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British Open: Billy Horschel hangs on in rainy third round to take solo lead at Royal Troon

Though the morning was relatively calm at Royal Troon, things looked pretty miserable out on the course late in the afternoon in Scotland.

Despite the pouring rain, which sent just about everyone scrambling to hang in there, Billy Horschel will head into the final round of the British Open with the solo lead.

Horschel, thanks to an incredible short game performance on the back side, fired a 2-under 69 to get to 4-under for the week. That, after Daniel Brown made a double at the 18th, was enough to give him a one-shot lead over the field.