The runaway train has left the station. The question: Will anyone be able to catch it? Brian Harman enters the weekend at the 2023 Open Championship at 10 under with a five-stroke lead and eyes on both raising the Claret Jug and claiming the title Champion Golfer of the Year. For a man who has not won a PGA Tour event since 2017, a tall task indeed.
Despite his substantial margin, Harman will be up against the Royal Liverpool faithful as their allegiance is likely to fall in favor his his closest pursuer, Tommy Fleetwood. Despite sitting five strokes back, the Englishman sealed his spot in the final pairing alongside Harman as he hopes to make the most of his Moving Day.
Jason Day remains a threat for his second major title from 3 under, while Americans Jordan Spieth and Cameron Young start Round 3 one stroke worse. Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy finds himself nine strokes and nine men removed from Harman; he will have little room for error over his next 36 holes in his hopes of making major No. 5 a reality. Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland and Hideki Matsuyama begin Saturday all within 10 strokes of Harman, but this championship is officially in his hands. What he does with it remains to be seen, but we will get one step closer to finding out Saturday at Hoylake.
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