Ex-Cal Golfer Byeong Hun An Fires a Third-Round 68 at The Open

An and Collin Morikawa both among the top-20 at Royal Troon with leaders still on the course.

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On a rainy day in Scotland, one-time Cal golfer Byeong Hun An shot a 3-under 68 to remain within view of the leaders at The Open Championship on Saturday at Royal Troon Golf Course.

An finished his third round at plus-1 and positioned to improve on his career-best finish of 23rd at The Open last season. With 18 holes to play Sunday, he is tied for 13th place with fellow South Korean Sungjae Im, five strokes off the lead.

World No. 6 Collin Morikawa, who began the day tied for 13th at plus-1, had birdies on the seventh and ninth holes to make a move on the leaders. 

But the 27-year-old struggled on the back nine, with bogeys on Nos. 11, 15 and 16 and finished the day with a 72 and a three-day score of plus-2. That dropped him into a tie for 15th place with Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson and seven others, six strokes off the pace.

A third ex-Cal golfer, Max Homa, couldn’t duplicate the magic he delivered on Friday, when he buried a 29-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to make the cut. A day later, Homa shot a 1-under 70 but bogeys on Nos. 17 and 18 left him at plus-5 for three days and tied for 40th place.

The top of the leaderboard experienced a shakeup with American Billy Horschel moving into the top spot at minus-4 after shooting a 69. 

He has a one-stroke lead over six players, including Xander Schauffele and Justin Rose. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is alone in eighth place at 2 under.

Second-round leader Shane Lowry, the 37-year-old Irish golfer, shot a 77 that featured a double bogey on No. 8 and five bogeys on the back nine. Lowry dropped to ninth place at 1 under.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim sank the longest hole-in-one in Open history with a 238-yard shot on the par-3 17th hole. 

Kim, who shot a 71, said, "I've had about six holes-in-one before but this is the most memorable.”