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The Open 2016 leaderboard live: Latest scores from Royal Troon

Follow the leaderboard from Royal Troon

Mark Critchley
Saturday 16 July 2016 11:29 BST
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Mickelson on the 11th hole during Friday's session
Mickelson on the 11th hole during Friday's session (Getty)

The third day of the 145th Open Championship promised to be a windy one, with forecasters expecting gusts of up to 30mph at Royal Troon.

It proved no problem for Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson though as the pair set-up a thrilling final pairing for the fourth day that will decide who lifts the Claret Jug on Sunday evening, with the Championship battle almost certain to be a two-horse race.

Stenson holds a one shot lead over American Mickelson, with Bill Haas trailing in third on -6 while England's Andrew Johnston sits fourth on -5 and will head out in the penultimate group on Sunday.

The day proved a frustrating one for Rory Mclroy though, as the former world No 1 smashed his three wood in anger befrore carding a two-over-par 73 to leave him well out of contention.

Follow the live action below...

Saturday tee times

0825 Haydn Porteous (Rsa)

0835 Patton Kizzire (USA), Kodai Ichihara (Jpn)

0845 Bubba Watson (USA), Danny Willett

0855 Jordan Spieth (USA), Brandt Snedeker (USA)

0905 Paul Lawrie, Jim Furyk (USA)

0915 Kevin Chappell (USA), Harris English (USA)

0925 Colin Montgomerie, Ryan Evans

0935 James Hahn (USA), Graeme McDowell

0945 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Soomin Lee (Kor)

0955 Justin Rose, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)

1010 Ryan Palmer (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa)

1020 Luke Donald, Zander Lombard (Rsa)

1030 Marco Dawson (USA), Scott Hend (Aus)

1040 Branden Grace (Rsa), Justin Thomas (USA)

1050 Daniel Summerhays (USA), Thomas Pieters (Bel)

1100 Lee Westwood, Charley Hoffman (USA)

1110 David Howell, Jason Day (Aus)

1120 Darren Clarke, Marc Leishman (Aus)

1130 Harold Varner III (USA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)

1140 Mark O'Meara (USA), Ryan Moore (USA)

1155 Andrew Sullivan, Greg Chalmers (Aus)

1205 Matt Jones (Aus), Richard Sterne (Rsa)

1215 Gary Woodland (USA), Steve Stricker (USA)

1225 Jamie Donaldson, Padraig Harrington

1235 Alex Noren (Swe), Matthew Southgate

1245 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Webb Simpson (USA)

1255 Jason Dufner (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)

1305 Russell Knox, Kevin Kisner (USA)

1315 Rickie Fowler (USA), Tyrrell Hatton

1325 Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)

1340 K.T. Kim (Kor), Rory McIlroy

1350 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Patrick Reed (USA)

1400 Jim Herman (USA), J.B. Holmes (USA)

1410 Dustin Johnson (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita)

1420 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Martin Kaymer (Ger)

1430 Matt Kuchar (USA), Kevin Na (USA)

1440 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Andrew Johnston

1450 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Bill Haas (USA)

1500 Tony Finau (USA), Zach Johnson (USA)

1510 Keegan Bradley (USA), Soren Kjeldsen (Den)

1520 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Phil Mickelson (USA)

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