Articles by Brad Clifton @ The Australian Golf Club
AUS OPEN: Day takes charge as Herbert holds firm
They call Saturday “moving day” and that’s exactly what the chasing pack did during the third round of the Emirates Australian Open in Sydney.
3M Open - 2026
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Michael Brennan | -16 | 16 | 3 |
| T1 | Jackson Koivun | -16 | 14 | 3 |
| T1 | Ben Kohles | -16 | 13 | 3 |
| T4 | Davis Thompson | -14 | F | 3 |
| T4 | Seamus Power | -14 | F | 3 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | -14 | F | 3 |
| T4 | Denny McCarthy | -14 | 16 | 3 |
| T4 | Emiliano Grillo | -14 | 13 | 3 |
| T4 | Michael Kim | -14 | 13 | 3 |
| T10 | Hideki Matsuyama | -13 | F | 3 |
| T10 | Lee Hodges | -13 | F | 3 |
| T10 | Billy Horschel | -13 | 15 | 3 |
| T10 | Chandler Phillips | -13 | 13 | 3 |
| T14 | Davis Chatfield | -12 | F | 3 |
| T14 | Brian Harman | -12 | 15 | 3 |
| T14 | Zac Blair | -12 | 15 | 3 |
| T17 | Chandler Blanchet | -11 | F | 3 |
| T17 | Gary Woodland | -11 | F | 3 |
| T17 | Kevin Yu | -11 | 17 | 3 |
| T20 | Chris Kirk | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Hank Lebioda | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Casey Jarvis | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Kurt Kitayama | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Zecheng Dou | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Kevin Roy | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Austin Smotherman | -10 | F | 3 |
| T20 | Troy Merritt | -10 | 14 | 3 |
| T28 | Mark Hubbard | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Ricky Castillo | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | John VanDerLaan | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Patrick Fishburn | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Kristoffer Ventura | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Beau Hossler | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Keith Mitchell | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Tom Kim | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Vince Whaley | -9 | F | 3 |
| T28 | Kevin Streelman | -9 | 18 | 3 |
| T39 | Zach Bauchou | -8 | F | 3 |
| T39 | Corey Conners | -8 | F | 3 |
| T39 | Neal Shipley | -8 | F | 3 |
| T39 | Joel Dahmen | -8 | F | 3 |
| T39 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -8 | 17 | 3 |
| T39 | Jesper Svensson | -8 | 15 | 3 |
| T45 | Jordan Smith | -7 | F | 3 |
| T45 | Jimmy Stanger | -7 | F | 3 |
| T45 | Jake Knapp | -7 | F | 3 |
| T45 | Mackenzie Hughes | -7 | F | 3 |
| T49 | Trace Crowe | -6 | F | 3 |
| T49 | Camilo Villegas | -6 | F | 3 |
| T49 | John Parry | -6 | F | 3 |
| T49 | Austin Eckroat | -6 | F | 3 |
| T49 | Lucas Glover | -6 | F | 3 |
| T54 | Max Greyserman | -5 | F | 3 |
| T54 | Matti Schmid | -5 | F | 3 |
| T54 | A.J. Ewart | -5 | F | 3 |
| T54 | Pontus Nyholm | -5 | F | 3 |
| T54 | Haotong Li | -5 | F | 3 |
| T59 | Lanto Griffin | -4 | F | 3 |
| T59 | Jeffrey Kang | -4 | F | 3 |
| T59 | Maverick McNealy | -4 | F | 3 |
| T59 | Muzzy Donohue | -4 | F | 3 |
| T63 | Rico Hoey | -3 | F | 3 |
| T63 | Will Gordon | -3 | F | 3 |
| T63 | Fabián Gómez | -3 | F | 3 |
| T63 | Sam Stevens | -3 | F | 3 |
| CUT | Ben Silverman | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brian Campbell | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Gordon Sargent | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Luke Clanton | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Keita Nakajima | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Preston Stout | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rasmus Højgaard | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tyler Duncan | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Mac Meissner | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | William Mouw | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Marcelo Rozo | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Hayden Springer | -2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sungjae Im | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Steven Fisk | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matthieu Pavon | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Luke List | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ben James | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ryder Cowan | -1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Takumi Kanaya | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Johnny Keefer | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Griffin Wood | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sihan Sandhu | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Joe Highsmith | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | E | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cameron Champ | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tony Finau | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Justin Lower | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jackson Suber | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Christo Lamprecht | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | +1 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Tom Hoge | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Stefano Mazzoli | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Paul Peterson | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Thorbjørn Olesen | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Davis Riley | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cam Davis | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nick Hardy | +2 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jeremy Paul | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | David Skinns | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Danny Walker | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | +3 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Max Homa | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brannon Fahrny | +4 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | +5 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Cooper Schultz | +5 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Pi Coody | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Thomas Campbell | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Jeevan Sihota | +6 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +7 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | +7 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Kensei Hirata | +8 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | +8 | F | 2 |
| CUT | Nicholas Lindheim | +10 | F | 2 |
| WD | Patton Kizzire | - | - |
United Kingdom 2026 Leaderboard
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Herbert | -20 | 18 | 3 |
| 2 | Bryson DeChambeau | -17 | 18 | 3 |
| 3 | Tyrrell Hatton | -15 | 18 | 3 |
| 4 | Cameron Smith | -14 | 18 | 3 |
| T5 | Harold Varner III | -13 | 18 | 3 |
| T5 | Abraham Ancer | -13 | 18 | 3 |
| 7 | Byeong Hun An | -11 | 18 | 3 |
| T8 | Marc Leishman | -9 | 18 | 3 |
| T8 | Caleb Surratt | -9 | 18 | 3 |
| T8 | Charles Howell III | -9 | 18 | 3 |
| T11 | Peter Uihlein | -8 | 18 | 3 |
| T11 | Scott Vincent | -8 | 18 | 3 |
| T11 | Adrian Meronk | -8 | 18 | 3 |
| T14 | Dean Burmester | -7 | 18 | 3 |
| T14 | Laurie Canter | -7 | 18 | 3 |
| T14 | Ian Poulter | -7 | 18 | 3 |
| T17 | Anthony Kim | -6 | 18 | 3 |
| T17 | Carlos Ortiz | -6 | 18 | 3 |
| T19 | Björn Hellgren | -5 | 18 | 3 |
| T19 | Thomas Pieters | -5 | 18 | 3 |
| T21 | Anirban Lahiri | -4 | 18 | 3 |
| T21 | David Puig | -4 | 18 | 3 |
| T21 | Charl Schwartzel | -4 | 18 | 3 |
| T21 | Branden Grace | -4 | 18 | 3 |
| T25 | Lee Westwood | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| T25 | Josele Ballester | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| T25 | Tom McKibbin | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| T25 | Joaquin Niemann | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| T29 | Luis Masaveu | -2 | 18 | 3 |
| T29 | Paul Casey | -2 | 18 | 3 |
| T29 | Richard T. Lee | -2 | 18 | 3 |
| T29 | Jon Rahm | -2 | 18 | 3 |
| 33 | Matthew Wolff | -1 | 18 | 3 |
| T34 | Martin Vorster | E | 18 | 3 |
| T34 | Victor Perez | E | 18 | 3 |
| T36 | Dustin Johnson | +1 | 18 | 3 |
| T36 | Cameron Tringale | +1 | 18 | 3 |
| T38 | Travis Smyth | +2 | 18 | 3 |
| T38 | Thomas Detry | +2 | 18 | 3 |
| T38 | Richard Bland | +2 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Ben Campbell | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Danny Lee | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Sam Horsfield | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Martin Kaymer | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Minkyu Kim | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Talor Gooch | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Bubba Watson | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Younghan Song | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Graeme McDowell | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Yosuke Asaji | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T41 | Sebastian Muñoz | +3 | 18 | 3 |
| T52 | Sergio Garcia | +4 | 18 | 3 |
| T52 | Miguel Tabuena | +4 | 18 | 3 |
| T54 | Do-Yeob Mun | +5 | 18 | 3 |
| T54 | Michael La Sasso | +5 | 18 | 3 |
| T54 | Brendan Steele | +5 | 18 | 3 |
| 57 | Jason Kokrak | +9 | 18 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIPPER GC | -41 | 18 | 3 |
| 2 | CRUSHERS GC | -32 | 18 | 3 |
| 3 | LEGION XIII | -29 | 18 | 3 |
| 4 | TORQUE GC | -19 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | SOUTHERN GUARDS GC | -15 | 18 | 3 |
| 6 | MAJESTICKS GC | -14 | 18 | 3 |
| 7 | 4ACES GC | -8 | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | FIREBALLS GC | -5 | 18 | 3 |
| T9 | RANGEGOATS GC | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| T9 | CLEEKS GOLF CLUB | -3 | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | KOREAN GOLF CLUB | E | 18 | 3 |
| 12 | OKGC | +2 | 18 | 3 |
| 13 | HYFLYERS GC | +3 | 18 | 3 |
