Chris has a Swede dream of bagging his US Open slot

It was a day to forget for Jamie Donaldson yesterday. driving home with my wife without the trophy was really difficult,” Wood added.

“We got a great winner in Alex Noren, but I’ll be back next year trying to get the trophy back.”

Olesen had held the lead after carding three birdies and an eagle in the space of seven holes from the sixth, but bogeyed the 14th and double- bogeyed the 18th after two wild drives.

“It was going well there for a moment,” Olesen said after a round of 70.

“Obviously five-under would have been a nice round but I hit a couple of really poor shots down 18 and it was a good four with the second ball, so that’s a little positive I can take out of it.

“I had three or four shots where I lost a little bit of concentration on my backswing and that cost a few really bad shots. I just have to go out there tomorrow and trust it a little more.”

Donaldson began the day with a two-shot lead and recovered from two early bogeys with birdies on the seventh and ninth, but dropped shots on the 12th and 14th.

“Bogeying par-5s where you can get on in two is pretty criminal and I didn’t finish the way I wanted to,” said Donaldson, who claimed the winning point in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

“A slightly cold putter, which I hope to sort out now, and if it warms up tomorrow I’m only three back.”

Roberto De Vicenzo with the Claret Jug 50 years ago.

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