Viktor Hovland

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland shared the lead of The Open going into the final day as the pair look to battle it out for the title.

Along with the famous Claret Jug, the American took home £1.15 million. Martin Slumbers, the Chief Executive of the R&A, said: “There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year. Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland shared the lead of The Open going into the final day as the pair look to battle it out for the title.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts on the 17th green on day three of The 150th Open at St Andrews Old Course on July 16 2022. Image: Andrew Redington/Getty ...

Young, who shot a first-round 64 to lead his first British Open, also lacked inspiration in a grinding 71. McIlroy dropped a shot at the notorious 17th Road Hole, his only bogey of the day, and the Ryder Cup team mates both birdied the last to finish on 16-under-par before embracing warmly as the packed galleries gave them a rousing ovation. And I feel like my patience was rewarded around the turn with a couple of birdies and that hole-out on 10.

The third round of The Open Championship has just ended (prize money of 14 million dollars), known more simply as the British Open.

The Turin player scores a superb -6 (seven birdies, one bogey) settling in 18th position with a score of -6. On the par 72 course of the Old Course in St. Andrews (Fife, Scotland), South Korean Si Woo Kim and American Scottie Scheffler are in fifth position with -11. For Hovland and McIlroy there are four shots of the margin on the most immediate rivals.

Viktor Hovland, not Cameron Smith, was supposed to be the guy, if there was one, to take down Rory McIlroy on Sunday at St. Andrews.

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