David Cannon/R&ASOUTHPORT, ENGLAND – JULY 22: Brooks Koepka of the United States tees off on the 14th hole during the third round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 22, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by David Cannon/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)SOUTHPORT, England — The good news for Matt Kuchar, Austin Connelly, Brooks Koepka, Branden Grace and Hideki Matsuyama is that golf history is littered with final-round collapses in major championships.
There was Adam Scott leading by four with four to play in the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes only to bogey his way in; Greg Norman blowing a six-shot lead on the final day of the 1996 Masters; and of course who can forget Jean Van de Velde, shoes off and ankle deep in the Barry Burn on the 18th hole at Carnoustie in the 1999 Open Championship to name a few.
Jordan Spieth even had one, last year at Augusta National, where after leading by five with nine holes to play he went bogey-bogey-quad and eventually finished th..

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Even when viewing fatigue has set in from watching hours and hours of televised golf from a major championship, it still is worthwhile to head over to Golf Channel to hear the analysis of its opinionated and astute duo of Brandel Chamblee and Frank Nobilo.
Leading off was Nobilo, regarding the putt Spieth holed for birdie on the 18th hole that expanded his lead over Matt Kuchar to three and to six over Brooks Koepka and Austin Connelly, who are tied for third.
“This one here from Spieth is for all the players in the locker room thinking they had a chance,” Nobilo said.
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Peter Byrne – PA ImagesMatt Kuchar reacts to lipping out his birdie try on the 18th during Saturday's third round of the 2017 Open Championship. Despite shooting a 66, he stands three strokes back of leader Jordan Spieth.SOUTHPORT, England — What do you have to do to catch this guy? It’s the thought that had to be racing through the mind of Matt Kuchar on the back nine Saturday at Royal Birkdale, playing alongside the steady Jordan Spieth as the third round of the Open Championship morphed from birdie-fest to a one-on-one duel between himself and his final-pairing foe. No doubt, too, it’s the question that will surface on Sunday, when the pair will once walk side-by-side once more in the final twosome.
For a short while on the 15th hole—emphasis on short—it appeared Kuchar had finally accomplished the seemingly impossible when he rolled in a birdie putt to get to nine under par for the tournament and tie Spieth. Yet only moments later, the week-long leader made a birdie of his own..

Christian PetersenSOUTHPORT, ENGLAND – JULY 22: Jordan Spieth of the United States celebrates a birdie on the 18th green during the third round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 22, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)SOUTHPORT, England — At the urging of playing partner Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth eschewed his normal routine of pulling out his greens book to study the putt facing him as he approached the 18th green. Under a Saturday evening glow at Royal Birkdale, Spieth held the lead at golf's oldest major, and he soaked up the moment as the packed grandstands showed their appreciation.
Moments later, he'd make the fans roar even louder.
The blip in Spieth's usual routine didn't stop him from rolling in one final putt, a 20-foot curler for birdie that capped a second 65 of the week. And with a three-shot lead heading into Sunday at the 146th British Open, the 23-year-old Texan is on the brink of winning a th..

Gregory ShamusSOUTHPORT, ENGLAND – JULY 22: Jordan Spieth of the United States plays a shot from the fairway on the 11th hole during the third round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 22, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)While Jordan Spieth waited to tee off on Saturday, players on the course were picking apart Royal Birkdale, the same course that produced a scoring average of 74.03 in the second round of the Open Championship the day before. Before the leaders even began their third round, three players already had posted five-under 65s in the pristine conditions, and Branden Grace was working on what would later become the lowest round in major championship history, an eight-under 62.
As we've grown accustomed to with Spieth, he was unfazed, and went out and carded a low number of his own, a second straight five-under 65, this time bogey-free. He's through 54 holes at 11-under 199, three shots ahead of Matt Kuchar. It&#..

Gregory Shamus(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Royal Birkdale wreaked havoc on the field during Friday's round, but the players answered on Saturday, and answered with vigor. There was a major championship record, a 64 and a handful of 65s, with the field bringing in an average scoring figure under par. And yet, despite these fireworks, it's basically a two-man race heading into Open Championship Sunday. Here are the winners and losers from Day 3.
Winner: Jordan Spieth
Spieth's score — a bogey-free 65 — doesn't fully illustrate his dominant performance. The Texan put on a clinic Saturday, carefully eviscerating Royal Birkdale with a deadly-accurate iron play. And though his notoriously fickle putter didn't convert many long putts (save for his final roll on the 18th), Spieth was left with gimme pars on almost every hole. Just Matt Kuchar stands in the way of the 23-year-old completing the third leg of the career Grand Slam; only Jack Nicklaus achieved th..