THE OPEN 2026: FOX EQUALS MAJOR RECORD, DECHAMBEAU IN ACTION AND DAY THREE UPDATES – LIVE
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According to Sport | The Guardian, ️Updates from the third round at Royal Birkdale ️Official leaderboard | Mail Scott with your thoughts It’s the same old story for Rory McIlroy: he just can’t keep any momentum going this week.
The available RSS description adds: He follows that chip-in eagle on 9 with bogey at 11.
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️Updates from the third round at Royal Birkdale ️Official leaderboard | Mail Scott with your thoughts It’s the same old story for Rory McIlroy: he just can’t keep any momentum going this week. He follows that chip-in eagle on 9 with bogey at 11.
Back to -1, and a second Claret Jug continues to hover out of reach. At least he’s got one. Jon Rahm has a strangely underwhelming record at the Open: a couple of high finishes in 2019 and 2023 without ever really looking likely to win.
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- Sport | The Guardian: ️Updates from the third round at Royal Birkdale ️Official leaderboard | Mail Scott with your thoughts It’s the same old story for Rory McIlroy: he just can’t keep any momentum going this week.
- Sport | The Guardian: He follows that chip-in eagle on 9 with bogey at 11.
- Sport | The Guardian: Back to -1, and a second Claret Jug continues to hover out of reach.
- Sport | The Guardian: Jon Rahm has a strangely underwhelming record at the Open: a couple of high finishes in 2019 and 2023 without ever really looking likely to win.
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- Topic: SPORT — the feed headline centres on OPEN, 2026, EQUALS, MAJOR, RECORD.
- Original feed: Sport | The Guardian.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 17:27 UK.
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