Irish Sunday Mirror

YANKS

- MATT KUCHAR

THE OPEN 2017

And, after a sensationa­l third day on which a Major record fell, American Jordan Spieth was the man beating the path towards them.

The 23-year-old will start today’s final round three shots clear of compatriot Matt Kuchar after he came out on top in a slugfest between the two.

And, unless something dramatic happens to Spieth, it is difficult to imagine him failing to get his hands on the famous old pot.

He might not have tamed this course in quite the same way that the amazing Branden Grace had done earlier in the day, after the South African became the first player to shoot 62 in a Major.

And he might have previous for blowing up when sitting pretty in a final round, as he did during his 2016 defence of his Masters crown.

But Spieth has played the most consistent­ly good golf of this 146th Open and

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