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Jason Day is tied for the lead after 54 holes of a major.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland >> Even with 155 years of history, the British Open can still serve up some odd twists at St. Andrews.

Spieth’s bid for an unprecedented golfing grand slam ended agonisingly at the British Open on Monday after he missed joining a three-way play-off by one stroke.

The only golfer to win what’s called a Grand Slam was Jones, who in 1930 won the US and British Opens and US and British Amateurs at a time when those were considered the major championships of golf.

Open champions are about as far removed from golfing tourists as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are from Sunday league amateurs.

Danny Willett’s name at the top of the leaderboard might be a shock to many but crucially not to the man himself. She wrote: “Well done, you’ve made the cut“.

Jordan Spieth supporters brought a little bit of Austin to St. Andrews, Scotland on Sunday. He took 10 putts on the inward nine.

Big crowds had come to cheer on the hugely popular American but a sign of things to come occured on the opening hole when he hit his approach shot into the water and it got worse from there.

“I’m just going to take what it throws me”, said Dunne, who has remained calm and collected throughout.

Danny Willett believes he is still in contention for a first major title, despite shooting a level-par round of 72 on Sunday and dropping back down the leaderboard at the 144th Open Championship. His 70 was a unusual effort, having started with an ugly double-bogey 6 but then...

Six-under heading out, the 1999 victor had picked up two shots in 12 holes before heading off for his supper. Johnson had a 12-foot eagle putt on the final hole to win the U.S. Open and three-putted to finish behind golf’s new golden child.

As he crossed the Swilcan Bridge on No. 18, Spieth was serenaded with “The Eyes of Texas” from fans and he could see his name on the iconic yellow scoreboard at the home of golf. The more of a challenge the elements pose, goes the thinking, the better.

St Andrews, United Kingdom: The British Open was blown off course on Saturday with organisers forced to call a delayed Monday finish for just the second time in its 155-year long history.

Grand Slam in the making? There’s still a day to go on the Old Course, and a PGA Championship to be played before we start talking about Spieth in terms of golf history, or perhaps even golf immortality.

“But I’ll have a smile on my face and enjoy walking around St. Andrews, I can tell you that”. And right now there’s nothing Spieth wants more than his name on the claret jug that goes to the British Open victor.