Todd Hamilton leads going into final round

One year on from the shock victory by Ben Curtis at Sandwich, another little-known American leads the British Open championship with 18 holes to go.

After a best-of-the-day 68 in the third round at Troon today, 38-year-old Todd Hamilton is eight under par and a stroke ahead of Ernie Els, the 2002 winner who has a chance tomorrow to end Tiger Woods’ five-year reign as world number one.