Sam Burns leads The Open Championship after a round of 65 on moving day at Royal Birkdale.
The American has established a two-shot outright lead at the top of the table, heading into the final day of play on Sunday.
He is making a case that he can win his maiden major championship title.
The world number 18 will need to hold off the close chasing pack, that are merely a few shots back, to get over the line at Royal Birkdale.
He narrowly missed out on a victory at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills this season, finishing in second place.
Burns will be seeking to go one better this time around, in the final major of the men’s season.
Responding to MerseySportLive, Burns addressed how he’s changed his approach going into final days over the course of his career.
He said: “If anything, I’ve played a bit too aggressive and maybe hit some wrong shots at the wrong times.
“It’s not very often you get a perfect number and a perfect wind direction out on the golf course. So I think in some of the past situations, I would have tried to maybe take a flag on or try to do something crazy.
“So just realising that getting the ball on the green to 40 feet is not a bad thing, especially in major championships and getting a putter in my hand.
“So I think just try to learn from some of those different situations.”
Burns will be in the company of New Zealander Ryan Fox in the final two-ball Sunday pairing.
Fox finds himself in this pairing after equalling the lowest round in men’s major history on Saturday.
He carded a third round of 62 to equal the lowest round in men’s major history.
This was a very near flawless round, which saw Fox only drop one shot at the par 4 14th.
Fox has never had a top-ten finish at a major championship.
Tommy Fleetwood commenced an early charge up the leaderboard in front of a supportive home crowd on day three.
He was three-under-par for his round through the first 11 holes. However, his hard work came undone with bogeys on the 15th and 18th greens.
Fleetwood (-5) now sits five shots adrift of Burns, heading into the final round on Sunday.
The Englishman will be paired with Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen in the 1:40pm UK time grouping
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