Dunhill Links Day 3

Scotsman golf correspondent Martin Dempster reports from the third round of the Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course in St Andrews.

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00:00Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:07St Andrews at the end of the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The

00:15traditional Saturday night party, it's in full swing down in the pavilion at the 17th.

00:25As for the golf today, fantastic play on all three courses, helped by benign conditions

00:33as was the case on Thursday for the opening round. This event deserves some good weather.

00:43Last year of course we lost play on Saturday and Sunday due to heavy rain before a Monday

00:49finish as it was curtailed to 54 holes. This year the sun's been out, it's been benign

00:58on Thursday and today. Tyrell Hatton, two-time winner of this event, he's the man who's out

01:06in front again heading into the closing circuit here at the old course. Today Hatton shot

01:14an 11 under par 61, which equaled the course record held by his fellow Englishman Ross Fisher.

01:23Hatton leads by one shot from Belgian Nicholas Coulsarts, who made an albatross two at par 5

01:3216th at Kings Barnes as he shot a 65 for the third day running. Coulsarts is a three-time

01:41winner on the DP World Tour but he's played very little this season, he doesn't have a

01:46category for the circuit. He only got an invitation for this event six days ago but he certainly

01:53played some brilliant golf over the opening three days and it's been great to see the smile

02:00on the Belgian's face. Bob McIntyre took a double bogey seven at the 17th, just when a strong

02:08finish might have given him a chance to be in that mix going into the final round. He's just

02:13outside the top 20. The man though, they're all having to catch tomorrow and it's going to take

02:21a rare off day for him here at St Andrews as Dunhill links St Andrews specialist Tyrell Hatton.

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