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wish this was the 4th rd

Yeah was just thinking that.

Great to see Paidi back up there.

I turn away for a few minutes and there's two Irish guys at the top of the leaderboard.

... and one of them's an amateur! Anyway Spieth's back at -11.

shit, this will be incredible

smart money's probably on my namesake tbh

really, really want spieth to do this obv

Guys called Jordan not having a great time of it at the moment.

My golf-watching has slowed down to almost nothing post-Tiger, but I'll watch and root for Spieth tomorrow (who I didn't even know before this year's Masters). I waited forever for a baseball Triple Crown, finally experienced that with Cabrera. Have been waiting just as long for a golf Grand Slam; I was just starting to pay attention when Nicklaus got stopped by Trevino in '72.

I like Spieth and all but he is so slow sometimes. Also why are so many players wearing grey? there was like no color out there today.

bizarre play from dustin too. seemed so shook out there today.

in order of who i want to win
sergio
louis
jason day
anyone but spieth

In order of who I want to win:

Padraig
Sergio
Spieth

(in order of how much money I'll win if they win)

paul dunne ftw

5 tied for the lead now

Dunne would be my second choice after Spieth. Looked it up, and an amateur hasn't won a major since 1933 (not Jones--Johnny Goodman). Dunne would forfeit the $1.8 million prize money: "Amateur players are not eligible to win prize money and therefore, should an amateur win The 144th Open first place prize money will be distributed proportionately among the professional players who have made the cut." More humiliation: no money for Tiger.

i was reading that this morning - he won't go short of a beer this evening if that happens. p tough on him though - £1.1m could make you for a long time, especially if this was a one-off.

doesn't look like dunne will have to worry about that prize money :(

Dunne looks like he's headed for 78 or something. Even if he doesn't win, I hope he doesn't have one of these career-defining meltdowns.

i guess he still loses prize money regardless of how low he sinks

true and that does suck

i mean i suppose for your sponsorship and all the other worries of a young amateur golfer, this is probably still great for his career.

this is so exciting btw - so glad i'm working from home!

Good bounce-back by Dunne.

The three amateurs up near the top are going to combine for a lot of money regardless. They ought to pass that on to some charity--do all the professionals really need to pocket an extra $50,000 or whatever?

xp work from home golfstream hi-5

haha - hi-5 returned. i worked my ass off this morning to allow myself to do a particularly easy piece of work for the afternoon. my dad is texting me constantly, he has harrington at 110-1, oosthuizen at 50-1, and dunne at 7/1 to be leading amateur. #gamblor

99 times out of a 100, your dad would have that last one locked up by now. But not today.

Just going to complain again about how horribly busy my shift was today, when it should have been nice and quiet.

double bogey padraig on the 6th :-(

How's the weather?

some rain and wind but seems manageable

zach johnson has the bit between his teeth here

double bogey spieth

The greens aren't looking their best after the rain

Two birdies from spieth to recover.

aussie takeover at the mo.

not cool w/marc leishman winning this tbh

What's up with him?

nothing in partic, i just have no thoughts about him where there are a lot of cool stories if other guys win

wow huge putt from z johnson to be low in the clubhouse

Scott is done for the year.

Leishman hanging on..

Oops

Had to duck out for a dentist appointment...Double-bogey (four strokes from 100 feet?) and then two birdies--wow. The announcers seem to be indicating there just aren't enough scoring opportunities left for Spieth.

Zach Johnson in pole position tbh

wow insane shot out of the bunker by leishman, ugh

Had to duck out for a dentist appointment...Double-bogey (four strokes from 100 feet?) and then two birdies--wow. The announcers seem to be indicating there just aren't enough scoring opportunities left for Spieth.

― clemenza, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:46 PM (2 minutes ago)

yeah the front 9 is where most of the birdies are

Looking like a play-off right now.

Yes--two to four guys.

oh shit spieth

i just have no thoughts about him where there are a lot of cool stories if other guys win

I felt the same way, but it sounds like he has a good story too--what is the story with his wife they keep referring to?

Way to go Spieth!

She almost died apparently.