Rory McIlroy ‘has half a chance' of winning The Open as he bounces back from freak incident to send Portrush wild… while ice-man Scheffler unmoved
Shane Lowry will begin his final round at 9am when he plays with Danish star Jacob Skov Olesen, who held a share of the overnight lead after the opening day, while Germany's Matti Schmid, who has Castledawson's Chris Selfridge on the bag, leads the day off in the opening group at 8:30am with Riki Kawamoto.
Other notable groups see Sam Burns and Rickie Fowler, who are both two-under, tee off at 10:55am, 15 minutes before Akshay Bhatia and Jon Rahm get their final rounds under way on the same score.
Bryson DeChambeau and Nathan Kimsey will be paired together for the second day in a row and they tee off at 11:30am, followed by Hideki Matsuyama and Tony Finau at 11:40am before Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas play their fourth consecutive round together at 11:40am.
US Open champion JJ Spaun and hole-in-one hero John Parry begin their final rounds at 12pm before the challengers to Scheffler begin to hit the course, with the final two groups the stars of the show.
08:30 Matti Schmid (+9), Riki Kawamoto (+7)
08:40: Dean Burmester (+5), Phil Mickelson (+5)
08:50: Sebastian Soderberg (+5), Andrew Novak (+4)
09:00: Shane Lowry (+3), Jacob Skov Olesen (+3)
09:10: Antoine Rozner (+2), Viktor Hovland (+2)
09:20: Adrien Saddier (+2), Ryggs Johnston (+1)
09:30: Romain Langasque (+1), Jordan Spieth (+1)
09:40: Francesco Molinari (+1), Matthew Jordan (E)
09:55: Sergio Garcia (E), Justin Leonard (E)
10:05: Thomas Detry (E), Sepp Straka (E)
10:15: Aaron Rai (-1), Jason Kokrak (-1)
10:25: Daniel Berger (-1), Jhonattan Vegas (-1)
10:35: Maverick McNealy (-1), Henrik Stenson (-1)
10:45: Takumi Kanaya (-1), Jordan Smith (-2)
10:55: Sam Burns (-2), Rickie Fowler (-2)
11:10: Akshay Bhatia (-2), Jon Rahm (-2)
11:20: Jesper Svensson (-2), Thriston Lawrence (-2)
11:30: Bryson DeChambeau (-2), Nathan Kimsey (-2)
11:40: Hideki Matsuyama (-2), Tony Finau (-3)
11:50: Justin Thomas (-3), Tommy Fleetwood (-3)
12:00: JJ Spaun (-3), John Parry (-3)
12:10: Keegan Bradley (-4), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (-4)
12:25: Marc Leishman (-4), Lucas Glover (-4)
12:35: Sungjae Im (-4), Dustin Johnson (-4)
12:45: Corey Conners (-4), Lee Westwood (-5)
12:55: Harry Hall (-5), Justin Rose (-5)
13:05: Ludvig Aberg (-5), Kristoffer Reitan (-5)
13:15: Oliver Lindell (-5), Matt Wallace (-5)
13:25: Wyndham Clark (-5), Brian Harman (-6)
13:40: Rasmus Hojgaard (-6), Robert MacIntyre (-6)
13:50: Nicolai Hojgaard (-6), Russell Henley (-6)
14:00: Xander Schauffele (-7), Tyrrell Hatton (-8)
14:10: Harris English (-8), Chris Gotterup (-8)
14:20: Rory McIlroy (-8), Matt Fitzpatrick (-9)
14:30: Haotong Li (-10), Scottie Scheffler (-14)
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