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Open Championship: Morikawa, Oosthuizen atop leaderboard; Spieth close

After missing out on the Open Championship last year, we deserved a great tournament. Sunday, we'll get exactly that.

The 149th Open Championship will conclude with a trio of golf's finest talents — Louis Oosthuizen, Collin Morikawa and Jordan Spieth — dueling for the Claret Jug. They stand a stroke clear of the field after a Moving Day that saw each one squander, and capitalize on, chances at an increasingly slippery Royal St. George's.

Spieth, the 2017 Open champion, wrapped what had been a highly successful afternoon with two infuriating bogeys, including one from about 18 inches on the 18th.