Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will play in the final group and start out on 16 under.
Smith’s playing partner, Cameron Young, shot 71 and was tied for third with Smith.
Ahead of them and behind them was calamity.
Dustin Johnson putting over the mound on the 14th with so much pace it went off the green and into a pot bunker. He made a second straight bogey and fell six shots behind.Cameron Smith was caught trying to do too much and it cost him. Smith had to stand in a pot bunker to try to play a shot with the ball in the grass about waist high. Instead of chipping back to safety, he smothered the shot into a hill. The third shot found more rough and he made double bogey. Smith started with a two-shot lead. He’s now five behind.
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Viktor Hovland made back-to-back 40-foot putts for birdies to tie the lead at the British Open.
The putts came at Nos. 3 and 4 and Hovland joined Cameron Smith on 12 under. They are a shot clear of Cameron Young.
None of the three have won a major championship.
Rory McIlroy has opened with four straight pars and was on 10 under with Dustin Johnson.
