Everyone is chasing Jordan Spieth, who enters the last round with a sizable lead over contenders like Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson.

SOUTHPORT, England -- A 23-year-old Jordan Spieth heads into the final round of the 146th Open holding a 3-shot lead, which is nothing new. The Texan has sat atop the leaderboard an astonishing 14 different times after a round in his young career. If he can make it 15 on Sunday, he'll grab the third leg of the career Grand Slam. So will he pull it off? We asked our panel of writers on the ground at Royal Birkdale to weigh in. No chance. When he's "on" like this, no one can catch him. What's scary is the rest of the field knows it, too. His 2015 wasn't that long ago. When he went to a place where when he got into contention, he won. By the end of the FedEx Cup playoffs, anyone going head-to-head

Justin Thomas was off to a strong start at the Open Championship, but it didn't take long for his game to desert him on a waterlogged Friday afternoon. After opening with a 67, Thomas sat just two strokes adrift of the 18-hole lead. With rain pouring down on Royal Birkdale, he had to have been expecting a bit of regression during the second round, but nothing could have prepared him for what was coming.

Peter Alliss risked being branded as sexist again in referring to Sergio Garcia’s fiancee’s “lovely legs” and saying her skirt didn’t belong on a golf course. The legendary BBC commentator was criticized at April’s Masters for an off-mic remark in which he said Angela Akins was wearing “the shortest skirt on the campus.” And now he has refused to back down from his comments in a column for a magazine. Alliss writes in Atlantic Golf & Lifestyle that Akins’ skirt was more suited to ice skating than a golf course. She was seen at Royal Birkdale this week wearing a skirt similar to the one that initially caught Alliss’ attention at Augusta. Garcia will marry American Akins – a former Golf Channel

At the Ryder Cup last year the Golf Channel introduced a new feature which can only be described as a game changer. Rather than miss one second of play, when it's time for an ad break, Golf Channel simply runs the ad in a double screen alongside the coverage. It's an idea that could work across a variety of different sports, like baseball and soccer, and naturally, golf fans love it:

Here are the tee times and pairings for Round 3 of the British Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England. (Note: All times Eastern; a-amateur) SATURDAY OFF TEE NO. 1 4:20 a.m.: Shaun Norris 4:30 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose 4:40 a.m.: Webb Simpson, Mike Lorenzo-Vera 4:50 a.m.: Danny Willett, Younghan Song 5 a.m.: Scott Hend, Marc Leishman 5:10 a.m.: Lee Westwood, Sean O’Hair 5:20 a.m.: Brandon Stone, David Drysdale 5:30 a.m.: Andy Sullivan, Jason Day 5:40 a.m.: Aaron Baddeley, Toby Tree 5:50 a.m.: Joe Dean, James Hahn 6:05 a.m.: Thomas Pieters, Alfie Plant-a 6:15 a.m.: K.T. Kim, Peter Uihlein 6:25 a.m.: Branden Grace, Jason Dufner 6:35 a.m.: Andrew Dodt, Xander Schauffele 6:45 a.m.:

Michael Collins ESPN Senior Writer Close Senior writer/video talent for ESPN.com Worked for several players as PGA Tour caddie Former stand-up comedian SOUTHPORT, England -- High winds and cooler temperatures meant bogeys were slapping guys' scorecards like the waves slap the beach ... often. What does that mean for the caddies who have to deal with the players losing their cool? And just how hard was the golf course Friday compared to Thursday? Enjoy Friday's Caddie Confidential! Collins: If Day 1 was a barrel of monkeys, Day 2 was ...? Caddie: A hornet's nest! Collins: What was the biggest challenge on Friday? Caddie: I'd say the biggest challenge was staying out of the bunkers off the tee.

Rory McIlroy says he'll go into this weekend's decisive final rounds at The Open with renewed confidence, after producing a a two-under-par second round.

The new dress code which came into effect at the Marathon Classic has caused a social media storm but the players themselves think the fuss is a case of much ado about nothing. "If a fan tunes into the LPGA this week, they will not see a noticeable difference from what players have been and are currently wearing," Heather Daly-Donofrio, the LPGA's chief communications officer, said in an email to Reuters.

81 year old golf legend Gary Player posted a video to his Instagram account of him attempting a backflip off of a boat.  Player told the FOX Business Network’s Stuart Varney that it took some coaxing from his grandkids to do it. Player discussed his daily exercise regimen as well, which would be a challenge for most at any age. Player then weighed in on the British Open at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.