England's Simon Wakefield tees off from the first hole as the third round of the 135th Open at Hoylake gets under way Andrew Marshall, who only just made the cut on Friday night, hits a 68 to move to five under for the championship Luke Donald hits his tee shot on the seventh hole at Hoylake - but it was another disappointing day for the Englishman England's Lee Slattery eagled the fifth on his way to a one-under-par 71 - he is now four under after three rounds Australian John Senden acknowledges the crowd after recording a hole-in-one on the par three 13th at Hoylake Lee Westwood scatters sand everywhere as he chips out of a bunker - the Englishman finished day three on level par Phil Mickelson's hopes of making his way up the leaderboard are dashed by consecutive bogeys on seven and eight Scott Verplank weighs up a putt on the 18th green - the American eventually cards a 67 to move to six under Sergio Garcia finishes with a birdie at the 18th to card a superb 65 - his playing partner on the final day will be Tiger Woods There are mixed fortunes for Ernie Els in round three - but the South African remains in contention going into the final day Tiger Woods bogeyed the second hole to drop to 11 under South Africa's Retief Goosen has a nightmare back nine - three consecutive bogeys means he slips back to six under Jim Furyk is back in the mix after carding 66, leaving him on 11 under A birdie on the 16th moves Chris DiMarco to 12 under But fellow American Woods will go into the final day at Hoylake with a one-shot lead thanks to a birdie at the last
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