Kim Si-woo finds the putting surface with his second at the last.

A 20-footer to come for birdie and a chance for the South Korean to get to nine under.

Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

You could see what that meant to Bryson DeChambeau.

Keep the pressure on Sam Burns, don't let him get too far ahead and set himself nicely for tomorrow.

But, watching Burns, winning a major is the next natural step. He is a great player, with all the attributes. Every area of his game is impressive

Bryson DeChambeau rolls in his birdie putt, to a now customary fist pump, but Sam Burns matches it moments later and it's Burns who leads The Open - and leads it by two!

Bryson would only be a shot behind without that two-shot penalty. Just thought I'd mention it again, it's been a while.

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Shane Lowry was asked how close he would like to be to the top of the pack going into tomorrow.

He gave the only answer he should: "I'd love to be leading!"

But the Irishman, who is currently five back at four under par, is not writing himself off yet:

"In an Open Championship on a course like this where you see low scores, high scores, I feel like anyone inside the top 20 will surely feel like if they have the round of their lives they will feel like they can win The Open tomorrow."

Paul Birch
BBC Sport journalist at Royal Birkdale

A look down the top of the leaderboard and one thing stands out - a lack of major winners.

Bryson DeChambeau is the only player currently in the top 10 to have won a major, having claimed two US Opens.

Sam Burns came close with a second place at last month's US Open, but Lucas Herbert has missed the cut at nine of his 17 majors and Ryan Fox has a best career finish of tied 16th.

Kim Si-woo has one top-10 finish from 37 appearances at majors.

This is only Jackson Suber's third major, Ryan Gerard is playing in just his eighth, while Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is making his Open debut in what is his fifth major appearance.

Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young and Tommy Fleetwood all have runner-up finishes on their CVs but are yet to take that final step.

Could this lack of experience of getting over the line make a difference as the tension rises amongst the leaders during Sunday's final round?

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Not the round Scottie Scheffler had planned.

Moving day? He's stayed at exactly the same score.

Bryson DeChambeau is going full-on strategic mode again, taking a three wood off the tee then hitting only a mid iron and laying up on the par five, but he then wedges onto the green to about 12 feet.

Sam Burns sees him, and raises him, by wedging it to five feet so both will have birdie tries - and Burns will be putting for a two-shot lead.

Ryan Gerard is two shots off the lead. He is quietly and consistently going about compiling a decent round.

Slow, steady and playing the percentages to keep himself in contention.

He looks to the sky to track his ball and finishes 25 feet from the hole. There's not been many birdies on the 16th, but Gerard goes close with his putt before sliding in from a couple of feet for par.

That's a bold line from Jackson Suber into the par-three 15th. His ball lands on the right edge of the green and tries its best to stay on the surface, but it eventually decides to go for a wander and rolls down the sun-baked bank.

Heavy-handed with his chip, he needs to sink a 15-footer for par...but it zips past on the left.

Lucas Herbert went the opposite direction off the tee and his pitch scuttles well past the flag and rests on the fringe. His par putt stays above ground, so that's a couple of sloppy bogeys it must be said.

Bob MacIntyre is just finishing off his round at the 18th, and he tidies up nicely after putting his approach shot into the gully surrounding the green.

He takes his hat off and shakes hands with Alex Fitzpatrick who has finally found a birdie for his round from 32 feet.

These two began the day in a good spot but have slipped back and are probably too far away to have a say tomorrow.

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Tommy Fleetwood, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after his one-under 69: "In those closing holes, you've got two par-fives and I had a really good round going. I felt I had an opportunity to get a really good score. It didn't materialise.

"I did a lot of good stuff and it was a really fun day. I got within one of the lead at one point and was in contention. It was a fun atmosphere to play in front of.

"You put yourself into a really good position but can't quite capitalise. There's still another round. Let's see what the leaders finish on. They're playing good golf but let's see what we can do tomorrow."

On the home support: "They have been amazing and I think they've made the tournament so special. There is so much anticipation for me coming into this event. It's a very special week for me in my home town and the crowd have made it extra special.

"Whatever happens tomorrow, I think yesterday evening, today when I had it going and the walk up 18 every day are things I will remember forever.

"The crowd amplifies the really good moments and they lift you up in poorer moments."

On getting a decent night's rest: "I'll sleep just fine - they're pretty long days!"

That's a lovely touch from Kim Si-woo, who pitches from the rough onto the green.

A gimme birdie.

Neither Sam Burns or Bryson DeChambeau can land lengthy birdie putts on 16, so they both settle for pars as they move on to what's definitely a birdie chance at the 17th.

It's the easiest hole on the course today playing half a shot under its par.

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Ryan Gerard consolidates back-to- back birdies with a par on the 15th, but things are starting to unravel for Cameron Young as the shadows lengthen on the greens at Royal Birkdale.

Young chips out the greenside bunker and has a 16-foot putt to save par...but the stays low and curls away from the hole.

A third bogey on the back nine for Young.

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Great recovery effort from Scottie Scheffler on the last as he saves his par to finish with a level-par round of 70 - during which yet again the putting has been his problem.

He's five shots back as it stands going into the final round - not a huge amount but with plenty of players between him and retaining the Claret Jug. Scheffler will need a fast start, and will need to start making some putts.

Lovely stuff from Jackson Suber, who splashes a beauty of the greenside bunker at 14 and rolls in the five-footer for his birdie four.

Impressive bounce back after that bogey on 13.

No joy for Lucas Herbert, though, who lips out with his birdie effort, turning away in disgust as the cup spits his ball back out.

He's still tied with Sam Burns.

Scottie Scheffler is miles left off the tee on 18, even wider than those blue railings that can't be moved, but players do get a free drop away from them back on the course.

The world number one is having none of that though, so scales the barriers like a cat and then whacks an iron towards the green, then clambers back over with all the skill of an Olympic gymnast.

Joking. It's an awkward but hilarious scrambling from Scheffler - could be my moment of the tournament so far that one.

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Gotta enjoy the physical test these bunkers put you through.

Well, at least I enjoy watching these finely tuned athletes dealing with them. Think I'd pull a hammy...

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Bryson DeChambeau with his 12th birdie of the week after a brilliant tee shot on the 15th - the big hospitality stand loved that one, and so did Bryson.

He's not going anywhere...

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Like number 10 buses for Ryan Gerard.

You wait all round for a birdie and then two come along in consecutive holes.

Gerard brilliantly chips out of the sand at the 14th to leave himself a short putt...which he duly rolls in.

Barely a flicker of emotion from the 26-year-old.