Who is leading the 2024 Open Championship after Day 3? Leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 Open Championship was very intense. Six players are within one stroke of the lead and two more are within three strokes or less.

Billy Horschel leads the 2024 Open Championship at 4-under. Only 12 players have shot under par after 54 holes, a testament to how tough Royal Troon Golf Club has proven to be.

2024 Open Championship Day 3 Leaderboard

Here is the Open Championship leaderboard after the third round:

1 Billy Horschel -4
T2 Sam Burns -3
T2 Thriston Lawrence -3
T2 Russell Henley -3
T2 Xander Schauffele -3
T2 Justin Rose -3
T2 Daniel Brown -3
8 Scottie Scheffler -2
9 Shane Lowry -1
T10 Adam Scott E
T10 Justin Thomas E
T10 Matthew Jordan E
T13 Sungjae Im +1
T13 Byeong Hun An +1
T15 Shubhankar Sharma +2
T15 Daniel Hillier +2
T15 John Catlin +2
T15 Sean Crocker +2
T15 Chris Kirk +2
T15 Laurie Canter +2
T15 Alex Noren +2
T15 Dustin Johnson +2
T15 Jon Rahm +2
T15 Collin Morikawa +2
T25 Matteo Manassero +3
T25 Brendon Todd +3
T25 Calum Scott (a) +3
T25 Padraig Harrington +3
T25 Gary Woodland +3
T25 Minkyu Kim +3
T25 Patrick Cantlay +3
T25 Dean Burmester +3
T33 Ewen Ferguson +4
T33 Cameron Young +4
T33 Joe Dean +4
T33 Eric Cole +4
T33 Emiliano Grillo +4
T33 Sepp Straka +4
T33 Jason Day +4
T40 Max Homa +5
T40 Abraham Ancer +5
T40 Si Woo Kim +5
T40 Davis Thompson +5
T40 Matt Wallace +5
T40 Brian Harman +5
T40 Austin Eckroat +5
T40 Adrian Meronk +5
T40 Tom Hoge +5
T40 Mackenzie Hughes +5
T40 Joaquín Niemann +5
T51 Guido Migliozzi +6
T51 Harris English +6
T51 Jacob Skov Olesen (a) +6
T51 Phil Mickelson +6
T51 Alex Cejka +6
T51 Robert MacIntyre +6
T51 Jordan Spieth +6
T51 Nicolai Højgaard +6
T59 Kurt Kitayama +7
T59 Richard Mansell +7
T59 Rasmus Højgaard +7
T62 Jorge Campillo +8
T62 Matt Fitzpatrick +8
T62 Thorbjørn Olesen +8
T62 Marcel Siem +8
T62 Matthieu Pavon +8
T62 Jeunghun Wang +8
T62 Brooks Koepka +8
T62 Corey Conners +8
T70 Rickie Fowler +9
T70 Tommy Morrison (a) +9
T70 Hideki Matsuyama +9
T70 Aaron Rai +9
T70 Ryan Fox +9
T70 Tom McKibbin +9
T76 Darren Clarke +11
T76 Young-han Song +11
T78 Luis Masaveu (a) +13
T78 Andy Ogletree +13
80 Darren Fichardt +15

Billy Horschel made good use of his front nine in the third round of the Open Championship, finishing with four birdies and no bogeys. He carded two bogeys on the back nine to finish at 4-under for 54 holes.

However, Horschel's performance combined with a poor round from the previous day's Open Championship leader, Shane Lowry, who shot 6-over for the round and dropped to T8.

Justin Rose and Daniel Browm share the second place, now joined by four players who have moved up several places on the leaderboard. Thriston Lawrence and Sam Burns moved into second place after posting the best score of the third round (6 under).

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is in eighth place, but only two shots off the lead.

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Edited by Pritha Ghosh