The weather turned for the worse at The Open Championship on Saturday afternoon, leaving the contenders struggling to survive.
Pars became nearly impossible to save, and birdies were an afterthought. But amid the fray, Xander Schauffele rose up the leaderboard with a marvelous 2-under 69 at Royal Troon.
“I’d say so, yes. It for sure was,” Schauffele said when asked if his third round was one of the best of his career.
“With everything at stake here and how the weather played from hole one basically and having to adjust, I would say it’s up there.”
Schauffele made four birdies over his first 10 holes to climb up
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