Brian Harman got past early issues with brilliant precision play down the stretch Saturday at Royal Liverpool to maintain his five-shot lead heading to the final round of The Open.
Harman started his day with two bogeys in his opening four holes, cutting his five-shot advantage to three. But the 36-year-old played nearly flawless golf the rest of the way to post a 2-under 69 and lead Cameron Young by five.
Young’s 5-under 66 was enough to grab solo second ahead of Jon Rahm, who sits six shots off the pace at 6-under. Rahm was arguably the biggest story of the day, as the Spaniard broke the Open Championship scoring record at Royal Liverpool with an 8-under 63.