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sparky

Daniel Hillier not totally out of it on 2 over. An excellent 68 from him today.

sparky

Dan Brown has a shocker on the 18th after a tough round in rough conditions.

Horshal leads by one on 4 under. Anyone of 24 golfers within 6 of a lead will fancy this tomorrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/major-championships/leaderboard

sparky

Weather doesn't look too smart tomorrow. Paris will feel like birdies on the back 9 late tomorrow afternoon.

sparky

Not that it matters much, but Ryan Fox scored a final round 67.

sparky

Seven golfers within one shot of the lead on the Sunday afternoon.

sparky

Xander Schauffele's made his move. Will it be decisive or is there another twist in this?

sparky

Xander Schauffele three clear with three to play. Very much his to lose.

sparky

Xander Schauffele is going to get his hands on the claret jug. A brilliant last round 65.

sparky

Best Kiwi was Hillier in 19th.

KiwiPie

Schauffele really showed his class on that back 9 where most of the week players were trying to hang to the score they made on the front 9. Nobody really threw it away, they just couldn't go as low as he did

JK

He looked very confident when he strolled in to Royal Troon a couple of hours pre tee off. They showed him basically strutting in and his demeanour made it clear he was on for it. Was only paying $4.50 but I took it!

Hillier and Fox finished pretty well over all. Gee Foxy's 3rd round cost him. He tried to play some very attacking golf that just didnt pay off. Kept at it yesterday and it did, possibly due to the more favourable conditions.

KiwiPie

Quite enjoyed watching Lawrence play. -7 after 9 holes but couldn't find a birdie coming home. Still kept going for it - at the 18th, he drives into a steep fairway bunker, he stupidly still tries to reach the green, hits the bank and the ball pops behind him onto the fairway. But he then hits a great shot and makes his par.

Anyway quiz question, no cheating. When was the last year that all 4 majors were won by Americans?

JK

I heard the stat so won't answer the year but it was a bit longer than I thought (early 2000s when Tiger was dominating - lots of 3 US player years in there but no 4s)

KiwiPie

@JK said in The Open:

I heard the stat so won't answer the year but it was a bit longer than I thought (early 2000s when Tiger was dominating - lots of 3 US player years in there but no 4s)

Much much longer than I thought!

barbarian

My guess is 04? Todd Hamilton, Micheel, Woods at Augusta, but maybe that was a year Retief won the US? Long time ago though.

barbarian

Great win by Xander. So in control in that back 9, looked every bit the champion.

Love the pace of this major, testing players in all conditions. Can you survive in the wet? Can you beat the wind? Great now go out and get it on Sunday. Xander had all the gears.

Canes4life

@barbarian a solid top 20 placing for Daniel Hillier aswell which was awesome to see.

KiwiPie

@barbarian said in The Open:

My guess is 04? Todd Hamilton, Micheel, Woods at Augusta, but maybe that was a year Retief won the US? Long time ago though.

I'll post the answer as this thread will go quiet soon. 1982 amazingly enough. And in 1994, no American won a major (Price x 2, Els & Olazabal)

barbarian

82, wow! That's incredible.

1kiwi

Won a few bucks with Dan Hillier finishing inside the Top 20 so pretty happy with that. Also had Swede Alex Noren to finish inside the Top 20 as well.
What a year it's been for Xander. Started the year with no majors, now has two. He's had 12 Top 10 finishes in the 17 tournaments he has played this year including the majors.

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