In a surprising leaderboard like never before, Brian Harman leads widely. The American is five strokes ahead of Tommy Fleetwood, two laps from goal.
After two laps, Brian Harman took a clear lead. Not enough to start etching his name on the Claret Jug, but enough to explore the resume of the American southpaw, who from a 65 on Friday punctuated by an eagle at 18 took five strokes ahead of Tommy Fleetwood.
The presence of the 36-year-old left-hander at the top of the yellow leaderboards of The Open is ultimately not so surprising, he who finished sixth at St Andrews last year, 2nd at the US Open 2017 and who is ranked 26th in the world. On a windier day than the day before, with still these disasters that often strike at the end (Tyrrell Hatton, quadruple at 18, or triple at 17 for Matt Fitzpatrick), the former winner of the US Amateur put his science of putting (+8.40 in stroke gained: putting) and his naturally low trajectories into play.
