11:26.You cannot win you hold an umbrella. it off. This to save par. No. He is

:11:27. > :11:31.not putting badly but he does not hold it like the others. That was

:11:32. > :11:37.the case of a misdirected second shot, that is a big target. It is

:11:38. > :11:43.not my job to criticise, I just observe, but it is a big target. He

:11:44. > :11:49.put it to the left and it cost him dear. Rory is waiting.

:11:50. > :11:51.put it to the left and it cost him if he held cutlery like that, he

:11:52. > :12:09.would starve to death! I used to call that the King's Cross

:12:10. > :12:19.station right hand grip. That is his head cover. It is Snoopy the dog, it

:12:20. > :12:26.must be a loved ornament. No! A great putt, just an inch short. It

:12:27. > :12:35.was a good try. A six shot lead. McIlroy. And there may be more to

:12:36. > :12:44.con. Dashed to come. The middle of the green, we should finish four,

:12:45. > :12:49.four, that would be brilliant. -- more to come. For his family and

:12:50. > :13:07.supporters and friends, and all the rest.

:13:08. > :13:16.This is the three ball, the South African three ball, we will call

:13:17. > :13:22.them. They have not, as good as I thought they would. -- they have

:13:23. > :13:33.not,. Charl Schwartzel looks to be the best of the group. Louis

:13:34. > :13:41.Oosthuizen has done all right. Rory is ready. And he has got the same

:13:42. > :13:50.club he had into the last, a 4-iron. Let's hope for another good one. It

:13:51. > :13:58.is not bad. He looks a little anxious. Yes. That does not look too

:13:59. > :14:04.bad. That is where you do not want to be. A bit of room over the other

:14:05. > :14:10.side. He is trying to do what Sergio did, he is trying to fade it in.

:14:11. > :14:15.Why? Because it looks the easiest shot. You play a game of which I am

:14:16. > :14:22.not familiar. We thought hitting straight was all right! Dustin

:14:23. > :14:26.Johnson, he does not look enchanted with that. I can see why now. Down

:14:27. > :14:43.the slope. want to get it high to get over that

:14:44. > :15:04.narrow entrance. The 18th tee. Sergio Garcia, has a reputation of

:15:05. > :15:14.being one of the finest drivers. But he's hit a few wayward ones this

:15:15. > :15:17.week. Yeah, a couple of bunkers down the left side and players tends to

:15:18. > :15:21.go down the left because they are scared of the out of bounds, even

:15:22. > :15:30.though they generally don't take enough club to reach that out of

:15:31. > :15:41.bounds. This is the 16th as they play it, the first, second, 16, 17

:15:42. > :15:44.and 18 are for the members. If you hit it at the yellow scoreboards

:15:45. > :15:57.down at the other end, that is the line you want it on. I confess that

:15:58. > :16:05.I don't see it. Don't know where that is. He was aiming a long way

:16:06. > :16:13.left. Trying to fly the left-hand bunkers at 280 odd. Coming back

:16:14. > :16:46.towards the fairway. Only just. McIlroy has quite a decent lie, but

:16:47. > :16:51.it is one that asks the question, do you loft it over all of the bumps?

:16:52. > :16:58.I'm not sure, he might knuckle it into the bank and let it drift left

:16:59. > :17:02.to right down to the flag. We saw him hit one yesterday out of this

:17:03. > :17:07.sort of stuff with an absolutely wonderful touch. If he does it again

:17:08. > :17:14.it looks suspiciously like he's just extremely good! This is very

:17:15. > :17:20.difficult. It will be backwards, back to his feet. If he drops a shot

:17:21. > :17:24.here, maybe two, I don't know what will happen in the next ten

:17:25. > :17:28.minutes, but caused by a missed second shot. Very difficult coming

:17:29. > :17:46.up that hill. Good lie or not. There are moments when, and I call

:17:47. > :17:54.it the Jack Nicklaus brain, having watched him for 40 years, he's won

:17:55. > :18:02.the Championship 18 times, second 19 times, you realise what a master he

:18:03. > :18:06.was, and when he had to do a job he did it. If it called for two

:18:07. > :18:17.5-irons up the fairway, that's what it was. Brilliant. Just needs a

:18:18. > :18:25.good, pace putt here. Bogeys are not something you can't recover from.

:18:26. > :18:34.How is this? That would have been obscene if that had gone in. It's so

:18:35. > :18:40.nearly did but he escaped with one drops shots. Four at the last and

:18:41. > :18:47.all would be forgiven but still a wasted opportunity.

:18:48. > :19:09.Jack Nicklaus was an amazing attack technician, but some of them like

:19:10. > :19:16.McIlroy, Scott, they are so good, that if you try to play safe like

:19:17. > :19:24.Tiger did at Lytham the other year, they just breeze past you. This was

:19:25. > :19:28.a birdie but it does not head in. It is not just playing safe, it is a

:19:29. > :19:36.question of attacking and defending. It's very simple when you put your

:19:37. > :19:43.mind to it. It is not difficult to work out. But you go like a lemming,

:19:44. > :19:47.following everybody else. You only need to win a couple of times and

:19:48. > :19:51.you win 4 million quid. Racing drivers don't hurl themselves into

:19:52. > :20:06.every corner. Tiger he might have left himself too far

:20:07. > :20:17.back to challenge but you live to fight another day.

:20:18. > :20:26.Molinari has had a tiring day. Five bogeys, finally made birdie at the

:20:27. > :20:35.16th. He defending that position now, just one of those days that

:20:36. > :20:43.happened to often. Now, Philip. Garcia has a great angle to get a

:20:44. > :20:52.bad back left hole position. 275. Hello. That does not look good. No,

:20:53. > :21:03.he's all right. Ten yards or so from there. Those white posts mark the

:21:04. > :21:07.out of bounds. He's wriggling his right wrist and shoulder. I don't

:21:08. > :21:11.know if he's pulled a shoulder. He looked at his right hand on the tee

:21:12. > :21:18.when he stepped away as if it had a mind of its own and was trying to

:21:19. > :21:28.take over. Fowler going at it from the other side. He's... Oh, no. It's

:21:29. > :21:33.going to catch. That will be in Jim Furyk country, on the down

:21:34. > :21:33.going to catch. That will be in Jim just inside the bunker. It could be

:21:34. > :21:47.a nasty spot. Ryan Moore has steadied the ship

:21:48. > :21:50.incredibly well on the back nine. Nothing went his way on the front

:21:51. > :21:53.side. He's put in a good performance on the back nine but

:21:54. > :21:58.side. He's put in a good performance that, no putts have been dropping

:21:59. > :22:01.for him. He sit incredibly well, turned it around. Doesn't but like

:22:02. > :22:07.he will go for the green. A bit of safety with this one. He needs to

:22:08. > :22:16.get four here, that would be 34 home. After also some dramas on the

:22:17. > :22:25.first nine holes. Over on the corner of the practice ground, the members

:22:26. > :22:30.practice ground. He's not happy either.

:22:31. > :22:43.He is now. That was a canny one. They are good players, you're quite

:22:44. > :22:53.right, they play shots from anywhere. Magic. See how he faded

:22:54. > :23:02.that from there. Finally a bit of luck there. Two putts would put him

:23:03. > :23:03.in 10th position so still in good position to have a great

:23:04. > :23:18.Championship. They are on the final hole. McIlroy

:23:19. > :23:24.has had two dropped strokes on this front nine. Dropped a shot at the

:23:25. > :23:32.1st hole, he's had an eagle and three birdies thus far.

:23:33. > :23:46.And on the other side, Tiger Woods at nine.

:23:47. > :24:01.Tiger, 2-over today, four over for the Championship. That's better.

:24:02. > :24:03.Tiger took seven at the 7th, six at the 2nd. Those are his two

:24:04. > :24:20.destructive holes. Two bunkers down the left or what

:24:21. > :24:23.the players are trying to avoid. Out of bounds is down the right but left

:24:24. > :24:49.is definitely better. And important... But they are all

:24:50. > :24:56.important, don't be silly, but you need a nice one here. Par-5, even if

:24:57. > :25:02.you take five, it won't be the end of the world. It would be nice to

:25:03. > :25:07.finish with four. It could be in the rough, it might come back, just. It

:25:08. > :25:18.does, it clears the corner, ideal spot.

:25:19. > :25:30.It's only 3:35pm. An early finish. The sun is beginning to come out.

:25:31. > :25:34.Amazing, remarkable, it feels weird to finish now on the Open

:25:35. > :25:38.Championship. I think they made the right decision. If they had waited

:25:39. > :25:42.and there was thunder and lightning it could have been that we did not

:25:43. > :25:48.finish today, it could have been a bad day to try to fit 27 holes in

:25:49. > :25:53.tomorrow. I think they were right to do what they've done and nice to see

:25:54. > :26:00.decisions made by that which work. I will second that, Peter. McIlroy and

:26:01. > :26:06.Johnson have averaged more than 320 yards on the first two days on the

:26:07. > :26:11.driving holes. Two of the longest hitters in golf. And both pretty

:26:12. > :26:15.straight. Sergio doesn't look too bad from this position in his third

:26:16. > :26:17.shot at the final hole. The club got caught in a tough the bit and the

:26:18. > :26:37.ball yanked to the left. Rickie Fowler does have a shot.

:26:38. > :26:45.Shouldn't be too difficult for him. He's been a bit fortunate, the same

:26:46. > :26:47.land as Furyk who had an awkward one but it is played boldly and well.

:26:48. > :26:55.Very well! CHEERING

:26:56. > :27:08.APPLAUSE The crowd have taken the young

:27:09. > :27:14.fellow very much to heart. They have enjoyed watching him play. Just

:27:15. > :27:24.slipped a bit over the last four or five holes, dropped a stroke. But

:27:25. > :27:39.he's picked one up here. Stops the bleeding a little bit. 68. Could so

:27:40. > :28:00.easily have been 65, but 68, done and dusted.

:28:01. > :28:12.Ryan Moore over on the right-hand side. He played that magical run the

:28:13. > :28:17.bunker. -- run around the bunker. He's been so close with many putts

:28:18. > :28:22.today but none have dropped. The Dolphy has played on this back nine,

:28:23. > :28:24.he deserves something to happen. Maybe that will be an eagle here. --

:28:25. > :28:37.the golf he has played. He will have got the line to some

:28:38. > :28:44.extent from Rickie Fowler's bunker shot which ran out quite nicely.

:28:45. > :28:54.Never quite online but a good pace and putts and he will be happy with

:28:55. > :28:58.that. A birdie four, a round of 73. He will have a pretty good lie in

:28:59. > :29:05.tomorrow. I suppose they're back to more normal tomorrow if the forecast

:29:06. > :29:12.is back to normal. Tiger on the other side of the course. Birdie

:29:13. > :29:22.putts at his last... Well done Tiger. Three bad shots costing him

:29:23. > :29:40.four shots. Apart from that, not bad stuff. Ryan Moore just getting rid

:29:41. > :29:45.of this. Good putts. Birdie four. Gutsy effort. All you can do this

:29:46. > :29:49.sort of course if it's on top of you is to keep plugging away and hope

:29:50. > :30:01.things will change. And it looks like they did. Looking down on the

:30:02. > :30:05.final hole as Garcia putts. Birdie opportunity just on the right-hand

:30:06. > :30:12.side of the hole and is just too wide. Almost dead straight. A little

:30:13. > :30:21.wiggle in it. Sergio finishes with a par-5. And a round of 69, which

:30:22. > :30:27.might have been anything. One birdie and one dropped shots after going

:30:28. > :30:34.out in 32. Dropped a shot at the 1st. APPLAUSE

:30:35. > :30:41.A fairly good round but he really hasn't made any progress. But I feel

:30:42. > :30:46.that they feel they will have had a good break in the weather. They

:30:47. > :30:56.could have ended up with soaking wet waterproof clothes. Looks like a

:30:57. > :31:04.three or four iron. Certainly no more. Going with that lofted fairway

:31:05. > :31:06.wood. The distance they have two hit it, can't have more than 215 to the

:31:07. > :31:23.front. 266 to the pin. Over the corner of the wind, left to

:31:24. > :31:29.right, that's the wind, so it helps to start them to the green. A

:31:30. > :31:37.comfortable wind. This will trickle over. APPLAUSE

:31:38. > :31:45.In good shape. A fine shot. Molinari out in 39, he's had a birdie and one

:31:46. > :31:59.dropped shot on the inward nine. Watch out, ball, here we come.

:32:00. > :32:09.You can tell it's on line. Not bad. Told you so. CHEERING

:32:10. > :32:21.Told you so. That is a gem, Told you so. CHEERING

:32:22. > :32:34.don't come much... They don't come much sweeter than that. Now, Dustin

:32:35. > :32:41.Johnson. He doesn't like that. It is not in McIlroy's class. And he's got

:32:42. > :32:46.away with it. We will have a chip and run from there. Also a good

:32:47. > :32:54.break, but it was a poor shot. Nearly a Ryan Moore. That was a

:32:55. > :32:59.majestic iron, I like that. A fine drive. I did not mean to be picky at

:33:00. > :33:05.the last hole, but I don't like silly shots, unfortunate shots and

:33:06. > :33:08.expensive shots. I love to watch people doing things well and nobody

:33:09. > :33:09.expensive shots. I love to watch does it better than this lad when

:33:10. > :33:16.he's in flow. Finish does it better than this lad when

:33:17. > :33:25.and I can go home happy. A four, rather. I would be disappointed.

:33:26. > :34:43.I think that's what you would call a nice over -- a nice over -- N nice

:34:44. > :34:49.ovation. Not too many golfers will get that sort of reception. I think

:34:50. > :34:57.they know that when they're cheering Rory, they are cheering somebody who

:34:58. > :35:02.went he's good, he's as good as anybody there's ever been, if not

:35:03. > :35:08.better. There are flashes of great brilliance. You forget he's only 25.

:35:09. > :35:12.There are one or two very wise things Boris Becker said when he won

:35:13. > :35:17.Wimbledon at 17 and he was expected to answer questions about

:35:18. > :35:25.everything. To do with tennis, the Germans, the war, and everything.

:35:26. > :35:32.Some of his answers were wonderful. We expect too much of champions

:35:33. > :35:39.sometimes. He's decided to putts it at the end of the day. You know who

:35:40. > :35:44.is great at these sorts of shots, my old pal, Christy O'Connor, he had an

:35:45. > :35:52.old golf club that was on a ladies length 9-iron. It might have been

:35:53. > :35:58.made by Gillette because the edge of it was sharp as a rage. It was very

:35:59. > :36:08.lofted, probably a 52 degrees wedge. -- sharp as a razor. He was

:36:09. > :36:16.the best I've ever seen. You could bring whoever you like. He's elected

:36:17. > :36:23.to putts this. It's a good effort to get down in two from here. Very easy

:36:24. > :36:28.not to. If you short games have not fired on all cylinders. Ian Woosnam

:36:29. > :36:42.always used a simple chip to stiff like them. Very good. Pretty good

:36:43. > :36:49.speed, just wondering off a bit. Good effort. Good results.

:36:50. > :36:58.Looked good at the start. Three dropped strokes on the outward nine.

:36:59. > :37:11.Out in 37. A couple of birdies coming home.

:37:12. > :37:44.The final game. Molinari. He's out in 39, started with three bogeys.

:37:45. > :37:56.Very nice. Very nice indeed. Two cracking shots into the green.

:37:57. > :38:05.Finishes with a four. APPLAUSE Ended up with a 75. Well, looked as

:38:06. > :38:11.if he could be a lot worse at one time.

:38:12. > :38:24.He will be glad that's over. A tough day at the office. Rory, just a

:38:25. > :38:28.beautiful second shot. There have been many impressive things about

:38:29. > :38:32.McIlroy this afternoon, not least the fact that when his lead was

:38:33. > :38:40.Brett and he managed to rattle off six threes in the space of eight

:38:41. > :38:41.holes. -- when his lead was threatened. This for a closing

:38:42. > :39:18.eagle. Looks good. CHEERING Well, wasn't that lovely? Two Eagles

:39:19. > :39:22.with a slight it in the middle. That's fantastic. When you come to

:39:23. > :39:26.the end of the third day. Somebody should write a song about that.

:39:27. > :39:38.Dustin polishes off before the end of day three. 71 for Dustin. And

:39:39. > :39:43.Rory has certainly seen off a few Demons yesterday and today, but one

:39:44. > :39:47.more day tomorrow. One more day tomorrow. Well done, well done.

:39:48. > :39:52.more day tomorrow. One more day Terrific stuff. I hope you've

:39:53. > :39:59.enjoyed some of that at home. I certainly have.

:40:00. > :40:09.Tomorrow is another day. We'll be back to normal tomorrow. In terms of

:40:10. > :40:13.the timings, that is. The weather forecast is better than today but

:40:14. > :40:18.today has worked out remarkably well. They will go over the bridge,

:40:19. > :40:22.down and across what they play as the 3rd hole, to the recorders

:40:23. > :40:27.office, and check the card zooming sure everything is in order. We

:40:28. > :40:30.don't want any hiccups. Historically we've had a few over the years,

:40:31. > :40:36.people putting down the wrong score, signing for the wrong score,

:40:37. > :40:41.disqualified. Sometimes some very expensive mistakes, but hopefully

:40:42. > :40:48.those opportunities have been eliminated. Well done, Rory McIlroy.

:40:49. > :40:55.Over the fairway he goes. A serious stride. Through the crowd. Turn to

:40:56. > :41:09.the left. Just into the little grey shared

:41:10. > :41:38.ahead. An office, how dare you call it a shared! -- shed. It just

:41:39. > :41:44.wiggled a bit at the end. A couple of people finishing with sixes at

:41:45. > :41:54.the end of their days, he finished with two threes. Makes a big

:41:55. > :42:00.difference. STUDIO: A six shot lead for Rory McIlroy. The biggest lead

:42:01. > :42:04.at the 54 hole stage since Tiger Woods 14 years ago at St Andrews who

:42:05. > :42:10.also led by six shots before going on to win by a record margin.

:42:11. > :42:15.McIlroy's nearest challenger, Rickie Fowler at ten shots under-par today.

:42:16. > :42:20.It was very close for a while, jousting for the lead between nos

:42:21. > :42:24.two. Sergio Garcia put together a good performance but Dustin

:42:25. > :42:31.Johnson's challenge faded. 1-under for him today. Only 11 men within

:42:32. > :42:37.ten shots of Rory's lead as we go to tomorrow. Graeme McDowell had a good

:42:38. > :42:43.round today. A day off good scoring on a day that was eerily calm after

:42:44. > :42:50.the expected apocalyptic storms. As Peter Alliss said, they did not

:42:51. > :42:55.materialise. Rory McIlroy, there we go. It got close for a while, you

:42:56. > :43:02.might recall in the early stages just after he teed Mac off at 11am,

:43:03. > :43:08.he did not have it all his own way early on.

:43:09. > :43:18.COMMENTARY MONTAGE: Here he comes, welcome, Rory. On the tee, from

:43:19. > :43:26.Northern Ireland, Rory McIlroy. Rory's father put a bet on 20 years

:43:27. > :43:33.ago that he would be an open winner by the age of 25. He is 25 right

:43:34. > :43:42.now. This calculation, a big misjudgement. Rory McIlroy steadies

:43:43. > :43:52.things. Yes, yes, yes, first figure of the day. 12-under, three ahead.

:43:53. > :43:57.That is the shot of the day. Paying the price for missing the fairway

:43:58. > :44:08.with that iron. Like that. Just like that. Yes, kept going. And there is

:44:09. > :44:14.a huge bonus. That would have been seen if that had gone in. STUDIO:

:44:15. > :44:22.Ken Brown and Mark James have joined me. If we were to see him win this

:44:23. > :44:26.tomorrow he would be just the third man after Jack Nicklaus and Tiger

:44:27. > :44:31.Woods to win three Majors by the age of 25. Pretty good company. He looks

:44:32. > :44:37.like he belongs there right now. Some of his golf is remarkable. He

:44:38. > :44:42.has teased as a little at the 1st hole, by pretending he's not quite

:44:43. > :44:53.in control, but he looked relaxed, and when he did, easy. A grandstand

:44:54. > :44:59.finish from Rory at the end but in general, it was very different

:45:00. > :45:04.starting out three hours earlier than the leader would normally do on

:45:05. > :45:09.a Saturday. I think the consensus is that it was the right call to have

:45:10. > :45:12.this two four start. Without doubt, there would be nothing worse than

:45:13. > :45:19.watching the rain coming down and note like it is a chance you take

:45:20. > :45:22.and it has worked out well. It was a big advantage for Rory because he

:45:23. > :45:26.did not have to wait, it is a horrible weight. The wind was down

:45:27. > :45:34.and the cause was dumper which makes the fairways better and the course a

:45:35. > :45:37.bit longer, so those ingredients will -- were perfect. And as he

:45:38. > :45:44.walked out, the rain stopped. I think we should relive some of the

:45:45. > :45:48.key moments because it was eventful. A 68, comprising three bogeys and

:45:49. > :45:56.three birdies and two eagles and it's got twitchy at the 1st. The

:45:57. > :46:02.four shot cushion was only to -- was only two. -- it got. He hit it well

:46:03. > :46:07.to make a bogey. This is on the seventh. A tee shot at him in

:46:08. > :46:14.trouble and he had to chip out. This was a very big par save. He played

:46:15. > :46:19.it very sensibly, he got it onto the fairway, he got lucky. His putting

:46:20. > :46:27.was really good today, he held yardage. This is the ninth. He seems

:46:28. > :46:36.to have an affinity to the equipment. Right underneath that!

:46:37. > :46:44.Again, that was a good par save. That was a brilliant par save. The

:46:45. > :46:49.tee shot at the 12th. Slightly awry, and he was co-leader, having made at

:46:50. > :46:55.bogey with Rickie Fowler he was charging. This must have put the

:46:56. > :47:00.wind up Rory. Yes, particularly missing that putt. He had holed that

:47:01. > :47:06.well all day and suddenly the pack were getting closer. At the 14th,

:47:07. > :47:12.the putter was starting to work now here, Ken. Beck in the lead. Rickie

:47:13. > :47:19.Fowler had slipped, at 13-under. -- back. That was ever tall. It was

:47:20. > :47:24.next acted. -- that was a pivotal shot. You particularly loved these.

:47:25. > :47:30.They were the making of the thing. These tee shots with Andres, miles

:47:31. > :47:37.further than anybody else, splitting the fairways. -- these tee shots

:47:38. > :47:43.were fantastic. And he followed up with a wonderful iron shot. Yes,

:47:44. > :47:47.fantastic. The driving is incredible. When you hit it 330

:47:48. > :47:52.yards, you have to be very accurate to hit the middle of the fairway.

:47:53. > :48:00.220 is not that difficult. This was the second shot into the par four,

:48:01. > :48:06.17th, and he got into trouble. It landed him in a spot of bother and

:48:07. > :48:13.he would drop a shot here, but still five shots in front. This is

:48:14. > :48:18.exciting about Rory, he just chases Flag is coming he did not need to go

:48:19. > :48:25.for that... He got a good five then. This tee shot at the 18th. -- he got

:48:26. > :48:32.a good five in. No problem, perfect spot. Was a delight and those two

:48:33. > :48:40.tee shots are world-class. -- it was. At 18, it was out of bounds and

:48:41. > :48:47.nowhere near. This was almost saving the best till last! No one can do

:48:48. > :48:52.that. He has flown it over the front bunker and it has come down, it was

:48:53. > :49:02.unbelievable. You cannot do that with a wedge, most people. Perfect

:49:03. > :49:07.putt. That finish has put him in such a strong position, 16-under

:49:08. > :49:13.par. The last 16 holes, Rickie Fowler played them and there is a

:49:14. > :49:18.big difference. We are looking at wire to wire winners, it denotes

:49:19. > :49:22.winners who have won I'd been in front with no ties at the end of

:49:23. > :49:31.every day. Only nine of them since 1883. -- by being in front. The last

:49:32. > :49:34.person to do it was Tiger Woods at Saint Andrews and if he is to

:49:35. > :49:39.achieve it, it is an extraordinary thing because of the pressures on

:49:40. > :49:42.all four days. There is a lot of pressure and he felt it yesterday at

:49:43. > :49:48.the start of the round and again today. He looked as though he was

:49:49. > :49:57.not sure what to expect. Sometimes you feel uneasy. As Ken said, on the

:49:58. > :50:01.1st hole, not great. It took him a while to get warmed up and he did

:50:02. > :50:06.not flow until late in the round but it shows how much he has got when it

:50:07. > :50:16.takes you that long to get going and, what did he shoots? 68. Yes. --

:50:17. > :50:23.he shoots. It was a tale of two 25-year-olds, Rickie Fowler and Rory

:50:24. > :50:29.McIlroy were in the same Championship. They have been stars

:50:30. > :50:34.in waiting. Rickie Fowler was up for it and he has put together great

:50:35. > :50:40.rounds. Yes, he seems to really enjoyed links golf. I first saw him

:50:41. > :50:43.for Royal Saint George's and he has got the shots but he enjoys playing

:50:44. > :50:51.them and that is one think you have to do. To be able to do it. -- one

:50:52. > :50:58.thing. Unlucky how he finished, I felt sorry for him, that mistake at

:50:59. > :51:01.the 16th was unlucky. But he played delightful shots. He had to distance

:51:02. > :51:09.control down to a fine art in the early stages. -- his distance

:51:10. > :51:12.control. In the early stages, he was overshooting. Today, he seemed on

:51:13. > :51:19.it. Sometimes that is the look of the draw. That does happen. Today,

:51:20. > :51:24.there was no wind and everything was fairly predictable and he can shape

:51:25. > :51:28.the ball both ways so it is a day you should get your club is right.

:51:29. > :51:34.If you do not get them right today, something is wrong with your game.

:51:35. > :51:39.Let's remind ourselves of his day, it was worth watching. He was right

:51:40. > :51:44.into it from the start. It was important to get off to a flying

:51:45. > :51:48.start. Rickie Fowler. If you get a slow start in a tournament like

:51:49. > :51:54.this... At the 1st hole is tough and it is difficult to get it back. A

:51:55. > :52:00.birdie, birdie start. And it continued. And the putter was so

:52:01. > :52:08.hot. He was holding everything. Yes, a lot of shots will hold. These

:52:09. > :52:12.are good greens but when you get a nice layer of moisture on them, it

:52:13. > :52:20.seems to hold the ball straighter and they do not wonder around when

:52:21. > :52:26.it gets dry. -- wonder. He made full use of the conditions. He has had a

:52:27. > :52:30.good run of form because in Majors, a couple of times, he is the only

:52:31. > :52:36.player with top five finishes in the Masters and the US Open. He was in a

:52:37. > :52:41.top ten position at Royal Aberdeen last week, so he has the confidence

:52:42. > :52:45.for the major Championships. Last week at Royal Aberdeen, that was an

:52:46. > :52:52.advantage playing the links golf. We had eight birdies today. That slack

:52:53. > :53:02.finish has put him a little behind. But a lovely smooth/ and he reads

:53:03. > :53:08.the greens well. -- smooth hit. Mick Faldo would hit putt after putt on

:53:09. > :53:13.these, not everybody finds it this easy -- mixed folder. If you have

:53:14. > :53:17.had a breakthrough like he did three years ago, does that carry through?

:53:18. > :53:21.To a large extent, if you can deal with certain conditions, that is

:53:22. > :53:28.some think you do not think much about. If you play well, you will do

:53:29. > :53:31.OK. That was at 16 when he hit it into the bunker. He knows he can

:53:32. > :53:36.play links golf and he just has to start swinging well. In the last

:53:37. > :53:43.couple of holes, the Stardust seems to run out. It did

:53:44. > :53:45.couple of holes, the Stardust seems pressure can do. You can feel you

:53:46. > :53:50.are getting closer to winning a major Championship, he finished

:53:51. > :53:52.second in the US Open and fifth in the Masters, you knows he can

:53:53. > :53:53.second in the US Open and fifth in This was the shot of

:53:54. > :54:01.second in the US Open and fifth in knows. He had to get

:54:02. > :54:04.second in the US Open and fifth in distance. Rickie Fowler

:54:05. > :54:05.second in the US Open and fifth in of 68, less eventful

:54:06. > :54:11.second in the US Open and fifth in Rory Mclroy, but what chances do you

:54:12. > :54:21.give him if he can string together a hot run tomorrow? I cannot remember

:54:22. > :54:25.the score is exactly but it is not as if he will have played seven

:54:26. > :54:31.holes to put him under pressure when Rory gets out. There are 11 guys

:54:32. > :54:36.within nine shots, I think the five guys. So they are a long way back as

:54:37. > :54:41.a group. Sometimes you have a five shot lead over ten players and

:54:42. > :54:45.somebody will shoot 65 but they are spread out and I do not see them

:54:46. > :54:53.catching. Even if Rory has a dodgy start, I think he will just carry

:54:54. > :54:57.on. I think he will win easily tomorrow. I think Rickie Fowler

:54:58. > :55:04.might have something to say about that come he is with Russell.

:55:05. > :55:07.Well played again and congratulations particularly on a

:55:08. > :55:13.stunning opening 13 holes, you got a share of the lead, what were you

:55:14. > :55:16.thinking? Probably not a lot, just going through the motions and making

:55:17. > :55:21.sure I was going through the process on each shot. I was prepared to hit

:55:22. > :55:28.every shot and I did just that. A couple of loose swings, one approach

:55:29. > :55:34.shot on 17. Three swings that cost me coming in. Definitely room for

:55:35. > :55:39.improvement on the home stretch tomorrow. It goes to show how

:55:40. > :55:45.difficult it is to play the level you were over 18 holes at any major

:55:46. > :55:49.Championship. There is definitely a fine line and so much can happen so

:55:50. > :55:57.quickly. If you are not hitting your line, if you are just a little out,

:55:58. > :56:03.it can result in a bad score. Things have turned around quickly with

:56:04. > :56:11.Rory's finish, how do you feel about your chances, six-pack? Trying to

:56:12. > :56:15.put myself into a good position. If I can go out and get off to a solid

:56:16. > :56:20.start tomorrow, put pressure on Rory, still a lot of golf to be

:56:21. > :56:25.played. Is it an advantage to be playing in the same group as Rory

:56:26. > :56:30.tomorrow? Definitely. Being alongside him, no matter what, we

:56:31. > :56:35.will have a good time tomorrow. We are good friends. If I can get off

:56:36. > :56:41.to a solid start and put pressure on him and make him earn it, we will

:56:42. > :56:41.see if we can get ourselves in the mix.

:56:42. > :56:44.him and make him earn it, we will see if we can get ourselves Good

:56:45. > :56:49.luck. He will be out with Rory tomorrow.

:56:50. > :56:54.And what is significant is that in his two professional wins, he has

:56:55. > :56:58.beaten Rory to those titles on both occasions. He will cling to that!

:56:59. > :57:04.Claimed in the cirque sack with the right word. -- Kling is exactly the

:57:05. > :57:13.right word. Sergio Garcia was a factor here at words of -- eight

:57:14. > :57:19.years ago. He eventually shot a 74. This is his rounds today. He would

:57:20. > :57:27.also be a factor from the start. -- his round. A bogey at the 1st.

:57:28. > :57:32.Bumper-to-bumper the Sergio at the start. So we dropped one. But he

:57:33. > :57:37.picked it up at the 2nd, Ken. That is what you need to do, a good bogey

:57:38. > :57:43.at the 1st. Sergio is a confidence player to get two put in on the

:57:44. > :57:51.first and the second was a good start -- two pots. A birdie at the

:57:52. > :57:56.5th to take him to 7-under. It is lovely to see Sergio enjoying this

:57:57. > :57:59.Championship. He has had his girlfriend here and he seems happy

:58:00. > :58:06.up on and off the golf course and it is showing. He is relaxed and it is

:58:07. > :58:12.showing -- he seems happier. This is a nice high draw. This tee shot,

:58:13. > :58:22.back-to-back, this was a gem. At number nine. It was a perfect shape

:58:23. > :58:28.and it was an exquisite eye on. -- iron. You know you have -- you know

:58:29. > :58:34.you have your ball under control. 10-under at the 16th. He was

:58:35. > :58:40.certainly challenging at this point. A bogey at the 17th would see him

:58:41. > :58:49.finish at 9-under par alongside Dustin Johnson in a round of 69. So

:58:50. > :58:54.Sergio is going to be giving chase. He seems to be a very popular

:58:55. > :58:59.figure. He has had a lot of support from the galleries all week. Yes, I

:59:00. > :59:05.do not know why, I think they are supporting everybody, they are

:59:06. > :59:10.enjoying the golf. They are giving everyone a good reception. Sergio

:59:11. > :59:15.has been around a long time and when you have been around as long as he

:59:16. > :59:22.has, people start to get to know you and they have seen you be happy. I

:59:23. > :59:27.feel they know you more and they put up with the occasional scowl because

:59:28. > :59:32.they know they will get at smile -- a smile and a good shot, and people

:59:33. > :59:36.have warmed to him. He is a personality and sometimes you think,

:59:37. > :59:41.that is not right, and other times, you have to admire him. People can

:59:42. > :59:47.connect with him. I am sure he is smiling, he is with Russell.

:59:48. > :59:51.Well played again, you are moving got the leaderboard, 69 today. How

:59:52. > :59:57.are you reflecting on that? -- moving up. Every time you shoot

:59:58. > :00:04.under par, in a major, it is always good. Obviously, a little

:00:05. > :00:10.disappointed the way I played the last two holes. A couple of loose

:00:11. > :00:14.shots cost me. But other than that, I have played quite solid for most

:00:15. > :00:20.of the day. The conditions were quite good. A little bit of rain and

:00:21. > :00:28.a little breeze. The course was playing very nicely. I would love to

:00:29. > :00:32.have seen who was in front. I would love to score a bit better today,

:00:33. > :00:38.but unfortunately, I was not able to. Can you catch him? Yes, you

:00:39. > :00:45.never know! We will see what day comes tomorrow. It is never easy

:00:46. > :00:53.being in that position. He has done it before and he is a great player.

:00:54. > :00:57.I would not expect it to be easy, but you never know. A couple of bad

:00:58. > :01:01.holes and you start doubting yourself and anything can happen.

:01:02. > :01:08.Your job is to put as much pressure on him as you can. A dangerous

:01:09. > :01:14.strategy here. You still have to be comfortable with what you do. You

:01:15. > :01:23.cannot just go out and attack everything. Usually you will not hit

:01:24. > :01:25.good shots that way. You have to see where you really want to attack,

:01:26. > :01:32.where you feel comfortable attacking, and try to do it as well

:01:33. > :01:36.as possible. More great entertainment for everybody today,

:01:37. > :01:40.thank you, Sergio. An exhibition of links golf from

:01:41. > :01:48.Sergio and Rory, he is on his way to the studio so stay with us. If you

:01:49. > :01:52.want to play links golf like Rick, perhaps you should speak to the

:01:53. > :01:58.coached to the stars David let at who has been chatting to Don Walker

:01:59. > :02:04.-- David Leadbetter. Glorious weather and lovely people

:02:05. > :02:11.including David, good morning. How are you? Lovely day. On a day like

:02:12. > :02:14.this, you have coached some of the great swings, how important is it

:02:15. > :02:19.what goes on in hind -- between the ears? The green will be receptive,

:02:20. > :02:24.there is no wind, so keep the ball out of the rough. It will be a

:02:25. > :02:29.tandem effort with your caddy who plays an important roll keeping the

:02:30. > :02:35.club strike, making sure you have gloves, towels, except. That will be

:02:36. > :02:40.key. These guys are experienced and they have played in weather like

:02:41. > :02:41.this and they would only stop if you could not play the greens because of

:02:42. > :02:47.too much water or lightning. The could not play the greens because of

:02:48. > :02:52.course would play easier than it did yesterday because the wind is down.

:02:53. > :02:57.A word on Bob Torrance, another of the great

:02:58. > :03:01.A word on Bob Torrance, another of He was a great character and a

:03:02. > :03:05.pioneer and he was out here before I was working with players. Sam was

:03:06. > :03:08.his first student. He was well loved out here and there are so many

:03:09. > :03:12.his first student. He was well loved stories about him, he will really be

:03:13. > :03:17.missed. I really enjoyed running into him a couple of times a year

:03:18. > :03:24.and chatting, he was very knowledgeable about the golf. I know

:03:25. > :03:28.a lot of players will miss him. He has had a big influence on them. A

:03:29. > :03:33.very sad loss and he and you and many others will save today the key

:03:34. > :03:41.is to keep out of the long, wet rough. So if I could hand you a

:03:42. > :03:47.2-iron. I want you to show was, a lot of people may play in these

:03:48. > :03:50.conditions, how do you make sure you keep it on the short stuff? Most

:03:51. > :03:57.conditions, how do you make sure you people would not be using at 2-iron,

:03:58. > :03:59.-- a 2-iron, but the key is, any time the

:04:00. > :04:04.-- a 2-iron, but the key is, any within yourself. A lot of players

:04:05. > :04:09.try to make their normal golf swing as if it was 80 degrees. The key...

:04:10. > :04:17.Down on the club. as if it was 80 degrees. The key...

:04:18. > :04:24.up. And you make a three quarters type swing. You will see a lot of

:04:25. > :04:30.players not hitting full shots but swinging like that. Keeping control.

:04:31. > :04:35.Grip it down and put the ball further down and make this swing. It

:04:36. > :04:41.is about balance. If players can hold their finish here, hold that

:04:42. > :04:45.position, they have done a good job. Most players are a little

:04:46. > :04:50.off-balance. When the weather is not nice like today, swing within

:04:51. > :04:58.yourself, nice and easy. When it is breezy, swing easy, the old saying.

:04:59. > :05:00.Make that my swing and just hold your finish. Always great to talk to

:05:01. > :05:02.Make that my swing and just hold you. And tell your friends

:05:03. > :05:10.Make that my swing and just hold had a lesson from David!

:05:11. > :05:14.Rory McIlroy has joined us, what about that finish? Yes, it was

:05:15. > :05:20.needed. Rickie Fowler was getting a little close. I was just waiting for

:05:21. > :05:26.those holes because I knew if I could hit a couple of good drives on

:05:27. > :05:30.16 and 18, I would have a good chance for a birdie. I did not

:05:31. > :05:36.expect to make two Eagles but I will take it. A six shot lead, the

:05:37. > :05:38.loggers -- the largest in the Championship since Tiger in 2,000.

:05:39. > :05:45.How comfortable is that, you experienced it at the US open a

:05:46. > :05:48.couple of years ago? It is goodbye have had this experience before. I

:05:49. > :05:54.was leading by four going into the Masters and I let that slip. I did

:05:55. > :05:58.not make the same mistake again at the Congressional. It is good to

:05:59. > :06:03.have that experience and hopefully some of that experience, I can take

:06:04. > :06:08.that into tomorrow. Were you actively drawing upon that today?

:06:09. > :06:12.There were clearly a lot of changes in your routine. You did not have

:06:13. > :06:17.that anxious wait until 2:30pm, was that a positive? It was, it felt

:06:18. > :06:20.like I got off the course last night after seven o'clock and it felt like

:06:21. > :06:25.I was straight out again this morning. You did not have much time

:06:26. > :06:32.to think about it and to dwell on your lead. It was not a bad thing.

:06:33. > :06:38.Let's go back, you had a four shot cushion and within the 1st hole, it

:06:39. > :06:42.was halved with the attentions of Dustin Johnson -- with the

:06:43. > :06:47.attentions of Dustin Johnson. I did not get off to the best start

:06:48. > :06:51.yesterday but the 5th hole is a big hole on the front line, trying to

:06:52. > :06:58.birdie that. It was not a great tee shot on seven here. I got lucky that

:06:59. > :07:08.I carried the course. That was it. It was huge momentum. The big save

:07:09. > :07:13.on seven was massive. That was a big moment. Yes, it was. It kept my

:07:14. > :07:21.question and Dustin had been playing well. The same thing at the 9th. I

:07:22. > :07:29.apologise to the cameraman, I hit him on the arm! It was another good

:07:30. > :07:33.par save, aim made -- I made a couple of those today and I needed

:07:34. > :07:40.to. Rickie Fowler was only one behind as you came to the 12th and

:07:41. > :07:47.the tee shot compromised you again. You missed a shot and Rickie Fowler

:07:48. > :07:54.is by this point co-leader. Yes, I was tied for the lead going on to 13

:07:55. > :08:01.and I knew it was a big leaderboard. Previous to this, I made a good putt

:08:02. > :08:07.and that was good momentum. That was a bonus to hit that on 14. Back in

:08:08. > :08:12.the lead here, on the 16th. The guys were talking about the length of the

:08:13. > :08:17.tee and how big a factor that has been. It has been an advantage to

:08:18. > :08:23.get the drive right on the par fives. To hit irons into some of

:08:24. > :08:28.these greens. It gives me a big advantage over some of the field.

:08:29. > :08:33.This would give you a five shot lead. I am sure you are breathing

:08:34. > :08:39.more easily! Yes, it was nice to restore some of that question. I saw

:08:40. > :08:44.that Rickie Fowler was not playing too well in front. But links golf

:08:45. > :08:50.can always bite you and it did here, this was a tricky shack -- this was

:08:51. > :08:58.a tricky second followed by a poor third. It was set up by the second

:08:59. > :09:05.shot, it was not a good decision, I was trying to aim it left of the pin

:09:06. > :09:11.and I struggled. The same shot on the ninth. But I made a good five in

:09:12. > :09:16.the end. What confidence do you feel on the tee when you can drive these

:09:17. > :09:21.distances? I was waiting for these two holes and I knew if I could hit

:09:22. > :09:26.two drives, I could take advantage. These two shots on the 18th and the

:09:27. > :09:33.second shot into the green were the best shots I hit today. You saved

:09:34. > :09:38.your best till last. I wanted to carry it over that bunker, which I

:09:39. > :09:49.did. It set me up nicely for another great finish. It was a 5-iron. How

:09:50. > :09:55.far did you carry it? 220. This was a relatively easy putt. Just on the

:09:56. > :10:00.right line. It fed nicely into the hole. It was nice to be able to

:10:01. > :10:03.extend the lead. Going up today with a four shot lead, to extend that to

:10:04. > :10:10.six, I could not have asked for more. It was pretty eventful. There

:10:11. > :10:19.were no four is -- falls on the line! -- four shots. I am proud of

:10:20. > :10:24.how I stayed patient. You will be outward Rickie Fowler. You know each

:10:25. > :10:29.other very well and you got to know one another at the Walker cup in

:10:30. > :10:35.2007. We have known each other for a long time and we on our neighbours

:10:36. > :10:39.in Florida. -- we on our neighbours. I see him practising a

:10:40. > :10:44.bit and I got to know him well so it will be a comfortable grouping -- we

:10:45. > :10:51.are neighbours. Hopefully we both will play well tomorrow. It would be

:10:52. > :10:57.nice to keep that advantage I have. What is the routine this evening? I

:10:58. > :11:01.will do some more media, I will go to the house I have rented, I will

:11:02. > :11:06.go to the gymnasium and I will take it easy. I have watched some movies

:11:07. > :11:11.the last couple of nights, I will have some dinner and I will get some

:11:12. > :11:17.sleep. The work is never done, we wish you all the best and sleep well

:11:18. > :11:24.on that sick shot cushion. I do not know -- six shot cushion. I do not

:11:25. > :11:39.know if Rory knows this area well, we have been taking an aerial Tour.

:11:40. > :11:48.The first thing you notice looking down is how much greener the course

:11:49. > :11:54.is than it was in 2006 when it was brown and yellow and burned, so it

:11:55. > :11:58.has a different feel. 1869, the club was founded, two years later it was

:11:59. > :12:03.given its Royal name, Royal Liverpool. It is a flat course and

:12:04. > :12:08.it was built on the site of an old racecourse. The 1st hole is played

:12:09. > :12:14.by the members and the 1st hole for the professionals was the finishing

:12:15. > :12:21.straight of the original racecourse. 1862, the first national

:12:22. > :12:24.racecourse, 1885, the first amateur Championship. A match was played

:12:25. > :12:29.here between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States and

:12:30. > :12:33.that became the Walker cup. Arnold Masi became the first continental

:12:34. > :12:38.winner of the Open here and in celebration he meant as daughter

:12:39. > :12:47.Hoylake, lucky girl. -- he named. Royal Liverpool sits on the corner

:12:48. > :13:01.of the Wirral. At the mouth of the Dee Estuary, and the Mersey on the

:13:02. > :13:05.other side. The name the Wirral is the legacy of the old landscape. In

:13:06. > :13:14.the mouth of the Dee Estuary you have this island. And its close

:13:15. > :13:17.neighbours. They are tidal islands and people like to walk out of

:13:18. > :13:22.there, there are big tides in this part of the world. He pulled walk

:13:23. > :13:27.out at low tide and they get back before the sea comes back in. It has

:13:28. > :13:32.been inhabited over the centuries. Medieval monks used to live on the

:13:33. > :13:37.island. There are plenty of buildings. It is no longer

:13:38. > :13:43.inhabited, there are just a couple of buildings and a lot of birds.

:13:44. > :13:50.Talking about the origin of names, Hoylake comes from a natural are --

:13:51. > :13:53.a natural harbour, a channel which gave safe anchorage to ships to

:13:54. > :13:59.large to sail down the river and it was a major port. William of Orange

:14:00. > :14:05.set off from Hoylake and he set off to Ireland for his battles in 1690.

:14:06. > :14:11.The legacy of that being Gay major harbour is there were four

:14:12. > :14:17.lighthouses -- a major. This was the oldest brick lighthouse in Britain,

:14:18. > :14:20.1763, it is still standing. And this is part of a private residence and

:14:21. > :14:26.it gives you an idea of how important this was to shipping. The

:14:27. > :14:34.great bit of links land in Britain, in clusters, the Ayrshire coast, the

:14:35. > :14:40.Fife coast, East Lothian and this. Formby, West Lancashire, Birkdale,

:14:41. > :14:48.up to Royal Liverpool. This is a sovereign outpost of that. -- seven.

:14:49. > :14:59.It goes up many miles of the coast of England. Wallasey golf course

:15:00. > :15:08.deserves a mention. It is whether point-scoring process began. -- were

:15:09. > :15:14.there. It was first used in competition at Wallasey and since

:15:15. > :15:15.then, people had been scoring 40 points and insisting they just got

:15:16. > :15:27.lucky! the north-east. There were over

:15:28. > :15:34.200,000 for the week in 2006. the north-east. There were over

:15:35. > :15:39.Saint Andrews gets more of a crowd than Hoylake. Manchester is just

:15:40. > :15:41.Saint Andrews gets more of a crowd hour away. They will come flooding

:15:42. > :15:47.in from all over the North West and beyond to the open. Royal Liverpool

:15:48. > :15:49.lies in a busy but beautiful part of the Isles. The great golf writer

:15:50. > :15:52.Bernard Darwin the Isles. The great golf writer

:15:53. > :15:58.description, he said the Isles. The great golf writer

:15:59. > :16:04.of mighty champions. The grand setting for an Open Championship.

:16:05. > :16:08.STUDIO: A wonderful stretch of golf course in this stretch of the world

:16:09. > :16:12.and some wonderful courses. The history of the place is remarkable

:16:13. > :16:19.and we've had some very storeyed winners over the years. Fred Daly,

:16:20. > :16:24.Arnold Massey, the first man from Ireland to

:16:25. > :16:34.Arnold Massey, the first man from be another one tomorrow Costa it is

:16:35. > :16:38.now hailing so the R A have made the right decision. It is starting

:16:39. > :16:46.to block it down. The heavens have opened but at least play has

:16:47. > :16:54.finished. Never have we held the R A in higher regard. What do we think

:16:55. > :16:59.of this venue? It was 1967 and then we had a long time until Matt 2006

:17:00. > :17:06.before we came back. It has it held its own? It is an interesting

:17:07. > :17:09.course. If you account of the clubhouse -- if you look out of the

:17:10. > :17:17.clubhouse it doesn't look very much, but as a player, it is a very

:17:18. > :17:21.strategic course. There are the opportunities to attack, like Rory

:17:22. > :17:30.has done a times, and defend. It is a wonderful iron course. The

:17:31. > :17:36.blueprint for success has foxed them. Everybody talking about two

:17:37. > :17:42.irons, playing chess, but we have seen Rory, overpowering has worked

:17:43. > :17:47.for him especially at the long par fives. He has overpowered it to a

:17:48. > :17:50.degree, taking bunkers out of play. But in doing that he's hit the

:17:51. > :17:54.driver to some pretty small targets which is not easy. I think things

:17:55. > :18:00.have moved on and guys like Rory are now playing so well that they are

:18:01. > :18:06.overpowering courses which are set up perfectly well. We see other guys

:18:07. > :18:11.take drivers of holes like one, 17, 16 and 18 even, and they hit it all

:18:12. > :18:17.over the place. But Rory keeps hitting it down the middle, flying

:18:18. > :18:21.it 310. It is a different game. You cannot play chess against someone

:18:22. > :18:26.with a machine gun. It is a bit like that. He has done so well on the par

:18:27. > :18:31.fives, seven birdies and a couple of eagles. But you have to take a

:18:32. > :18:36.chance and hit good shots. If you spread it around and hit it in the

:18:37. > :18:40.thick stuff you will drop down. You have to play good golf. The

:18:41. > :18:45.technology is there for the players with ability to hit longer off the

:18:46. > :18:49.tee and overpower these courses, but we saw in 2006 it was not possible.

:18:50. > :18:53.Depending on weather conditions in my not be possible at other venues

:18:54. > :19:04.going forward but you give away and you take some. Going back to Roberto

:19:05. > :19:10.di Vincenzo's time, I would say it was about 250 yards, but it was a

:19:11. > :19:20.smaller ball. The average driver is about 295 now. In 19 six to seven,

:19:21. > :19:26.if you want is to compare, it would have to be 9000 yards. You have to

:19:27. > :19:29.test the players. This area is surrounded by houses and the sea.

:19:30. > :19:34.The course cannot expand so you have to do it other ways. Thick rough is

:19:35. > :19:42.a rather Bland and ugly hazard as hazard as far as I'm concerned. This

:19:43. > :19:49.rain will be softening the course. Rory will be perfectly comfortable.

:19:50. > :19:54.The course played fine today. It is a good test as it is. You can make

:19:55. > :19:57.it tougher by putting in more bunkers or growing the rough, but it

:19:58. > :20:02.is actually a perfect test and the best players are doing well. This

:20:03. > :20:07.course is a par 72 and a number of the open venues have been reduced to

:20:08. > :20:16.a par 70. If you made a couple of the holes notional par four is, you

:20:17. > :20:22.could knock six shots off the current par. It is a great test. You

:20:23. > :20:25.should have some reachable par fives so there is a bit of give and take.

:20:26. > :20:32.Often on Championship courses it is just take, take, take and their art

:20:33. > :20:39.of par fives all over the place. I think this is great, tough and good

:20:40. > :20:48.to watch. Could this be something we see again going forward, now it has

:20:49. > :20:52.happened, these two tees? I think it is a one-off. What time is it in

:20:53. > :20:58.America just now? There could be a problem with the audience in the

:20:59. > :21:03.Atlantic. It was due to finish around 7pm this evening. But we have

:21:04. > :21:08.a bit of time in hand. What a contrast as it comes tumbling down

:21:09. > :21:13.from the heavens behind us, to events 12 months ago when we were up

:21:14. > :21:19.in East Lothian on the Costa Del Muirfield. It was a fantastic

:21:20. > :21:28.Championship and we will relive some moments from there. The weather was

:21:29. > :21:35.wonderful and it was Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez in the lead going into

:21:36. > :21:39.the weekend who had a chasing pack including the likes of Lee Westwood,

:21:40. > :21:45.Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson. Do you remember this? VOICEOVER

:21:46. > :21:49.Some golfers are successful. Others are popular. The leader going into

:21:50. > :21:56.the third round of the Open Championship is both. People love to

:21:57. > :22:01.see a person who is a nonconformist and totally at peace with it. The

:22:02. > :22:05.stretching routine is bizarre but there is a coolness about him

:22:06. > :22:09.because he's so himself. It is a freedom and liberation that I think

:22:10. > :22:16.we would all like to have in our own lives. It is so hard to attain but

:22:17. > :22:21.he has it. The Spaniard's free round loosening ritual is a familiar sight

:22:22. > :22:32.on Rangers around the world now. What flexibility. Joining him in as

:22:33. > :22:40.in the final pairing was an admiring Henrik Stenson. -- joining Jimenez.

:22:41. > :22:45.The crowds really like him. He's solid tee to green. He keeps his

:22:46. > :22:47.shots under control. On the demanding 1st hole, he did just

:22:48. > :23:00.that, making a stress-free par. He plays a good game. He's not a

:23:01. > :23:08.poppy any more either will stop but Stenson will stumble. They fixed him

:23:09. > :23:11.of nerves. -- a victim of nerves. I was just trying to enjoy the

:23:12. > :23:18.experience as much as playing well. I think I was definitely tents in

:23:19. > :23:23.the beginning. After the start, dropped a couple early, but then got

:23:24. > :23:27.back into the rhythm. But on Saturday there was no doubting which

:23:28. > :23:30.group was the centre of attention. It featured the world number one

:23:31. > :23:35.playing alongside the home favourite. Obviously there is a lot

:23:36. > :23:39.more people watching. I get on well with Tiger so it is quite relaxing.

:23:40. > :23:47.I think we had quite an enjoyable day, both playing well. When Tiger

:23:48. > :23:51.birdied the second and Westwood bogeyed the third, the American led

:23:52. > :23:58.the Championship. A pattern for a day of continuing shifts in fortune

:23:59. > :24:02.had been set. On the fourth, neither player found the green. Westwood

:24:03. > :24:12.escape from heavy rough to give himself a chance at par.

:24:13. > :24:21.But the putts of Woods was lengthier. After Tiger's first bogey

:24:22. > :24:29.of the day, Westwood's putting technique, recently changed subtly

:24:30. > :24:33.by Ian Baker-Finch, was put to the test. There were times when Lee

:24:34. > :24:40.Westwood looked like he was strangling the club during his

:24:41. > :24:44.putting. Ian Baker-Finch got into relax a lot more. Swing much more

:24:45. > :24:51.loose from his body and everything suddenly looked good.

:24:52. > :24:58.You liked as putts going in and July to make putts, not just for the

:24:59. > :25:06.purpose of making birdies, but also just keep momentum going. -- and you

:25:07. > :25:25.like to make. Westwood almost reach the green on the

:25:26. > :25:36.Tiger also decided to attack. A gamble that came almost agonisingly

:25:37. > :25:44.close to paying off. An aggrieved Woods could only manage par.

:25:45. > :25:48.Westwood, though, had a higher goal. It was a fairly obvious one with the

:25:49. > :25:52.big ridge just to the right of the hole, so I thought I would feed it

:25:53. > :25:57.at 15 feet, it should gather up towards the hole. As I hit the

:25:58. > :25:58.putts, the caddy walked out to the right-hand side. Usually

:25:59. > :26:01.putts, the caddy walked out to the do that it means it's online. It

:26:02. > :26:12.was, for a thrilling eagle three. That was probably the loudest cheer

:26:13. > :26:18.I heard all week. If it was, That was probably the loudest cheer

:26:19. > :26:30.second loudest came when Westwood birdied the seventh. Four holes

:26:31. > :26:36.after trailing Tiger he now lead the Championship by three. While

:26:37. > :26:40.Westwood prospered, Jimenez made three early bogeys. And it could

:26:41. > :26:48.have been worse but for a miraculous escape from the fourth. I'd put my

:26:49. > :26:57.late on the bank. -- put my leg on the bank.

:26:58. > :27:07.Par was saved but the 49-year-old had begun to slip off the pace.

:27:08. > :27:21.Having been in command, Westwood also ran into trouble.

:27:22. > :27:30.Back-to-back bogeys, together with Tiger's birdie at the 9th meant they

:27:31. > :27:36.were all swear again. -- all square again.

:27:37. > :27:44.On a day when scores in the 60s were scarce, Hunter Mahan made

:27:45. > :27:52.significant strides with a 68 to be 1-under and in contention. But the

:27:53. > :27:59.round of Phil Mickelson was fuelled more by grit than genius. The high

:28:00. > :28:03.point was his birdie at 12. 12 was really the last good birdie up until

:28:04. > :28:09.coming in. I felt that was a necessary birdie because the

:28:10. > :28:16.remaining six holes were so tough. Mickelson's assessment was more

:28:17. > :28:21.accurate than his tee shot at 13. It led to three late bogeys and a

:28:22. > :28:24.disappointing 72. That finish on Saturday could have been a blessing

:28:25. > :28:27.in disguise because it made him more determined heading to the last round

:28:28. > :28:32.because I don't think you finish that round the way he wanted to.

:28:33. > :28:36.Last year's runner-up did. Under the radar for most of the week, Adam

:28:37. > :28:44.Scott climbed the leaderboard with a 70. Possible redemption beckoned.

:28:45. > :28:49.The Tiger-Westwood match, a game that came to the boil on a crucial

:28:50. > :28:58.stretch. At 2-under, Woods was eyeing a birdie on 16. And when

:28:59. > :29:02.Westwood's tee shot found the long grass, it was advantage Tiger.

:29:03. > :29:16.Westwood's second only to the crisis. -- only deepened the crisis.

:29:17. > :29:25.I was left in eight off spot. -- I was left in a tough spot. At 16 Lee

:29:26. > :29:27.was in a position to lose the Championship, make a big number,

:29:28. > :29:34.because the ball could have gone anywhere from where he was.

:29:35. > :29:44.I decided in the end to putts it. It was a difficult putts, and it

:29:45. > :29:50.bounced as well before it got to the green which took pace off it. With

:29:51. > :29:59.his rivals staring at a double bogey, Tiger looked set to pounce.

:30:00. > :30:05.Countless key putts have bade his wishes, but this one taunted Woods

:30:06. > :30:09.and gave a newly confident Westwood new confidence. -- have okayed his

:30:10. > :30:36.wishes. -- have the the allegiance of the crowd was

:30:37. > :30:42.split and so was the 17th fairway by Tiger's tee shot. But then came a

:30:43. > :30:47.cardinal error. The dreaded cross bunkers intervened. Tiger was fully

:30:48. > :30:52.aware of the consequences. It had been a quest for birdie was

:30:53. > :31:05.transformed into a bogey. With his son, Sam watching, West --

:31:06. > :31:10.Westwood's shot was more straightforward. When you can hear

:31:11. > :31:13.everybody shouting your name, come on, and a mother voice shouting,

:31:14. > :31:59.come on, dad. -- and another voice. he's not going to give it back.

:32:00. > :32:07.Maybe Tiger wouldn't agree but it had been a super Saturday. Woods

:32:08. > :32:11.trailed by two, Mickelson by five, Westwood let the opening. His

:32:12. > :32:20.elusive breakthrough win in a major was tantalisingly close. The final

:32:21. > :32:27.day of the 2013 Open Championship. The leader was up and about early. I

:32:28. > :32:31.had to be woken up by Mr Robson early every morning, announcing the

:32:32. > :32:35.first tee time, it was unusual because I was staying right next to

:32:36. > :32:39.that first tee. A lovely house and very convenient. I did not use the

:32:40. > :32:48.locker room all week. From Sweden, Henrik Stenson. Westwood cabbie

:32:49. > :32:54.experience but Stenson drew on experience. I was staying with Nick

:32:55. > :33:00.Faldo all week. We had a chat over breakfast. He told me about the nice

:33:01. > :33:05.putts I'd made. I made a great one on the first, straight in. I

:33:06. > :33:09.thought, all right, here we go. That's what he was talking about

:33:10. > :33:14.over breakfast. Another birdie arrived on the third. The Swede

:33:15. > :33:25.found himself just two shots off the lead. It was a great start and I was

:33:26. > :33:30.right up in the mix. Before the last group went out the silver medal for

:33:31. > :33:38.leading amateur was convincingly won by Matt Fitzpatrick who beat Jimmy

:33:39. > :33:45.Mullen by five shots. The teenager from Sheffield enjoyed a day he will

:33:46. > :33:52.never forget. An established star was hoping for the same. Expectation

:33:53. > :33:58.was immense but the home favourite refused to be burdened. It is not

:33:59. > :34:05.really any different to leading any other tournament. It is still a 54

:34:06. > :34:12.hole lead in a 72 hole competition. Still a long way to go. The final

:34:13. > :34:18.day is all in the mind. Getting comfortable, getting off to a good

:34:19. > :34:27.start. A lot of it is waged in the mind.

:34:28. > :34:33.I ran the one at the 1st close for birdie. I was pleased with the way

:34:34. > :34:39.things started. The same could not be said of Westwood's playing

:34:40. > :34:46.partner, Hunter Mahan, he bogeyed the second and fell three adrift. A

:34:47. > :34:49.dropped shot at the 3rd meant Ian Poulter was nine shots behind, but

:34:50. > :34:58.his renowned tenacity then shone through. I birdied five. Ie gold

:34:59. > :35:08.nine. That fired me up, which gets me on a roll. -- I eagled nine. So

:35:09. > :35:14.now, all of a sudden, I'm not nine back, I'm six back. All of a sudden

:35:15. > :35:17.things can change pretty quickly. A fantastic 35 putt on ten off the

:35:18. > :35:31.front of the green with another grandstand right behind the green.

:35:32. > :35:36.They fire me up, I get fired up. Holed a lovely 15 footer on the

:35:37. > :35:43.next. I've got a huge stand to my right hand side as I hole my putt.

:35:44. > :35:50.They go crazy. Things are starting to happen now and I'm putting myself

:35:51. > :36:00.in a nice position. I hit seven I hit 7-iron off the 12 tee. That went

:36:01. > :36:06.an enormous distance down the hole. Hit it to within 15 feet and again,

:36:07. > :36:16.there was another grandstand. They went nuts and I went nuts, another

:36:17. > :36:21.15 footer. Out of the pack, a genuine contender had emerged. At

:36:22. > :36:28.that point right there I felt I was writing the golf tournament and had

:36:29. > :36:33.a great chance. In marked contrast, Tiger's game was not in sync. The

:36:34. > :36:39.world number one was guilty of three damaging early bogeys. While his

:36:40. > :36:49.great rival was toiling, Phil Mickelson's vibe was positive. I had

:36:50. > :36:54.a great feeling on Sunday. When I birdied five all I was trying to do

:36:55. > :37:00.was par six, seven, eight, because if I could birdie there I could

:37:01. > :37:05.eagle therefore the tournament. Which is what I did. At the 10th,

:37:06. > :37:11.Mickelson made his first mistake of the day. The degree of momentum was

:37:12. > :37:15.surrendered. It was a tough bogey because I got to the score I wanted

:37:16. > :37:19.and the next hole, I came back and lost it with a bogey. Westwood

:37:20. > :37:23.encountered trouble on lost it with a bogey. Westwood

:37:24. > :37:36.two holes later was the chance to strike back.

:37:37. > :37:46.His birdie inspired the loudest cheer of the day so far. Leading by

:37:47. > :37:51.three, his elusive first major appeared a little closer. Tiger was

:37:52. > :37:55.becoming detached but Poulter and Stenson were a threatening presence.

:37:56. > :38:03.becoming detached but Poulter and Even more so when Stenson birdied at

:38:04. > :38:09.nine. That was the one time I felt like... I've got to make this one. I

:38:10. > :38:11.really did. I looked up at the board and saw I was in pretty close

:38:12. > :38:27.contact walking down ten. Hit a great shot in there and left

:38:28. > :38:33.myself an eight footer for birdie. Unfortunately the putt lipped out.

:38:34. > :38:42.One of those key moments. It would have looked different if I made that

:38:43. > :38:48.at ten. Stenson remained 1-under. Adam Scott suffered a poor start

:38:49. > :38:53.until his round ignited with a string of birdies from the seventh.

:38:54. > :39:00.I was not really where I wanted to be. Good things would have to happen

:39:01. > :39:03.to get in with a chance. It was not necessarily a turning point but

:39:04. > :39:13.eight was a bonus. To role that across the green, it gave me the

:39:14. > :39:19.sense of it could happen now. Nine is obviously a great opportunity for

:39:20. > :39:24.birdie. I got very conservative with the putt for eagle, but I felt I did

:39:25. > :39:29.not have to be a hero at nine. It was a putt that could run away from

:39:30. > :39:36.me. To finish the front nine and turn on the par was a big difference

:39:37. > :39:41.from turning it over-par. Those chasing found their range and

:39:42. > :39:48.pressure mounted on Westwood who woefully misjudged his tee shot at

:39:49. > :39:57.seven. I was stuck between clubs a bit. Was on May nine, which was

:39:58. > :40:12.never enough club in hindsight. -- I was stuck on nine. The unravelling

:40:13. > :40:18.process began. Another shot dropped, and in the midst of a crisis. I

:40:19. > :40:22.figured at some point during the final round things would get

:40:23. > :40:26.testing. They normally do. It is not normally plain sailing. But you just

:40:27. > :40:32.try to regroup and get on with the job. Many of his pursuers had gained

:40:33. > :40:40.ground on the ninth but Westwood's ball striking let him down. What an

:40:41. > :40:45.irony that one of the best iron players would start to struggle with

:40:46. > :40:51.that part of the game when he needed it most. While that happened, I can

:40:52. > :40:55.me put it down to the pressure. -- why that happened. As if to rub salt

:40:56. > :40:58.in his wounds, his playing partner Hunter Mahan hit an outstanding

:40:59. > :41:11.approach to nine. The American made an eagle and

:41:12. > :41:21.turned level par for the Championship. Emotions soared and

:41:22. > :41:25.crashed. Suddenly three men were tied for the lead and Mickelson,

:41:26. > :41:28.lurking just off the pace, was about to engage in brilliance on the

:41:29. > :41:45.dangerous 13th. It was a feast or famine hole. That

:41:46. > :41:50.5-iron I hit was my best shot of the week. It put more pressure on the

:41:51. > :41:53.putt because I now have the best opportunity to get back the shot I

:41:54. > :42:02.lost on ten. This putt would make the round go either way. That's

:42:03. > :42:08.birdie on 13 felt important. I can't say enough for how huge that was in

:42:09. > :42:12.terms of his momentum. It psychologically in a great place.

:42:13. > :42:19.The American's mind was strong, his putter was hot, and his confidence

:42:20. > :42:24.rose at 14. You have to make some of these putts at that distance. Some

:42:25. > :42:28.are tough when a cross break and downhill, but this one was uphill

:42:29. > :42:41.with very little break. This was one I really needed to make. CHEERING

:42:42. > :42:45.That was a big momentum builder. It got me 2-under par, it got me to

:42:46. > :42:54.wear I felt I would be tied or in the lead. Having bogeyed 12, Stenson

:42:55. > :43:04.tried hard to avoid a repeat at the next. But a testing par putt

:43:05. > :43:14.remained. Back-to-back bogeys and Stenson was faltering. One year on

:43:15. > :43:19.from the dejection of Royal Lytham, Adam Scott was elated when he

:43:20. > :43:29.birdied 11 to once again lead the open on Sunday afternoon. I felt

:43:30. > :43:34.good after Holding that putt. I saw that it put me in the lead but with

:43:35. > :43:40.seven holes to play, your mind is not running off thinking about the

:43:41. > :43:44.claret jug. After his earlier brilliance, Poulter began to stall

:43:45. > :43:59.and could ill afford a bogey that reared its head at 16.

:44:00. > :44:08.Still, two holes from the setback, Poulter was warmly greeted at 18.

:44:09. > :44:15.One of the world's most popular players shot 67 to set the clubhouse

:44:16. > :44:20.target at 1-over. Are you going to keep yourself warm and loose now, it

:44:21. > :44:31.might be play-off time? I'm not having a beer yet, that's the shore.

:44:32. > :44:38.-- that's for sure. Almost as soon as Scott hit the front it began to

:44:39. > :44:44.open. Momentum is such a huge thing in the game. Looking back at it I

:44:45. > :44:57.think the putt and 13 was crucial. A tough putt to read. The 13th would

:44:58. > :45:03.be pivotal as he rattled for par. To drop a shot, momentum shifted --

:45:04. > :45:08.battled. The crowd who gathered sensed another critical moment had

:45:09. > :45:17.arrived as Lee Westwood stood on the tee.

:45:18. > :45:28.That was a tough hole. I went to the right and I found it tricky line and

:45:29. > :45:31.I made a bogey. -- a tricky. They come out when you are under pressure

:45:32. > :45:39.and you find yourself with a tricky shot. Lee Westwood had fallen back

:45:40. > :45:46.to level par, one behind Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson. We knew if you

:45:47. > :45:50.made a par, you would continue to be in good shape, and if you happened

:45:51. > :45:57.to make something better, it was just like Christmas! Even without a

:45:58. > :46:02.driver, Phil Mickelson was hitting the ball and astounding difference.

:46:03. > :46:08.I was surprised that shot at 50 went so far, that 5-iron went 330 yards.

:46:09. > :46:17.I could not believe it has gone that far. I ended up having a wedge into

:46:18. > :46:23.that pin. There was no third consecutive birdie. At on a day when

:46:24. > :46:29.a par was priceless, Mickelson was not complaining. Having stalled on

:46:30. > :46:35.the previous hole, Scott again made life difficult on the 14th, falling

:46:36. > :46:40.victim to the course's subtle defences. You have got to make a

:46:41. > :46:53.putt to win a big tournament and defences. You have got to make a

:46:54. > :47:03.Lytham, Scott was in danger of enjoying d?j? vu. Although he did

:47:04. > :47:06.not know it, Phil Mickelson was now the outright leader. But on the

:47:07. > :47:08.16th, he had to brush aside momentary frustration.

:47:09. > :47:13.16th, he had to brush aside golf, you will get bad

:47:14. > :47:19.16th, he had to brush aside for a couple of seconds, I was upset

:47:20. > :47:24.the ball rolled back of the green into a low spot. -- off the green.

:47:25. > :47:30.Then it dawned on me everybody had to play this hole and if I could

:47:31. > :47:36.make par, I would pick up a shot. He said to me, I am going to get this

:47:37. > :47:43.up and down in a calm and collected way, and I had no doubt he would.

:47:44. > :47:50.Nicholson, the ultimate short game maestro, it knew saving par was be

:47:51. > :48:00.crucial -- Phil Mickelson. But his chip was only half the task. -- knew

:48:01. > :48:06.that saving par would be crucial. The American kept the lead. But many

:48:07. > :48:08.retained hope, including Lee Westwood, who for the first time

:48:09. > :48:20.that day was playing catch up. He desperately needed a morale

:48:21. > :48:28.boosting birdie and opportunity came knocking on the 14th.

:48:29. > :48:35.The putt was weak, the moment has passed. And on the 17th, Phil

:48:36. > :48:43.Mickelson was about to produce a defining moment of the 2013

:48:44. > :48:51.Championship. I hit a perfect low driving, penetrating shot with, it

:48:52. > :48:55.just ran. Phil hit 1,000 balls, if you gave him 1,000 shots on the 17th

:48:56. > :49:02.hole, he would never hit one further than he hit that tee. I had a slight

:49:03. > :49:08.uphill lie and the shot had to come off perfectly for me to have a

:49:09. > :49:09.chance of birdie, and it did. He hit two shots of a lifetime

:49:10. > :49:27.consecutively. That is where a -- that is where I

:49:28. > :49:34.started to sense the excitement and I noticed more cameras, more people,

:49:35. > :49:35.and I felt the energy. At a time when all around were struggling,

:49:36. > :49:54.Phil Mickelson excelled. With his fifth birdie of the day,

:49:55. > :50:00.the Claret jug was within touching distance. It was now clear the

:50:01. > :50:09.Championship was his to lose. The Scot, the Lytham nightmare was

:50:10. > :50:15.cruelly re-occurring. A small mistake can easily lead to a bogey,

:50:16. > :50:21.and 15th -- and 15 was inexcusable. That was pathetic.

:50:22. > :50:30.He trudged off the green dumbstruck. It is amazing how in 30 minutes, you

:50:31. > :50:36.can go from Reading to not even having a chance. Mickelson still had

:50:37. > :50:41.the 18th and he knew from better personal experience that nothing can

:50:42. > :50:44.be taken for granted -- reading. He could lose it here. He could get

:50:45. > :50:50.wild coming he could have a moment of doubt or panic, it was going to

:50:51. > :50:55.win so much -- it was going to mean so much to win, I wonder if he could

:50:56. > :51:02.handle it! He lost the US Open by a single stroke. But here, his tee

:51:03. > :51:10.shot was flawless! It was beautiful to see, would we be at our best when

:51:11. > :51:14.it matters most? And he was, in an age it was not expected. It was a

:51:15. > :51:19.perfect poetic ending and I doubt he will have a better moment in his

:51:20. > :51:23.career. But Henrik Stenson was not giving game as he gave himself a

:51:24. > :51:30.chance of Verdi at 18 to keep his hopes alive. -- birdie.

:51:31. > :51:43.But up ahead, years of practice, fierce desire and a great

:51:44. > :51:51.champion's desire converged. I hit the shot on 18 dead perfect. It

:51:52. > :51:58.needed is to either kick straight fractionally right, and it did. --

:51:59. > :52:02.it needed to either. People in Scotland really appreciate great

:52:03. > :52:08.golf. They just treat their champions so well. And walking up

:52:09. > :52:16.with that all so close, I could really enjoy that moment, it was the

:52:17. > :52:19.greatest war -- ball. I get emotional just talking about it, it

:52:20. > :52:28.was something I will never forget. You almost wish you could sit on the

:52:29. > :52:32.back for a minute. -- you could sit on the green for a minute. It was by

:52:33. > :52:35.far the best round I have ever played. But when that putt went in,

:52:36. > :52:50.I knew it was over. At the age of 43, in his 20th

:52:51. > :52:58.appearance at the sport's oldest major, Phil Mickelson was Open

:52:59. > :53:01.champion! I remember saying after I knocked it in, I said, I did it. We

:53:02. > :53:13.were both in a bit of disbelief. We heard the roaring and I said, if

:53:14. > :53:22.I make this, the hole in one might be a bit too much to ask.

:53:23. > :53:31.But the birdie at the 17th meant Henrik Stenson tightened his grip,

:53:32. > :53:35.leaving Lee Westwood the only way a capable of spoiling Mickelson's

:53:36. > :53:43.party, and to do that, he would have to birdie the 15th.

:53:44. > :53:49.I felt the Championship had gone, yes. I needed a birdie in the last

:53:50. > :53:55.three holes which was always going to be pretty tough. Lee Westwood was

:53:56. > :54:02.stoic that were there any regrets? No. Pointless. -- but were there.

:54:03. > :54:07.Waste of time. You get what you deserve in life, don't you? I'd is

:54:08. > :54:13.not get the right shots, at the right time. The Mickelson family

:54:14. > :54:19.could begin to celebrate. Having Amy and the kids me was a moment I will

:54:20. > :54:23.cherish forever. Giving them a hug after the round. It was just a

:54:24. > :54:30.moment I will cherish for the rest of my life.

:54:31. > :54:38.For the second year in succession, Scott had missed another opportunity

:54:39. > :54:45.but he birdied the last to tie Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter for third.

:54:46. > :54:49.I never thought I would have the chance to win the Open but I showed

:54:50. > :54:54.myself again this year, so it might be an ongoing affinity now with the

:54:55. > :55:00.Open. But I feel there is a Claret jug in my future. Unable to recover

:55:01. > :55:04.from his poor start, Tiger shared six but the Claret jug would be

:55:05. > :55:08.crossing the Atlantic. Mickelson, five shots behind the start of the

:55:09. > :55:14.day, one x three. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner is Phil

:55:15. > :55:31.Mickelson. -- he won by three. There is something about this golf

:55:32. > :55:36.course to that identifies a strong champion. And goodness me, it has

:55:37. > :55:42.done it again. It was great holding the jug, to see the names and to be

:55:43. > :55:48.included, this great history of the game of golf, it is awesome! I said

:55:49. > :55:53.it well before I went that if I was ever wake -- if I was ever able to

:55:54. > :55:55.win the Open Championship, it will be the greatest, -- accomplishment

:55:56. > :56:02.of my career. I be the greatest, -- accomplishment

:56:03. > :56:08.and important the Championship was until the guy I caddied for won the

:56:09. > :56:13.tournament. 20 years of trying to master the

:56:14. > :56:16.game and he completed last year. What a contrast, 12 months later,

:56:17. > :56:26.this is what happened in the last couple of moments. Timing is

:56:27. > :56:33.everything. And the 212 macro start looks to be inspired. -- the two tee

:56:34. > :56:39.start. Had they started on time, they would be on the back nine and

:56:40. > :56:44.probably heading for cover. So all is well that ends well on this third

:56:45. > :56:52.day, certainly for Rory McIlroy because he has a very comfortable

:56:53. > :56:56.six shot cushion. Rickie Fowler is his nearest challenger at 10-under

:56:57. > :57:02.par, after a round of 68 today, and he gave it his best shot. Sergio

:57:03. > :57:07.Garcia also within touch. There are only five within nine shots of Rory

:57:08. > :57:12.and that is a significant hurdle. Psychologically. Darren Clarke is at

:57:13. > :57:17.5-under. And Graeme McDowell, of Northern Ireland. Rory is trying to

:57:18. > :57:30.do what Darren Clarke did at Royal Saint George's. These scores are

:57:31. > :57:36.very respectable these players are off the pace. Rory will be coming

:57:37. > :57:43.back tomorrow, 61 favourite to get the job tomorrow. -- 6-1 favourite.

:57:44. > :57:46.If you are expecting to see more of this third round, you are late, it

:57:47. > :57:54.is done and dusted because for the first time in this history, we had

:57:55. > :58:03.an early start because of the threat of bad weather. Dan Walker can fill

:58:04. > :58:07.you in on the best bits. The first two days were about him,

:58:08. > :58:13.what about today three? It was wet and a little wild, and the golf was

:58:14. > :58:19.not bad. Three bogeys did not help but at 9-under, the DJ might still

:58:20. > :58:25.be spinning this weekend. It was at day for umbrellas and big pointless

:58:26. > :58:32.roller things. The most inappropriate shirt of the day.

:58:33. > :58:37.Thank you very much. The clothing might you more subdued, the golf is

:58:38. > :58:41.glorious. The swing is not bad, he is young and popular, Rickie Fowler

:58:42. > :58:55.has a future. A good start for Fowler.

:58:56. > :58:59.the top and pink at the bottom! That is the former Open champion. Do not

:59:00. > :59:08.discount Aaron after the joint low round of the day. -- Darren Clarke.

:59:09. > :59:15.I do not leave you do over 1,000 of these a day. 995.

:59:16. > :59:19.Impressive. -- it is a strange day, we are

:59:20. > :59:25.waiting for the end of the world and it is not happening. We have seen

:59:26. > :59:30.something of a snarl from Charl Schwartzel. He is a latecomer to

:59:31. > :59:36.Hoylake and he is not the only one, there is a Frenchman, the weekend

:59:37. > :59:41.could still end with a victorious victor.

:59:42. > :59:48.You cannot do much better than that! If she ever works out by the way

:59:49. > :59:56.round she will see Adam, Jim Furyk and Edoardo Molinari could still be

:59:57. > :00:03.champions. Beautifully done by Molinari.

:00:04. > :00:08.Sergio, a serious contender. The Spaniard is seven away from the lead

:00:09. > :00:12.but is always capable of a spectacular finish. What do the

:00:13. > :00:20.punters think? Would people of Hoylake, what -- who would you like

:00:21. > :00:27.to win, Sergio Garcia? Rickie Fowler? Rory Mclroy? What a finish

:00:28. > :00:32.from the two time major winner. Two Eagles in his last three holes,

:00:33. > :00:41.sometimes he is simply on stoppable. -- on stoppable. That is a gem!

:00:42. > :00:52.Rory is still the story. Prepare yourself for a special Sunday.

:00:53. > :01:02.We certainly ready, how many sit-ups do you a day? I get one get up! I

:01:03. > :01:09.have stopped doing them. You do not need to. How many have we got? He is

:01:10. > :01:16.counting 1,000. I am not sure when they started. He is strong, what an

:01:17. > :01:23.amazing man. He is extraordinary. And he really did change the way

:01:24. > :01:28.golfers looked at their fitness. He was the original he-man of golf.

:01:29. > :01:34.Yes, not only fitness, he knew what to eat. He was the original man who

:01:35. > :01:39.realised, because he is only five foot nine, if he was to take on Jack

:01:40. > :01:45.Nicholas, he needed to get as strong as he could. Tiger Woods has taken

:01:46. > :01:48.it to the next level and nearly every player is eating correctly,

:01:49. > :01:54.drinking water, the rest. We will talk to Gary tomorrow. Dan will

:01:55. > :02:02.speak to him. We have spoken to remark a row. Six shot lead and he

:02:03. > :02:08.seemed content. -- is the -- we have spoken to Rory McIlroy. He had media

:02:09. > :02:13.commitments. Let's give you a flavour of what he had to say.

:02:14. > :02:19.I was on here last night talking about how I am comfortable in this

:02:20. > :02:26.position -- in here. I am leaving the tournament, the third night in a

:02:27. > :02:29.row I will be in the lead. It helps I have been in this position before

:02:30. > :02:35.and I have been able to convert and to get the job done. Comfortable

:02:36. > :02:39.with the position I am in but comfortable with my game. How I am

:02:40. > :02:46.hitting it, comfortable on the greens. That has been a big help

:02:47. > :02:49.this week. I just need to go out tomorrow and play one more solid

:02:50. > :02:55.round and hopefully that will be enough. I am not taking anything for

:02:56. > :03:01.granted. If the guys in front had finished a little better the way I

:03:02. > :03:05.did, this tournament, my lead would not be as much as it was. Sergio and

:03:06. > :03:10.Rickie struggled a bit down the stretch. That could have been a

:03:11. > :03:16.different story. Instead of a six shot lead, it could have even one or

:03:17. > :03:23.two. A lot can happen. -- it could have been. I have been on the right

:03:24. > :03:27.side and the wrong side of it. That is why you cannot let yourself think

:03:28. > :03:31.forward, you cannot think about winning, you have just got to

:03:32. > :03:37.completely stay in the moment and that is what I will try to do. For

:03:38. > :03:42.all 18 holes tomorrow. The support this week has been

:03:43. > :03:48.fantastic. Getting standing ovation is on the greens. Even walking onto

:03:49. > :03:56.the 18th today, I got goose bumps. How loud it was, how much support I

:03:57. > :03:59.felt. It has been incredible. I said yesterday that I wanted to try to

:04:00. > :04:04.give them something to cheer about and I will try and do the same thing

:04:05. > :04:07.tomorrow. It is a pleasure to to play in front of crowds like this.

:04:08. > :04:13.They are very knowledgeable. -- to play. I will go out and enjoy that

:04:14. > :04:17.again tomorrow. He is taking nothing for granted but

:04:18. > :04:23.the rest of the field has seen him marched to victories at the US Open

:04:24. > :04:26.and the PGA Championship, they have seen him in this mood before, what

:04:27. > :04:33.does it do to the rest of the field and their ambition? They know he is

:04:34. > :04:36.frontrunner, he has two Majors under his belt. Most of his challengers

:04:37. > :04:41.have not got Majors and if they have, they are far back. He has a

:04:42. > :04:46.comfortable lead, the best score today was a 67 and if Rickie Fowler

:04:47. > :04:57.sheets that coming he is at 15-under. -- shoot that. -- if he

:04:58. > :05:03.shoots that. I think it is probably all over. The others will think they

:05:04. > :05:07.can put him under pressure, but I do not see that happening. He is

:05:08. > :05:12.playing too well. And the fact it is wetter and longer will play into his

:05:13. > :05:18.hands. I think he will win it. The highlight of his round of 68 whether

:05:19. > :05:25.two Eagles and the foundation where the 16th and the 18th that whether

:05:26. > :05:28.two Eagles. He is one of the longest hitters in the world. -- were the

:05:29. > :05:43.two Eagles. He had a glorious iron. Eagle three.

:05:44. > :05:49.A huge roar went out across the golf course. What is it specifically? We

:05:50. > :05:59.know his powers with the longer clubs, but what, Mark, separates him

:06:00. > :06:08.from the rest right now? The combination of everything. He hits

:06:09. > :06:12.it so far and very straight. He hits his irons well, he can move them

:06:13. > :06:19.both ways, get them into the corners of the green, he can hit the Hoylake

:06:20. > :06:28.incredibly high. At 18, that was a 5-iron. -- Hoylake. A lot of people

:06:29. > :06:37.can high -- can hit it hard. But to hit it hard and high is very

:06:38. > :06:41.difficult. Look at the gallery. This is the first sign we have had of

:06:42. > :06:48.this at the Open Championship, 7,000 in that stand, 20,000 people on the

:06:49. > :06:54.course. I know Dan Walker is living the Karius Lee. He is taking the

:06:55. > :06:59.walkie hopes Rory might be taking tomorrow afternoon -- precariously.

:07:00. > :07:05.This is where the players will arrive tomorrow and this is where

:07:06. > :07:10.they will go as they prepare to go to the first tee. Most of these

:07:11. > :07:17.people will be here tomorrow. High security. Then it is collection of

:07:18. > :07:21.the scorecard and down the side of the clubhouse. It is very busy on a

:07:22. > :07:27.Saturday night and it would be even busier tomorrow. Everybody trying to

:07:28. > :07:33.see the players as they go out. Excuse me! And the champion will

:07:34. > :07:37.return. This is a practice green. The players will arrive about an

:07:38. > :07:42.hour beforehand, they might have ten minutes on the green and they start

:07:43. > :07:52.to make their way toward the first tee. Everything is prepared. The 1st

:07:53. > :07:56.hole they come to is the third. You walk across the third fairway. You

:07:57. > :08:04.might look into the BBC studio. That is Hazel! You might say, is Ken

:08:05. > :08:09.Brown inside? And you are across the third fairway. I have never played

:08:10. > :08:14.in an Open Championship, but those who have done this will tell you

:08:15. > :08:17.this is when it against to sink in and you think about what it would

:08:18. > :08:25.mean in a couple of hours if you could be lifting that joke on the

:08:26. > :08:29.18th green. -- Claret jug. People scream your name and they asked for

:08:30. > :08:40.autographs, you have to stay controlled, so when you get here and

:08:41. > :08:45.your country is announced and the time is announced, and you are

:08:46. > :08:54.away... -- and they will ask. It will go a little quiet. On the first

:08:55. > :08:58.tee, the crowds will go wild for Rory McIlroy at around 2:30 p.m.. He

:08:59. > :09:07.will shake hands and he will say hello to everybody, then he will be

:09:08. > :09:09.told it is his turn and he will strike down the first at Royal

:09:10. > :09:14.Liverpool knowing that in four, maybe five hours, he could be

:09:15. > :09:21.arriving on the 18th green behind the grandstand. And he could be

:09:22. > :09:25.crowned Open champion 2014. It does give you the shivers. The

:09:26. > :09:50.tee-off times... be out with Rory and Rickie Fowler

:09:51. > :09:55.at 2:40 p.m.. If there is going to be a threat, from where do you think

:09:56. > :10:02.it is most likely to come? I think Rickie Fowler, you have taken the

:10:03. > :10:08.names away! Fowler, Garcia, Johnson. Who is most capable? Either of those

:10:09. > :10:14.three, Sergio played wonderful golf today. He needed a couple more to

:10:15. > :10:19.drive on any advantage to catch up with the leader. Rickie Fowler has

:10:20. > :10:29.pale -- has played super golf. But Darren Clarke, Jordan Spieth, they

:10:30. > :10:35.will not catch Rory, and he sounds confident. With a par-5 and playing

:10:36. > :10:39.so well, the favourite. But if he loses his confidence and there is a

:10:40. > :10:45.bit of breeze, as we know from Augusta, it is never all over. Royal

:10:46. > :10:51.County Down was when we saw these two players, Fowler and Rory. That

:10:52. > :10:59.is in 2007, very different body shapes. They have we sculpted

:11:00. > :11:02.themselves. They were just kids. -- they have sculpted themselves. You

:11:03. > :11:09.could tell they were going to be superstars. There is a long way to

:11:10. > :11:15.go, 18 holes tomorrow. How important could this be for European golf? You

:11:16. > :11:21.have only the likes of Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, with three or more

:11:22. > :11:25.Majors. Whenever somebody wins a major title, it gives a boost to

:11:26. > :11:31.British golf, Padraig Harrington has done it would job. It will encourage

:11:32. > :11:39.people to play the game -- has done at that job. People will think, if

:11:40. > :11:44.Rory can do it, I can. Thank you, we cannot wait for tomorrow. An earlier

:11:45. > :11:55.finished than expected. Tomorrow, we will be on BBC Two. First of all at

:11:56. > :12:00.10:30 a.m., and changing until the Claret jug is presented. Will it be

:12:01. > :12:06.a coronation or will that the pasting in the tail? Join for the

:12:07. > :12:43.last round tomorrow. -- or will that be a sting.

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