Billy Horschel leads 2024 Open Championship with a score of 4 under par after three rounds
Dan Brown is one stroke behind Horschel after bogeying last two holes
Horschel made four birdies on opening nine holes for a six-under score
Shane Lowry had disappointing day with five back-nine bogeys, shooting 5 over par on Troon's most difficult stretch
Billy Horschel leads the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon with a score of four under par after three rounds. The American golfer had an impressive performance on the opening nine holes, making four birdies for a six-under score. Horschel is currently one stroke ahead of Dan Brown and a group of six other players, including Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, and Russell Henley. Shane Lowry, the 2019 Open Championship winner, had a disappointing day with five back-nine bogeys en route to a five-over 40 on Troon's most difficult stretch. Horschel navigated the challenging weather conditions to post a two-under 69 in round three. The final round of the major championship will take place on Sunday, and Horschel will look to hold off the chasing pack for his first major title.
Billy Horschel's success at European tournaments includes winning the 2021 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. Daniel Brown is attempting to become only the fourth golfer since 1900 to win in his major championship debut. Shane Lowry questioned why there weren't forward tees put in place for the conditions.
Billy Horschel had a strong showing at Royal Troon, making four birdies on the opening nine holes for a six-under par score. Dan Brown dropped from the lead after bogeying the last two holes and is now one shot behind Horschel. Shane Lowry struggled in the challenging conditions, making five back-nine bogeys en route to a five-over 40 on Troon's most difficult stretch.
The Open Championship leaderboard includes: -4 Billy Horschel; -3 Thriston Lawrence, Sam Burns, Russell Henley; -2 Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose; _1 Shane Lowry. The final round of the major championship will take place on Sunday.
Billy Horschel had success in Europe, winning the 2021 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour
Daniel Brown is attempting to become only the fourth golfer since 1900 to win in his major championship debut
Accuracy
Billy Horschel leads The Open at Royal Troon with a score of -4
Billy Horschel leads the Open Championship at Royal Troon with a score of 4-under 209 after three rounds
Six players, including Xander Schauffele, Thriston Lawrence, Sam Burns, and Russell Henley, are one off the lead
Deception
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Fallacies
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The article contains a few instances of appeals to authority. The author quotes several golfers discussing the difficulty of the conditions at Royal Troon on Saturday, particularly Scottie Scheffler and Shane Lowry. Additionally, there is an example of a dichotomous depiction in the description of Lowry's struggles on the eighth hole ('killer', 'brutal').
Scottie Scheffler, who posted an even-par 71 and is eighth at 2 under, called the second nine at Royal Troon "probably the hardest nine holes that I'll ever play."
On the famous par-3 eighth hole, known as Postage Stamp, Lowry hit his tee shot into the left greenside Coffin bunker. His chip shot rolled off the green, leading to a double-bogey 5.
Lowry made five bogeys on the back nine, missing putts of 5 feet on No. 12 and 6 feet on No. 14.
Billy Horschel had four birdies on the opening nine holes for a score of six under par
Daniel Brown bogeyed the last two holes to drop from the lead and is now in the chasing pack
Shane Lowry questioned why there weren't forward tees put in place for the conditions
Accuracy
Billy Horschel leads The Open at Royal Troon with a score of -4
Billy Horschel leads the Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club with a score of 4-under 209 after three rounds
Billy Horschel has had success in Europe, tying for 21st at the 2022 Open at St. Andrews in Scotland and winning the 2021 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour
Deception
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The author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the conditions as an 'absolute survival test' and Horschel's round as his 'best round in really tough conditions in an Open Championship'. This is a form of hyperbole.
"It turned into an absolute survival test,"
"I enjoy hitting little bunt shots. I get tired of golf where you're making full swings and you lean into a certain number and it stops. "I like when you have to be creative and find a way to get around the golf course."
Shane Lowry questioned why there weren't forward tees put in place for the conditions
Shane Lowry had a disastrous moving day with five back-nine bogeys en route to a five-over 40 on Troon’s most difficult stretch
Accuracy
Par 4s played like par 5s
Back nine featured five par 5s
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The author makes editorializing statements and uses emotional manipulation by describing the conditions as 'brutal', 'humbling', a 'survival test', and a 'grind'. The author also selectively reports details that support their position, such as only mentioning players who struggled in the conditions and not mentioning those who performed well. The author also implies that the course setup was poor by stating that some holes were too long for the conditions and questioning why tees weren't moved forward.
That was pretty humbling.
Of the players in the last 11 pairings on Saturday, just two players (Horschel and Schauffele) broke par.
Playing a par 3 hitting drivers is not much craic. Roll the ball back, huh?
But yeah, we got the sort of wrong end of the draw.
It was hard.
Moving day at the 152nd Open Championship was a brutal one.
Fallacies
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The author uses an appeal to authority fallacy when quoting Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, and Billy Horschel describing the conditions as 'the hardest they've played', 'a survival test', and a 'grind'. This is not a logical argument for why the course setup was poor. Additionally, there are instances of inflammatory rhetoric used by Shane Lowry when he says, 'Playing a par 3 hitting drivers is not much craic.' and 'It wasn't much fun.' These statements do not provide any evidence to support his claim that the course setup was questionable.
“That was pretty humbling,” he said.
“You’d have to question why there wasn’t a couple of tees put forward today, to be honest.”
“It was hard.”
“Playing a par 3 hitting drivers is not much craic. Roll the ball back, huh?”
Billy Horschel had four birdies on the opening nine holes for a score of six under par
Shane Lowry questioned why there weren't forward tees put in place for the conditions
Horschel got up and down six times, twice from tricky lies on the edges of bunkers
Accuracy
Billy Horschel leads the Open Championship by one stroke going into the final round
Shane Lowry had a two-stroke advantage over Horschel before finding ‘coffin’ bunker on hole 8, resulting in triple bogey and three-stroke deficit to Horschel
Deception
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Fallacies
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The article contains some instances of inflammatory rhetoric and an appeal to authority, but no formal or blatant logical fallacies were found. Horschel's statements about his desire to win the Open Championship and his visualization techniques are not fallacious in nature.
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