Campbell blows record chance

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Campbell was a magical nine under par with three holes to play, meaning one more birdie and two pars would have made him the first man ever to score 62 in any of the sport's four biggest events.

Even three pars would have matched the course record and put him alongside 20 other players who have achieved 63 since Johnny Miller first set the mark at the 1973 United States Open.

However, the 34-year-old Texan found sand on the 17th and 18th, bogeyed them both and with a 65 led on his own only because Hunter Mahan bogeyed the last as well.

Jim Furyk, yet another member of Paul Azinger's victorious Ryder Cup side last September, also shot 66 for a share of second spot overnight.

As a tournament record 38 players broke par Padraig Harrington was happy enough with a 69 that put him tied 14th, but to win a third successive major the Open and US PGA champion will have to come from four back.

Fit-again Tiger Woods, seeking his fifth green jacket and 15th major, has five to make up following a two under 70.

Woods was only level par after 12, then had three birdies in a row, but after missing an chance for another on the 17th bogeyed the last, going over the green and sending his chip racing past the cup.

Phil Mickelson fared worse. With a chance to take the world number one ranking off his great rival this weekend he managed only a 73, as did third-ranked Sergio Garcia, while in the last group of the day

Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy shot 72 with two birdies, two bogeys and a great par-saving putt on the last.