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Zach Johnson leaves himself some work on 12, putting from the fringe and leaving himself five feet short. That’s very missable. But he slots away a steely-eyed par saver to remain in the lead. Which he now shares with Scott, who drives 10 and very nearly guides in a long left-to-right curler from 40 feet. The rain’s coming down fairly hard right now. And needless to say, it’s been raining birdies. At the risk of repeating myself like a clubhouse bore ... just look at the quality of this leaderbo

Birdie for Spieth at 6, as he bumps his approach into the green in the Scottish style, and eases in a snaky 12-footer. He’s -14, in second place. And Day’s followed him down the hole step for step, and so the pair join Adam Scott in a tie for second. This is a simply wonderful Open, and we’re only just approaching the business end.

Zach Johnson leaves himself some work on 12, putting from the fringe and leaving himself five feet short. That’s very missable. But he slots away a steely-eyed par saver to remain in the lead. Which he now shares with Scott, who drives 10 and very nearly guides in a long left-to-right curler from 40 feet. The rain’s coming down fairly hard right now. And needless to say, it’s been raining birdies. At the risk of repeating myself like a clubhouse bore ... just look at the quality of this leaderbo