Justin Rose surged into contention at the 147th Open Championship after finishing his third round with back-to-back birdies to post a bogey-free 64.
Rose was among the early starters on Saturday morning after scraping into the weekend with a birdie on the 18th the night before.
And after notching two birdies on the front nine, Rose came home in 30 to set an early clubhouse target, before eventually finishing the day five shots behind leaders Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner.
Rose's seven-under-par 64 was his lowest-ever score at a Major and moved him 52 places up the leaderboard into a share of 13th on four under.
The 37 year old rolled in from seven feet at the last to post the joint-lowest score in The Open at Carnoustie and after his round, Rose said: "It was nice to make that move.
"I think momentum-wise, birdieing the very first hole, picking up where I left off last night, got me well into the round early.
"There were some opportunities that slipped by I felt but the sixth was the first birdie I've made on a par five all week.
"I just did the simple things better today. Taking advantage of the holes I should take advantage of made the round much easier.
I felt like those late couple of birdies certainly will make tomorrow at least interesting - Justin Rose
"And really I just kept pushing myself to keep going, keep going.
"I was really pushing myself to see if I could make a couple more (birdies) and I left it late. I birdied 17 and 18.
"I thought four or five under was going to be a good round but nothing special. Not going to do enough for me going into tomorrow.
"I felt like those late couple of birdies certainly will make tomorrow at least interesting."
