With six birdies coming home, Westwood rocketed back up the leaderboard with an Open record-tying back-nine 29.

Finau fired a 1-over-par 72 in the third round to go with his rounds of 70-68 and that effort left him watching the contenders pull away. Most of the movers and shakers fired rounds of four to five under par as Scottie Scheffler rocketed to a huge lead heading into Sunday.

Legendary golfer Phil Mickelson continues to defy expectations, competing in another major championship at the age of 55. The lefty shot one under par through the first round at Royal Portrush and delivered a jaw-dropping moment on the third hole.

When the Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded, it was called simply “the Country Club.” Starting in 1892, the club was renamed “the Royal Country Club,” and in 1895, it became the “Royal Portrush Country Club.” The changing names have to do with the British royal family, and the history of royal golf clubs.

Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland presents the final major championship test this season as the world's best golfers chase one of the most coveted prizes in golf: the Claret Jug.

The work of Beatt and his trusted in-house team - alongside expert guidance from Open Championship organisers The R&A - has been central in the mammoth project of preparation and transformation to welcome a record-breaking 278,