Billy Horschel (1st/-4) has his seventh career 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke-play events on the PGA TOUR after Round 3 of The Open Championship.
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The last six Major winners have held at least a share of the 54-hole lead.
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Has his second lead/co-lead after any round at a Major championship (R1/2013 U.S. Open/T4).
Would be his ninth career PGA TOUR title and second of the 2024 season (Corales Puntacana Championship).
Would be his first Major championship title in his 43rd Major appearance (best finish: T4/2013 U.S. Open).
Is making his 342nd start on the PGA TOUR, would be the second-most starts of any player before their first Major title since 1995 (Stewart Cink/2009 Open Championship/352nd start); Brian Harman won the 2023 Open Championship in his 340th start on TOUR.
Would be the first player since Padraig Harrington (2008/74) to win The Open Championship after carding an over-par score in the first round.
Would be the 11th consecutive first-time winner of The Open Championship, tying the longest streak in tournament history (1994-2004).
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Would mark the first time since 1982 that all four Majors in a year were won by players from the United States.
With a win, Justin Rose (T2/-3) would set the longest span between victories in Major championship history (4,053 days/2013 U.S. Open).
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2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele (T2/-3) would be the first player since Brooks Koepka in 2018 (U.S. Open, PGA Championship) to win multiple Majors in the same year; entered the week as one of two players (Bryson DeChambeau) with top-10 finishes in the first three Majors this year.
Thriston Lawrence (T2/-3) joins Billy Horschel in final pairing of the final round after teeing off 3 hours and 10 minutes before the final pairing in round three and 10 strokes off the lead; four-time DP World Tour winner is making his 14th career PGA TOUR start (best: T24/2022 Genesis Scottish Open) and third at The Open Championship.
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Daniel Brown (T2/-3) would be the first player to win in their Major championship debut since Keegan Bradley (2011 PGA Championship) and first at The Open Championship since Ben Curtis (2003).
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Sam Burns (T2/-3) would be the first player since Jack Fleck (1955 U.S. Open) to win a major championship after opening with a 76 or worse.
Russell Henley (T2/-3) seeks his first Major title in his 40th start (best: T4/2023 Masters Tournament) and would be the second consecutive player from the University of Georgia to win The Open Championship (Brian Harman).
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