Spectators at Winged Foot find a gap in the "bleachers" at the first tee to watch the opening drives of the third round

Jose Maria Olazabal starts the third round strongly, he birdies the 515-yard 5th to move to seven over

Paul Casey's third round starts off in the wrong direction, bogies on three and seven take him to twelve over par

Having aced the 3rd, Sweden's Peter Hedblom celebrates his second eagle of the day at the long 5th

Colin Montgomerie made a disastrous start and there seemed to be little either he or his caddie could do about it

The talented Colombian Camilo Villegas lines up a putt on the 4th and demonstrates his youthful flexibility

Like many others, Graeme McDowell made a great start but suffered near the end as the course bit back

Leader at the beginning of the day, American Steve Stricker's chances took a severe blow at the 16th with a double-bogey

Fiji's Vijay Singh went quietly about his business with pars on the last five holes - he sits joint fourth

Ian Poulter was on for a 68 but had a nightmare at the last where his chip onto the green rolled back to his feet

Padraig Harrington was dejected by a triple bogey at the last - he slipped to six over par

While others crumbled England's Kenneth Ferrie kept his head and goes into the last day with a great chance as joint leader

But he will have to contend with Phil Mickelson who stormed home with birdies on 14 and 16 to delight the galleries

But what of Colin Montgomerie? He recovered from a poor start to finish the day joint fourth with a round of 75