Muirfield (CNN) -- It is a British Open Sunday dripping with potential storylines. Another sun-drenched day on Muirfield's links ended with Tiger Woods in the hunt to break his five-year major drought; standing in his way is a man gunning for his first at the 62nd attempt. Lee Westwood played in his first Open Championship 18 years ago and is still to claim his breakthrough title after years spent hovering around the game's top echelons. On increasingly parched terrain, the 40-year-old Englishman's much-maligned putting stroke held firm over the closing holes as he entered the sanctuary of the clubhouse on three-under, a lead of two shots.
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England's Lee Westwood takes a two-shot lead after the third round of the British Open
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Americans Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan are two shots behind on one-under
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Masters champion Adam Scott is one shot further adrift on even par
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Spain's overnight leader Miguel Angel Jimenez drops back to 11th on three over
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