Scottish Open, Matteo Manassero eighth after day three

Scottish Open, Matteo Manassero eighth after day three

Ludvig Aberg in North Berwick remains at the top of the Scottish Open leaderboard and is chasing his second career title on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour, his first in a Rolex Series event. At The Renaissance Club (par 70), in the tournament preceding The Open (July 18-21), the Swede with a score of 193 (64 64 65, -17) stretched to the top.

After the third round, the world No. 4 now has a two-shot lead over Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, 2° with 195 (-15) after an exploit that allowed him to climb from the 11thª position thanks to a partial 63 (-7), the best of the day. Both on Team Europe at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, they dream of the feat in a fixture that puts $9,000,000 up for grabs, $1,575,000 of which will go to the winner. Behind them, 3° with 196 (-14), is Australia's Adam Scott.

While Americans Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala share 4ª place (197, -13) with Frenchman Antoine Rozner and South Korean Sungjae Im. Still a positive showing for Matteo Manassero, from 3° to 8° with 198 (-12) alongside Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, world No. 2 and defending champion, and South Africa’s Erik Van Rooyen. In contrast, Francesco Molinari lost strokes and ground. The Turinese at the end of the "moving day" è only 61° with 207 (66 69 72, -3).

Aberg, a new star of world golf and already a runner up this year at The Masters, made seven birdies (including two on the last three holes played) with a 65 (-5), with two bogeys. MacIntyre also posted seven birdies, with an eagle and two bogeys, including one in the final round. Three birdies and one bogey for Manassero, who had a good and even round. È since 2016 (Alex Noren) that a Swede has not triumphed at the Scottish Open. While Collin Montgomerie in 1999 è distinguished himself as the last Scot to make this competition his own at home.