Spieth aims to retain British Open title but Woods lurks
campaigners Wirairungreung, Supamas Sangchan, Chonlada - pine Ladies Masters titlists Saranporn Langkulgasettrin and Renuka Suksukont.
- tion is also out to assert its might and stamp its class with Chen 3 and 2 players, respectively, on - ing out to improve on their joint Southwoods, respectively.
Focus will also be on ama remarkable joint runner-up and week, along with Indonesians Dea of Singapore, Japanese Mayumi Minami Levonowich of the US.
Meanwhile, Superal and a select number of pros team up US golfer Jordan Spieth watches his drive on the 18th tee during his third round on day 3 of The 147th Open golf Championship at Carnoustie, Scotland on Sunday.
CARNOUSTIE, United Kingdom: Jordan Spieth is hoping to join the elite group of golfers to have retained the British Open title as he
nine under par alongside compatriots Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner as he aims for a repeat of his victory at Royal Birkdale 12 months ago, although there is a large chasing pack ready to
in the mix.
Spieth shot a superb six-underpar 65 in benign conditions on Saturday to catapult himself up the leaderboard as he aims to follow
- rington, the last player to retain the Claret Jug a decade ago.
- metry to the achievement if Spieth does win on Scotland’s North Sea
at Carnoustie in 2007 and then
“I’ve made a lot of progress over the year that’s been kind of an off who came third at the Masters in
the US Open.
“I feel like my game’s in good shape. It’s progressed nicely. We’ve got pretty much a new tournament
Spieth has his work cut out though, with the leaderboard so closely packed that at least 20 players will start Sunday believing they can win the Claret Jug.
Schauffele and Kisner are both bidding to win a first major, with the latter hoping to avoid
Championship, when he led go-
in a tie for seventh.
With trickier, windy conditions expected for the last round, Kisner feels it could be an unpredictable day, and a harder one.
“Judging by the conditions and what’s going to be going on, I would imagine it’s going
said Kisner, who has been sharing a house with Spieth and
Scotland this week. Kisner will go out with another
seven-under, in the penultimate pairing of the day at 2: 35pm
McIlroy, Fleetwood still in hunt
Before heading to the course on Saturday, Spieth went into Carnoustie for what he called “a
Woods was rolling back the years with his third-round 66 in front of huge galleries.
Woods, who won back-to-back Opens himself in 2005 and 2006,
under along with the likes of Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy and
- sonal problems and health issues have stalled his career, will tee off at 2:25 p.m. with Italy’s Francesco Molinari, who is six under par.
“It’s been a few years since
in comments that might seem somewhat ominous for his rivals. “I played pretty similar to this at -
but not like this in one of these
five majors, but McIlroy has played well enough this week to
- jor since 2014, when he did the double of British Open and US
Meanwhile, Fleetwood is the most likely to become the first
since Nick Faldo in 1992. up, so that might be a helping
the course record at Carnoustie with a 63 at the Dunhill Championship last year and also shot 63
Brooks Koepka.