The 2026 Open Championship has moved to Saturday and Round 3 in golf is dubbed Moving Day. Who’s going to make a move at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England? Who needs to make a move to stay in contention?
Questions to those answers will come as the day unfolds but we know that leader Lucas Herbert and Jackson Suber, who will also play in the final pairing Saturday, are in the catbird seat.
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US golfer JJ Spaun lines up his putt on to the 15th green on day two of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 17, 2026.
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Check out the best photos from the Round 2 of The Open 2026 at Royal Birkdale
US golfer JJ Spaun lines up his putt on to the 15th green on day two of the 154th Open Golf championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club near Southport in north-west England on July 17, 2026.
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Fans look across the fourth green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Patrick Reed of the United States plays a shot on the first hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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A general view as Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the first hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Matt Wallace of England plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Matt Wallace of England lines up a putt on the 17th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Francesco Laporta of Italy plays his fourth shot on the third hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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A general view as fans watch on from the eighth hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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A general view of the pin flag on the seventh green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Matt Fitzpatrick of England tees off on the seventh hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Jackson Suber of the United States interacts with his caddie, Greyson Porter on the 18th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland lines up putt shot on the eighth green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Keegan Bradley of the United States reacts as he leaves the 18th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Lucas Herbert of Australia interacts with his caddie on the 14th hole on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Keegan Bradley of the United States chips onto the 18th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Amateur, Mason Howell of the United States reacts after putt shot on the 18th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
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Matt Wallace of England acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green on day two of the The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 17, 2026 in Southport, England.
(Warren Little, Getty Images)The Open 2026 tee times
Time
Players
4:10 a.m. ET
Jack McDonald, Russell Henley
4:20 a.m. ET
Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune
4:30 a.m. ET
Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Kazuki Higa
4:40 a.m. ET
Marcus Plunkett, Naoyuki Kataoka
4:50 a.m. ET
Peter Uihlein, Brooks Koepka
5:00 a.m. ET
Aldrich Potgieter, Keegan Bradley
5:10 a.m. ET
Alex Noren, Alex Smalley
5:20 a.m. ET
Rickie Fowler, Max Homa
5:30 a.m. ET
Ryan Fox, Xander Schauffele
5:45 a.m. ET
Kristoffer Reitan, Marco Penge
5:55 a.m. ET
Casey Jarvis, Kurt Kitayama
6:05 a.m. ET
Laurie Canter, Sahith Theegala
6:15 a.m. ET
Michael Brennan, Eugenio Chacarra
6:25 a.m. ET
Eric Cole, MJ Daffue
6:35 a.m. ET
Kazuma Kobori, Nick Taylor
6:45 a.m. ET
Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama
6:55 a.m. ET
Ben Griffin, Hennie du Plessis
7:10 a.m. ET
Andy Sullivan, Patrick Cantlay
7:20 a.m. ET
Jacob Bridgeman, Rory McIlroy
7:30 a.m. ET
Jesper Svensson, Shaun Norris
7:40 a.m. ET
John Parry, Michael Thorbjornsen
7:50 a.m. ET
Jordan Smith, Sungjae Im
8:00 a.m. ET
Matthew Southgate, Nico Echavarria
8:10 a.m. ET
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Collin Morikawa
8:20 a.m. ET
Adam Scott, Chris Gotterup
8:35 a.m. ET
Patrick Reed, Johnny Keefer
8:45 a.m. ET
Corey Conners, Sepp Straka
8:55 a.m. ET
Tyrrell Hatton, Victor Perez
9:05 a.m. ET
Daniel Brown, Cameron John
9:15 a.m. ET
Ludvig Aberg, Shane Lowry
9:25 a.m. ET
J.J. Spaun, Pierceson Coody
9:35 a.m. ET
Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood
9:45 a.m. ET
Scottie Scheffler, Francesco Molinari
10:00 a.m. ET
Alex Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre
10:10 a.m. ET
Thomas Detry, Bud Cauley
10:20 a.m. ET
Matt Wallace, Si Woo Kim
10:30 a.m. ET
Bryson DeChambeau, Sam Burns
10:40 a.m. ET
Ryan Gerard, Cameron Young
10:50 a.m. ET
Jackson Suber, Lucas Herbert
Where to watch The Open 2026
5-7 a.m.: Open Championship, Round 3 (USA Network/Golf Channel mobile)
7 a.m.-3 p.m.: Open Championship, Round 3 (NBC/Peacock)
3-5 p.m.: Live From The Open
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