Golf: Montgomerie still ahead

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie still leads the British Open and doesn't begin his third round until 3.15pm.

Meanwhile Des Smyth and Darren Clarke remain the best placed Irish challengers and they tee off after 2pm.

Padraig Harrington has begun his third round and is currently level after three holes while Paul McGinley is also level after four holes.

The current leaderboard reads:

7 under - Colin Montgomerie

6 under - Pierre Fulke (Swe)

5 under - Jesper Parnevik (Swe) Greg Owen Joe Ogilvie (USA)

4 under - Niclas Fasth (Swe) Alex Cejka (Ger) Eduardo Romero (Arg)

3 under - Raphael Jacquelin (Fra)

Rory Sabbatini (Rsa)

Des Smyth

Brad Faxon (USA)

Mark O’Meara (USA)

Tiger Woods (USA)

Darren Clarke

Billy Andrade (USA)

2 under - Nick Price (Zim)

Loren Roberts (USA)

Vijay Singh (Fij)

Davis Love III (USA)

Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel)

Steve Stricker (USA)

Ian Woosnam

Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)

Bernhard Langer (Ger)

JP Hayes (USA)

Selected Others:

1 under - Justin Rose

David Duval (USA)

Level - Padraig Harrington

Paul McGinley

Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)

Phil Mickelson (USA)

Retief Goosen (Rsa)

1 over - Lee Westwood

3 over - Sandy Lyle