The Open: amateur Dunne aims for history on day five

As The Open heads into a fifth day for the second time in history, could an amateur win for the first time since 1930?

Paul Dunne
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Paul Dunne stands on the brink of history after an extraordinary day at the Open on St Andrew's on Sunday. The 22-year-old Irishman – just eight months older than two-times 2015 Major winner Jordan Spieth – leads the field alongside Australian Jason Day and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and later today could become the first amateur since American legend Bobby Jones to win the Open since 1930. In fact, the last amateur to win any major was Johnny Goodman, who clinched the US Open in 1933.

Dunne, who studied business finance at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, has already broken several records after his astonishing third round on the Old Course. His six under round of 66 is the lowest 18-hole score posted by an amateur in an Open at St Andrews, while his 12-under score of 204 for the three rounds so far is the lowest posted by an amateur in the 155-year-old history of the Open.

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