Smyth tied with Els for lead

British Open Leaderboard - third round

4 under - Des Smyth (51)

Ernie Els (Rsa) (49)

3 under - Carl Pettersson (Swe) (51)

Soren Hansen (Den) (50)

2 under - Justin Leonard (USA) (54)

Justin Rose (54)

Sergio Garcia (Spa) (54)

Scott McCarron (USA) (54)

Thomas Bjorn (Den) (53)

Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) (48)

1 under - Steve Elkington (Aus) (54)

Peter Lonard (Aus) (54)

Thomas Levet (Fra) (52)

Nick Price (Zim) (52)

Selected others:

Even - David Duval (USA) (54)

Ian Garbutt (54)

1 over - Jesper Parnevik (Swe) (54)

Padraig Harrington (49)

3 over - Darren Clarke (54)

4 over - Ian Woosnam (54)

5 over - Nick Faldo (54)

6 over - Tiger Woods (USA) (53)

7 over - Phil Mickelson (USA) (54)

8 over - Colin Montgomerie (53)