Scottie Scheffler shot 70 today to end his streak of sub-70 rounds in the Open Championship, but Bryson DeChambeau's 69 kept his run going and he levels up with the world number one now with six on the bounce.

Tommy Fleetwood joins DeChambeau and Scheffler on six after he also shot 69, with both DeChambeau and Fleetwood having the chance to tie the all-time record set by Ernie Els tomorrow.

Most consecutive sub-70 rounds in The Open (*active streak)

• 7 - Ernie Els
• 6 - Bryson DeChambeau* Tommy Fleetwood*, Scottie Scheffler, Nick Price, Henrik Stenson, Brian Harman
• 4 - Shane Lowry*
• 3 - Robert MacIntyre

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After a wild drive, Lucas Herbert is forced to take a penalty drop after an unplayable lie.

Playing three, he drops into a sandy lie, down in a big gully, but he can see only blue skies as he gives it an almighty wallop.

And what a shot that is! It lands short left and scurries past the flag - having a look in on the way by - before resting 20 feet from the cup.

A superb shot. He deserves a birdie after that.

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Maybe not end up in positions like this too much though eh, Scottie.

This was entertaining earlier!

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Scottie Scheffler has a simple solution to get himself into real contention tomorrow: "Just make more birdies.

"I feel like I'm hitting the ball the way I need to in order to score. I feel like I'm playing a lot better than my score.

"That part is frustrating, but knowing my game is in a good spot is a good feeling as well.

"There's been times this year where I feel like I was getting a lot out of my game. This week feels like a week in which I'm playing a lot better than my score.

"A little bit frustrating, but if I continue to do this and hole some putts tomorrow, I could shoot a really low round and move my way up the leaderboard."

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Wow, didn't see that coming. Bryson DeChambeau sends a nice chip across the 18th green, but after standing over the ball for a good while he misses the par putt, so that's a hugely disappointing bogey to finish.

That's a one-under round of 69 for DeChambeau though, and at six under he's four shots off the lead heading into Sunday.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Royal Birkdale

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Bryson DeChambeau may not be talking to the media but he's engaging with the fans, as he always does.

Despite all the controversy, the adulation is raining down from the stands here at Royal Birkdale.

Almost a whopper drained by Sam Burns, but he taps in for his par, a round of 65 and a 10 under par score that's currently good enough for a two-shot lead in The Open.

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Good composure from Ryan Gerard.

A lovely chip and run up the hill from the American leaves him a simple tap in for par on the penultimate hole.

Cameron Young recovers well to do likewise.

Fore!

Jackson Suber tries to chase a low iron down the par-five 17th. It leaks to the right and nearly hits on-course commentator Anthony Wall, who quickly hops out of the way and laughs it off.

Lucas Herbert ain't laughing though. An awful hook off the tee and he looks to have found the bushes. Oh dear...

Bryson DeChambeau hooks his tee shot left on 18, then sprays a long iron right at the greenside bunker, but it comes in hot and somehow bounces out of the trap!

What a break that is - probably got one of those two shots back with that one...

South Korea's Kim Si-woo is just off line with his birdie putt on 18, but he taps in for a closing par to wrap up a three-under-par round of 67.

He's well in the mix.

England's Matt Wallace was three over for the day after five holes today but he recovered well and did not drop another shot until his bogey at the 18th.

At two under for the tournament, he's just inside the top 30.

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Birkdale bites back at the final pairing.

With the pin cut deep into the 16th green, going long is a big no-no, but that's what Lucas Herbert and Jackson Suber have done.

Thankfully for Suber, he's long left and tentatively prods the ball on to the dancefloor and it trickles down to three feet which is good enough for a par.

But Herbert thins his third back down the putting surface. He can only lag to six feet but he pours that one in to drop just the one shot.

Back-to-back bogeys for the overnight leader.

Ryan Gerard goes left on the par-five 17th but it costs him as finds the bunker on the edge of the fairway and has to chip out back on to edge of the course.

Gerard's American compatriot Cameron Young, meanwhile, also has work to do after his second shot ends up somewhere in the rough near the temporary seating. Actually, it looks to be in an accessibility lift?

Kim Si-woo finds the putting surface with his second at the last.

A 20-footer to come for birdie and a chance for the South Korean to get to nine under.

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Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

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You could see what that meant to Bryson DeChambeau.

Keep the pressure on Sam Burns, don't let him get too far ahead and set himself nicely for tomorrow.

But, watching Burns, winning a major is the next natural step. He is a great player, with all the attributes. Every area of his game is impressive

Bryson DeChambeau rolls in his birdie putt, to a now customary fist pump, but Sam Burns matches it moments later and it's Burns who leads The Open - and leads it by two!

Bryson would only be a shot behind without that two-shot penalty. Just thought I'd mention it again, it's been a while.

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Shane Lowry was asked how close he would like to be to the top of the pack going into tomorrow.

He gave the only answer he should: "I'd love to be leading!"

But the Irishman, who is currently five back at four under par, is not writing himself off yet:

"In an Open Championship on a course like this where you see low scores, high scores, I feel like anyone inside the top 20 will surely feel like if they have the round of their lives they will feel like they can win The Open tomorrow."

Paul Birch
BBC Sport journalist at Royal Birkdale

A look down the top of the leaderboard and one thing stands out - a lack of major winners.

Bryson DeChambeau is the only player currently in the top 10 to have won a major, having claimed two US Opens.

Sam Burns came close with a second place at last month's US Open, but Lucas Herbert has missed the cut at nine of his 17 majors and Ryan Fox has a best career finish of tied 16th.

Kim Si-woo has one top-10 finish from 37 appearances at majors.

This is only Jackson Suber's third major, Ryan Gerard is playing in just his eighth, while Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is making his Open debut in what is his fifth major appearance.

Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young and Tommy Fleetwood all have runner-up finishes on their CVs but are yet to take that final step.

Could this lack of experience of getting over the line make a difference as the tension rises amongst the leaders during Sunday's final round?

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Not the round Scottie Scheffler had planned.

Moving day? He's stayed at exactly the same score.

Bryson DeChambeau is going full-on strategic mode again, taking a three wood off the tee then hitting only a mid iron and laying up on the par five, but he then wedges onto the green to about 12 feet.

Sam Burns sees him, and raises him, by wedging it to five feet so both will have birdie tries - and Burns will be putting for a two-shot lead.