CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Final rounds of the British Open at Carnoustie are historically weird and wondrous.
The table again looks set for something memorable.
Heading into Sunday, the Open leaderboard was a densely packed mix of players on the rise, established threats and megastars from different golfing generations: Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and again, at long last, Tiger Woods.
Spieth, a leader of the new wave, has not won a tournament since last year’s British Open as he has struggled, above all, with his putting. But he was pressure-proof on Saturday with a bogey-free round of 65 that gave him a share of the lead at nine under par with two fellow Americans, Xander Schauffele and Kevin Kisner.