Golf: Monty joins Faxon at the top

British Open Leaderboard at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s:

3 under - Brad Faxon (USA) (after 16 holes)

Colin Montgomerie (6)

2 under - Justin Rose (15)

Paul McGinley (11)

Steve Flesch (USA) (10)

JP Hayes (USA) (7)

Stuart Appleby (Aus) (7)

Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) (7)

1 under - Steve Stricker (USA) (14)

Mark O’Meara (USA) (10)

Michael Campbell (Nzl) (7)

Selected others:

Level - Carlos Franco (Par) (15)

Justin Leonard (USA) (11)

Tiger Woods (USA) (9)

1 over - Padraig Harrington (13)

Ian Woosnam (12)

Mark Calcavecchia (USA) (10)

Steve Elkington (Aus) (7)

2 over - Ernie Els (Rsa) (12)

Bernhard Langer (Ger) (10)

4 over - Thomas Bjorn (Den) (16)