
"Amateur players are not eligible to win prize money," the Royal and Ancient organisers said on their official Twitter account. "Should an amateur win #TheOpen first-place money will be distributed proportionately among the professional players who have made the cut." Irish amateur Paul Dunne leads the way on 12 under par alongside South African Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day of Australia. Day goes out with American Jordan Spieth (11 under), who is attempting to become the first player to win the year's first three majors since 1953, in the penultimate match at 1420.
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