The Open 2022 live: Score and latest updates from round three of the golf at St Andrews

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Finally when they can go Rory's drive on the 341-yard par four is slightly mishit - his ball ends shy of a bunker short of the green. Hovland's drive goes down the lefthand side and ends up in the rough, just shy of the green. 

Only one player in the top 35 is over par for his round. 

But the American has registered back-to-back birdies at nine and 10 and is alongside his playing partner Cam Smith on 13-under. 

Both had a bit of work to do for their threes - poor tee shots left tricky two-putts (Rory actually decides to chip the first one to take the mounds between his ball and the hole out of play) but they walk off the green with no damage done to their scorecards. They both remain on 15-under.

Things haven't got going for the second-round leader but he's cancelled that opening bogey with a birdie at the driveable ninth. He's back to 13-under. 

He's just sunk his fourth birdie of the round at the 11th and he is lurking ominously at 12-under. DJ only walks off with a par three and stays on the same number. 

He takes the lead with a brilliant chip in from the bunker at 10 - exquisite touch from McIlroy from the moment it left the trap it looked good, he had to land it on a sixpence and did exactly that - shot of the day so far. He's now had three birdies and an eagle in six holes and is at 15-under.  The crowd go mental and we have a great ding-dong between him and Hovland at the moment. Hovland, meanwhile, birdies the same hole - he drained a nervy 10-footer - meaning Rory was sole leader for all of two minutes. 

Whether he can get up and down from there will depend on how