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Day 3 in Numbers: The 147th Open Championship
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Day 3 in Numbers: The 147th Open Championship

The best stats and figures to come out of Moving Day at Carnoustie, where Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele co-lead heading into the final day...

Francesco Molinari

17 - This is the 17th time Spieth has led or co-led at the end of a Major round, which is seven more than any other player since the beginning of 2014.

6 - 24 year old American Xander Schauffele is only playing in his sixth Major Championship, yet co-leads.

74 -Under par in the Major Championships since the start of 2015, Spieth leads in that category from Brooks Koepka, who is 37 under par during that period.

27 - Round three in Scotland was the 27th Major round for Spieth where he has carded five or more birdies since the start of 2015, which again has him leading that category during that span.

0 - Never in history has a US Open Champion and Open Champion gone back-to-back in the same year (with Brooks Koepka winning his second straight US Open last month, Spieth could defend his title at Carnoustie on Sunday).

8 - Americans in the top 12 after Moving Day as they look to continue their strong recent record in the Majors.

66 -for Tiger Woods. Each of the previous two times Woods carded a score of 66 or lower at the The Open, he went on to win (2005 and 2006).

11 - years since Tiger shot a lower round at a Major Championship, at the 2007 US PGA Championship, where the 14-time Major Champion shot 63.

458 - days since his fourth major back surgery, the 14-time Major Champion finds himself in contention again heading into Sunday.

408 -yards. That was the distance of Rory McIlroy's drive at the par five 14th hole.

8 - Rounds of 67 or lower in Francesco Molinari's last 11 rounds worldwide. The Italian, who is just two shots back going into the final round here, is 46 under par during that span.

64 -From Justin Rose, the man who made it to the weekend thanks to a birde on 18 in round two, saw the Englishman move 52 places up the leaderboard.

70.23 - Was the scoring average on day three, which was 1.8 strokes easier than the combined round one and two average of 72.99.

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