Paul Broadhurst has ignited the British challenge on day three of The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex at Carnoustie.
After taking route 66 on Friday, the Englishman moved to seven under par for the championship after 14 holes, within two strokes of frontrunner Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Broadhurst, who joined the Senior ranks last year after claiming six European Tour victories, has mixed five birdies with just one dropped shot to catapult up a congested leaderboard in Angus.
With Jimenez sitting on top on nine under, an impressive five under for his round through 13 holes, Broadhurst and American Wes Short Jnr sit in a tie for second, with a five further players on six under.
They include the fast-moving American Billy Andrade, who reeled off four birdies in a row from the 11th, and the 1998 Open champion, Mark O’Meara. Notable other Major champions, Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman, menacingly lurk at five under.
With the final group of the day through the opening nine holes during a pleasant afternoon, the overnight leaders Joe Durant, from the USA, and Japan’s Kohki Idoki are six under and five under respectively.
