Lucas Herbert will channel Australia\u2019s last men\u2019s major winner Cameron Smith\u2019s final day Open Championship heroics after a miracle shot kept alive his hopes of a fairytale claret jug win.<\/p>\n
The Australian was on the verge of a late collapse in the third round, but pulled off one of the best shots of his career to avert disaster on Royal Birkdale\u2019s par-five 17th hole on Sunday morning (AEST).<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old will start the final day three shots behind America\u2019s Sam Burns (-10), one less than Smith\u2019s deficit heading into the last round when he stormed to his Open title at St Andrews in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe may have drawn comparisons on that walking to the 18th tee today, me and Pughy (caddie Nick Pugh),\u201d Herbert said after a one-over 71. \u201cI think (Smith) played two great rounds to start off the week, struggled Saturday. I think he shot 64 Sunday to get it done.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like some crossovers there if that were to work out. It would be a nice little story to go with it, wouldn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
A day after he missed a five-foot putt to set a new record for the lowest round in a men\u2019s major with 61, Herbert watched New Zealand\u2019s Ryan Fox (-8) match his mark with an eight-under 62 early in the third round.<\/p>\n
Fox, who is tied second with Si Woo Kim (67), will play in the final group alongside Burns.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re out in the morning, when the wind\u2019s down around here, there\u2019s almost some pressure on to shoot a score,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau refused to answer questions about his rules controversy when he was docked two shots during his second round for the second straight evening, posting a tidy one-under 69 in his third round to be four shots behind Burns.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s the only player in the top 10 on the leaderboard who has won a major.<\/p>\n
Big guns Scheffler (-4) \u2013 who had just one birdie and one bogey during a frustrating 70 in which he laboured on the greens \u2013 and Rory McIlroy (-2) need a miracle to reel in the deficit to the leaders.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s Cameron John (-4) continued his impressive debut major with another neat one-under 69 to start the final round in tied-11th.<\/p>\n
Adam Scott (-1) and Min Woo Lee (+2) are a long way from contention after twin 71s in their third rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Herbert will channel Australia\u2019s last men\u2019s major winner Cameron Smith\u2019s final day Open Championship heroics after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15695,15742,15727,15713,15761,15750,15696,15720,15721,15757,15732,15723,2629,2630,15755,15746,15747,15748,10779,15736,15738,15754,15730,15765,15731,15733,15710,15762,15693,15743,15756,15726,15698,15716,15703,15737,15700,405,15725,15740,987,12315,15763,15767,825,15708,5997,15752,15631,15717,44,15622,15739,15744,15706,15729,15745,15697,15735,15659,6964,15728,830,2191,10280,7496,15749,15690,15760,771,399,519,2527,354,15701,15709,4737,1891,15711,13734,15734,15705,15691,15702,4644,15363,15724,15764,15719,15692,15343,15753,15714,15704,15758,15718,15699,15618,15751,15741,15361,15759,15694,15712,577,15766,15722,15715,15707],"class_list":["post-39310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-15695","tag-15742","tag-the-30-year-old","tag-s-cameron-john","tag-s-deficit","tag-s-final-day","tag-s-last-men","tag-s-major","tag-s-major-winner","tag-s-par-five-17th-hole","tag-s-ryan-fox","tag-s-sam-burns","tag-2629","tag-2630","tag-2022-the-open-2026-golf","tag-15746","tag-15747","tag-15748","tag-10779","tag-a-day","tag-a-fairytale-claret-jug","tag-a-fairytale-win","tag-a-five-foot-putt","tag-a-frustrating-70","tag-a-late-collapse","tag-a-long-way","tag-a-major-big-guns-scheffler","tag-a-men","tag-a-miracle","tag-a-miracle-shot","tag-a-new-record","tag-a-nice-little-story","tag-a-one-over-71","tag-a-score","tag-a-tidy-one-under-69","tag-aest","tag-almost-some-pressure","tag-america","tag-an-eight-under-62","tag-another-neat-one","tag-australia","tag-burns","tag-burns-he","tag-caddie-nick-pugh","tag-cameron-smith","tag-comparisons","tag-contention","tag-disaster","tag-four-shots","tag-fox-said-bryson-dechambeau","tag-golf","tag-herbert","tag-his-career","tag-his-hopes","tag-his-impressive-debut-major","tag-his-mark","tag-his-open-title","tag-his-rules-controversy","tag-his-second-round","tag-his-third-round","tag-hunt","tag-just-one-birdie","tag-lucas-herbert","tag-min-woo-lee","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-one-bogey","tag-open-championship-heroics","tag-pughy","tag-questions","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-royal-birkdale","tag-saturday","tag-si-woo-kim","tag-smith","tag-some-crossovers","tag-st-andrews","tag-sunday","tag-the-18th-tee","tag-the-australian","tag-the-best-shots","tag-the-deficit","tag-the-final-day","tag-the-final-group","tag-the-final-round","tag-the-greens","tag-the-last-round","tag-the-leaderboard","tag-the-leaders-australia","tag-the-lowest-round","tag-the-morning","tag-the-only-player","tag-the-open-championship-title","tag-the-scores","tag-the-second-straight-evening","tag-the-third-round","tag-the-third-round-fox","tag-the-top-10","tag-the-verge","tag-the-week","tag-the-wind","tag-their-third-rounds","tag-three-shots","tag-tied-11th-adam-scott","tag-today","tag-twin-71s","tag-two-great-rounds","tag-two-shots","tag-under-69"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}