Chinese Li Haotong, who led after Friday's game, has also slipped behind. He also went round in 73 strokes and is now in 13th place.

In the top, it is four times American. In first place Dustin Johnson who finished Saturday's game on 65 strokes, closely followed by Scottie Scheffler (65 strokes), Cameron Champ (67 strokes) and Collin Morikawa (65 strokes).

- I pushed very well today. That was crucial, says Johnson, who scored eight birdies during the round.

An American who did not succeed as well on Saturday was Tiger Woods. The golf legend fell from 15th place to 59th place after a round of 72 strokes.