The Open / Joe Dyer / 19 July 2008 /

Australian once more stands on the point of glory at Open - the [1000.0] layers will be quaking...

With one round left to play The Open is poised for a grandstand finish with a delicious mixture of players with a genuine shout of glory.

A former champion, the current champion, one of the world's best yet to win a major and an unheralded Englishman can all make the Claret Jug their own on Sunday afternoon.

And two of them have already been matched at [1000.0] on Betfair for significant sums.

Greg Norman, who has traded at the maximum price for £1,845, confounded the naysayers for the third straight day, carding a 72 to stand atop the leaderboard. The Australian, champion in 1986 and 1993, refused to let monstrous winds intimidate him and can join an exclusive club in winning The Open in three different decades.

Leading the market is Padraig Harrington - himself matched at [150.0] amidst early talk of injured wrists, all forgotten now - at [4.0] standing two shots back.

KJ Choi has been in the mix throughout and he stayed in touch with a 75 to sit tied with Harrington position going into the final round. Choi trades at [5.7].

England's Simon Wakefield is the other [1000.0]-backed player, he sat tight as the field fell all around him and at five over par he stands alone in fourth place. Wakefield is [25.0] to claim The Open.

The wind is sure to blow again tomorrow - expect yet more drama.

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