Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland dueled throughout the third round Saturday to separate themselves from the pack. Now co-leaders by four shots, they will square off for a second straight day as frontrunners in The Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland.
McIlroy, the four-time major champion from Northern Ireland, and Hovland, the rising star from Norway, carded matching rounds of 6-under 66 to finish Saturday at 16-under 200. Hovland turned in the only bogey-free round of the day, while McIlroy thrilled his supporters in the United Kingdom by holing out for eagle from a pot bunker on No. 10.
Both men birdied No. 18 to polish off their rounds and set up a Sunday showdown at the 150th playing of The Open….