Jordan Spieth survived rainy, windy conditions at Royal Birkdale on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the first two days of the Open Championship. You can watch him try to push the gap further on Saturday on NBC.
British Open TV schedule 2017: Coverage of Round 3 at Royal Birkdale
Tune into the Golf Channel at 4:30 a.m. and NBC at 7 a.m.
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Coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. ET — 10:30 a.m. local time in northwest England — on the Golf Channel. NBC picks up the coverage beginning at 7 a.m. You can stream the entire round via Golf Channel’s broadcast simulcast stream.
Spieth shot 6-under 134 in the first two rounds of The Open. He broke a three-way tie (at 5-under) after Thursday by being the only of the trio to shoot below par on Friday. That was no easy task. Wind whipped at up to 35 mph, and competition was paused for 15 minutes at 5:30 p.m. local time to allow officials to inspect the course.
Only eight of the 156 golfers managed to record scores under par.
Matt Kuchar shot 1-over Friday and opens the third round at 4-under, alone in second place. He’s chased by Brooks Koepka, who went 2-over Friday, and Ian Poulter, who was even on the day. Both are at 3-over.
Rory McIlroy was one of the day’s biggest movers after a disappointing first six holes on Thursday. He rallied to finish at 1-over Thursday, then shaved another two strokes off par on Friday to move all the way into the top 10 at 1-under 139. He’s tied for sixth.
The cutline was 5-over 145, with Phil Mickelson the most notable golfer to finish on the wrong side. He followed 3-over on Thursday by falling another seven shots worse than par on Friday to end his weekend at 10-over.
Saturday’s third round coverage
Television:
4:30-7 a.m. -- Golf Channel
7 a.m.-3 p.m. -- NBC
4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. — NBC
Online streams:
4 a.m.-2:30 p.m. -- Golf Channel broadcast simulcast stream
4-9:30 a.m. -- “First Tee” stream
7 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Featured holes stream
Radio:
4 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)
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