Scottie Scheffler is once again out in front.
The top-ranked golfer in the world nearly matched the course record Friday while posting a 7-under 64 at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. That gave him a one-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick and the rest of the field at the midway point of the British Open.
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Scheffler has been incredibly dominant on the PGA Tour in recent years, though he’s yet to win the Claret Jug. If he can pull off that feat this weekend, it’d give him his fourth major victory of his career and his 17th overall Tour win. He’d also be just a U.S. Open win away from completing the career grand slam.
Scheffler will go off with Fitzpatrick on Saturday. Fitzpatrick, who held a share of the lead after the opening round, shot a 5-under on Friday to remain in the mix. Brian Harman and Haotong Li will start two back.
Round 3 of the British Open will kick off at 4:35 a.m. ET on Saturday. Here’s everything you need to keep up with the action on Moving Day.
How to watch Round 3
All times ET
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5-7 a.m.: USA Network, NBC Sports app
Round 3 tee times
All times ET
4:35 a.m. — Matti Schmid, Corey Conners
4:45 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Hideki Matsuyama
4:55 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Adrien Saddier
5:05 a.m. —Sebastian Soderberg, Henrik Stenson
5:15 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Jacob Skov Olesen
5:25 a.m. — Nathan Kimsey, Bryson DeChambeau | Stream on Peacock
5:35 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Thriston Lawrence
5:45 a.m. — Justin Leonard, John Parry
6 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Sergio Garcia
6:10 a.m. — Jesper Svensson, Francesco Molinari
6:20 a.m. — Riki Kawamoto, Wyndham Clark
6:30 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm | Stream on Peacock
6:40 a.m. — JJ Spaun, Dustin Johnson
6:50 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Jhonattan Vegas
7 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth
7:15 a.m. — Russell Henley, Antoine Rozner
7:25 a.m. — Romaine Langasque, Daniel Berger
7:35 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Dean Burmester
7:45 a.m. — Matt Wallace, Akshay Bhatia
7:55 a.m. — Jason Kokrak, Lucas Glover
8:05 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
8:15 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Rickie Fowler
8:30 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Oliver Lindell
8:40 a.m. — Ryggs Johnston, Xander Schauffele
8:50 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Matthew Jordan
9 a.m. — Ludvig Aberg, Justin Rose | Stream on Peacock
9:10 a.m — Harry Hall, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:20 a.m. — Sam Burns, Lee Westwood
9:30 a.m. — Jordan Smith, Rory McIlroy
9:45 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Nicolai Hojgaard
9:55 a.m. — Tony Finau, Chris Gotterup
10:05 a.m. — Harris English, Robert MacIntyre
10:15 a.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hojgaard
10:25 a.m. — Brian Harman, Haotong Li
10:35 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick | Stream on Peacock
