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Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland avoid blunders to grab share of British Open lead

ST ANDREWS, Scotland —They chatted, they chuckled and they gradually pulled away from the field Saturday in the third round of the British Open. Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland, good friends in the second-to-last group, shot identical scores of 66 at the Old Course to share a commanding four-shot lead at 16 under par heading into Sunday's final round. At one point, while waiting to hit, they ...
Norway's Viktor Hovland, right, and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, left, shake hands on the 18th green after their third rounds on Day Three of The 150th British Open Golf Championship on The Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland —They chatted, they chuckled and they gradually pulled away from the field Saturday in the third round of the British Open.

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland, good friends in the second-to-last group, shot identical scores of 66 at the Old Course to share a commanding four-shot lead at 16 under par heading into Sunday's final round.

At one point, while waiting to

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