Irish continue freefall as Curtis advances

British Open Leaderboard

1 under - Thomas Bjorn (Den) (after 54 holes)

Level – Davis Love III (USA) (54)

Ben Curtis (USA) (55)

1 over – Tiger Woods (USA) (54)

Vijay Singh (Fij) (54)

Kenny Perry (USA) (54)

Sergio Garcia (Spa) (54)

2 over – Brian Davis (59)

Phillip Price (54)

3 over – Hennie Otto (Rsa) (66)

Peter Fowler (Aus) (66)

Marco Ruiz (Par) (64)

Retief Goosen (Rsa) (63)

Stuart Appleby (Aus) (58)

Gary Evans (56)

Selected others:

4 over – Nick Faldo (57)

5 over – Ernie Els (Rsa) (61)

6 over – Greg Norman (Aus) (72)

7 over – Padraig Harrington (72)

8 over - Paul McGinley (64)

9 over – Phil Mickelson (USA) (65)

Gary Murphy (71)

13 over – Darren Clarke (72)

19 over – Ian Woosnam (72)