Open Championship 2022 R3
July 14-17
St. Andrews Links (Old Course), Fife, Scotland
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
Playing partners Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Viktor Hovland of Norway both closed with 66s to take a four-shot lead at 16-under into the final day of The Open Championship at St. Andrews.
Open Championship 2022 R3
"I don't think there's any other place that would top it," said Hovland.
"It's pretty crazy from where I grew up and so far away from playing the PGA TOUR, DP World Tour, for that matter Major Championships. Just to be here is very special but to have a chance to win one, I have to pinch myself, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hold back tomorrow."
Open Championship 2022 R3
Hovland has never yet won a major while a win on Sunday would be McIlroy's fifth and his second Open title.
“It would mean everything because of what I have been through the last few years, trying to get the fifth one," said McIlroy.
“I have a lot of belief in myself, I know I can do it again. I just need to go out in my own little world and shoot a good score that I know I can do around here.
"I think it's appreciating the moment as well and appreciating the fact that it's unbelievably cool to have a chance to win The Open at St Andrews. It's what dreams are made of and I'm going to try to make a dream come true tomorrow."
Open Championship 2022 R3
Australian Smith carded a 73 to reach 12-under and shares third place with first-round leader Cameron Young (71)of the USA.
South Korea's Si Woo Kim (67) is tied at 11-under alongside American Scottie Scheffler (69).
Open Championship 2022 R3
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| T1 | Rory McIlroy | -16 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 200 |
| T1 | Viktor Hovland | -16 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 200 |
| T3 | Cameron Young | -12 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 204 |
| T3 | Cameron Smith | -12 | 67 | 64 | 73 | 204 |
| T5 | Si Woo Kim | -11 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 205 |
| T5 | Scottie Scheffler | -11 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 205 |
| 7 | Dustin Johnson | -10 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 206 |
| T8 | Tommy Fleetwood | -9 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 207 |
| T8 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -9 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 207 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | -9 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 207 |
| T11 | Jordan Spieth | -8 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 208 |
| T11 | Patrick Cantlay | -8 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 208 |
| T13 | Kevin Kisner | -7 | 74 | 70 | 65 | 209 |
| T13 | Thomas Pieters | -7 | 75 | 67 | 67 | 209 |
| T13 | Brian Harman | -7 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 209 |
| T13 | Shane Lowry | -7 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 209 |
| T13 | Tyrrell Hatton | -7 | 70 | 66 | 73 | 209 |
| T18 | Trey Mullinax | -6 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 210 |
| T18 | Francesco Molinari | -6 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 210 |
| T18 | Bryson DeChambeau | -6 | 69 | 74 | 67 | 210 |
| T18 | Russell Henley | -6 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 210 |
| T18 | Dylan Frittelli | -6 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 210 |
| T18 | Aaron Wise | -6 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 210 |
| T24 | Dean Burmester | -5 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 211 |
| T24 | Anthony Quayle | -5 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 211 |
| T24 | Ian Poulter | -5 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 211 |
| T24 | Will Zalatoris | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
| T24 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
| T24 | Victor Perez | -5 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 211 |
| T24 | Jon Rahm | -5 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 211 |
| T24 | Xander Schauffele | -5 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 211 |
| T24 | Lucas Herbert | -5 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 211 |
| T24 | Min Woo Lee | -5 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 211 |
| T24 | Sahith Theegala | -5 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 211 |
| T35 | Richard Mansell | -4 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 212 |
| T35 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -4 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 212 |
| T35 | Chris Kirk | -4 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 212 |
| T35 | Billy Horschel | -4 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 212 |
| T35 | Filippo Celli | -4 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 212 |
| T35 | Brad Kennedy | -4 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 212 |
| T35 | Joohyung Kim | -4 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 212 |
| T35 | Harold Varner III | -4 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 212 |
| T35 | Lee Westwood | -4 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 212 |
| T35 | David Carey | -4 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 212 |
| T35 | Abraham Ancer | -4 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 212 |
| T35 | Sadom Kaewkanjana | -4 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 212 |
| T35 | Talor Gooch | -4 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 212 |
| T48 | Robert MacIntyre | -3 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 213 |
| T48 | John Parry | -3 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 213 |
| T48 | Adrian Meronk | -3 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 213 |
| T48 | Corey Conners | -3 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 213 |
| T48 | Sergio Garcia | -3 | 75 | 66 | 72 | 213 |
| T48 | Thriston Lawrence | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 213 |
| T48 | Thomas Detry | -3 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 213 |
| T55 | Tony Finau | -2 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 214 |
| T55 | Justin De Los Santos | -2 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 214 |
| T55 | Jason Scrivener | -2 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 214 |
| T55 | Paul Casey | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 |
| T55 | Marcus Armitage | -2 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 |
| T55 | Justin Thomas | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 |
| T55 | Jason Kokrak | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 |
| T55 | Kurt Kitayama | -2 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 |
| T55 | Yuto Katsuragawa | -2 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 214 |
| T64 | Lars Van Meijel | -1 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 |
| T64 | Robert Dinwiddie | -1 | 67 | 77 | 71 | 215 |
| T64 | Sebastián Muñoz | -1 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 215 |
| T64 | Danny Willett | -1 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 215 |
| T64 | Barclay Brown (a) | -1 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 215 |
| T69 | Jordan L Smith | Par | 73 | 71 | 72 | 216 |
| T69 | Aaron Jarvis (a) | Par | 75 | 69 | 72 | 216 |
| T69 | Joaquin Niemann | Par | 69 | 74 | 73 | 216 |
| T69 | Cameron Tringale | Par | 71 | 71 | 74 | 216 |
| T69 | Laurie Canter | Par | 72 | 70 | 74 | 216 |
| T69 | Patrick Reed | Par | 72 | 68 | 76 | 216 |
| T75 | Adri Arnaus | +1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 217 |
| T75 | Garrick Higgo | +1 | 72 | 69 | 76 | 217 |
| T77 | Sungjae Im | +2 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 218 |
| T77 | Sam Burns | +2 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 218 |
| T77 | David Law | +2 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 218 |
| 80 | Hideki Matsuyama | +3 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 219 |
| 81 | Wyndham Clark | +4 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 220 |
| 82 | Jamie Rutherford | +5 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 221 |
| 83 | Sam Bairstow (a) | +7 | 72 | 72 | 79 | 223 |
| CUT | Henrik Stenson | +1 | 75 | 70 | 145 | |
| CUT | Justin Harding | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 | |
| CUT | Louis Oosthuizen | +1 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell | +1 | 76 | 69 | 145 | |
| CUT | Max Homa | +1 | 73 | 72 | 145 | |
| CUT | Webb Simpson | +1 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Ben Campbell | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 | |
| CUT | Brandon Wu | +1 | 71 | 74 | 145 | |
| CUT | Jamie Donaldson | +1 | 76 | 69 | 145 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 | |
| CUT | Scott Vincent | +1 | 69 | 76 | 145 | |
| CUT | Collin Morikawa | +1 | 72 | 73 | 145 | |
| CUT | Takumi Kanaya | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 | |
| CUT | Zander Lombard | +1 | 77 | 68 | 145 | |
| CUT | Ryan Fox | +2 | 71 | 75 | 146 | |
| CUT | Richard Bland | +2 | 78 | 68 | 146 | |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | +2 | 78 | 68 | 146 | |
| CUT | Matthew Griffin | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | |
| CUT | Chan Kim | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | +2 | 69 | 77 | 146 | |
| CUT | J.T. Poston | +2 | 73 | 73 | 146 | |
| CUT | Matthew Jordan | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 | |
| CUT | Alexander Björk | +2 | 75 | 71 | 146 | |
| CUT | Shaun Norris | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 | |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | +3 | 75 | 72 | 147 | |
| CUT | Keita Nakajima (a) | +3 | 72 | 75 | 147 | |
| CUT | Padraig Harrington | +3 | 69 | 78 | 147 | |
| CUT | Keegan Bradley | +3 | 76 | 71 | 147 | |
| CUT | John Catlin | +3 | 74 | 73 | 147 | |
| CUT | Guido Migliozzi | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 | |
| CUT | John Daly | +3 | 73 | 74 | 147 | |
| CUT | Zach Johnson | +3 | 72 | 75 | 147 | |
| CUT | Matt Ford | +3 | 71 | 76 | 147 | |
| CUT | Bernd Wiesberger | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 | |
| CUT | Kevin Na | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 | |
| CUT | Min-gyu Cho | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Ashley Chesters | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Brooks Koepka | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Seamus Power | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Rikuya Hoshino | +4 | 75 | 73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | +4 | 73 | 75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Haotong Li | +5 | 73 | 76 | 149 | |
| CUT | Fabrizio Zanotti | +5 | 72 | 77 | 149 | |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | +5 | 78 | 71 | 149 | |
| CUT | Kazuki Higa | +5 | 73 | 76 | 149 | |
| CUT | Mito Pereira | +5 | 75 | 74 | 149 | |
| CUT | Phil Mickelson | +5 | 72 | 77 | 149 | |
| CUT | Luke List | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| CUT | Sihwan Kim | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| CUT | Marco Penge | +5 | 76 | 73 | 149 | |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter (a) | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| CUT | Gary Woodland | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| CUT | Marc Leishman | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| CUT | Harris English | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| CUT | Minkyu Kim | +6 | 73 | 77 | 150 | |
| CUT | Tom Hoge | +6 | 74 | 76 | 150 | |
| CUT | Oliver Farr | +6 | 76 | 74 | 150 | |
| CUT | Dimi Papadatos | +7 | 77 | 74 | 151 | |
| CUT | Jorge Fernández Valdés | +7 | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| CUT | Ronan Mullarney | +7 | 73 | 78 | 151 | |
| CUT | Paul Lawrie | +7 | 74 | 77 | 151 | |
| CUT | Stephen Dodd | +7 | 77 | 74 | 151 | |
| CUT | Sam Horsfield | +8 | 76 | 76 | 152 | |
| CUT | Shugo Imahira | +8 | 80 | 72 | 152 | |
| CUT | Tiger Woods | +9 | 78 | 75 | 153 | |
| CUT | Sepp Straka | +9 | 81 | 72 | 153 | |
| CUT | Darren Clarke | +10 | 79 | 75 | 154 | |
| CUT | Jack Floydd | +10 | 75 | 79 | 154 | |
| CUT | Jediah Morgan | +11 | 79 | 76 | 155 | |
| CUT | Alex Wrigley | +11 | 82 | 73 | 155 | |
| CUT | David Duval | +12 | 82 | 74 | 156 | |
| CUT | Pablo Larrazabal | +12 | 75 | 81 | 156 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | +21 | 83 | 82 | 165 |
