Dave Tindall is our man at Hoylake this week and he'll bring you all the news and colour.

2010: And that's it for the day. This time yesterday it looked like another romp for Tiger. But after an absorbing third round there's plenty of storylines that can still be played out on Sunday. The final round pairings are now out and they read:

14.30 Woods/Garcia
14.20 Els/DiMarco
14.10 Cabrera/Furyk

1950: If anyone in Sweden, Norway or Denmark is reading this, we've just been filmed by Scandinavian TV. Their cameraman was taking shots of the press tent and used Harry and I for the close-up. A strange choice.

1910: Having won 10 times out of 10 when leading a major, Tiger is naturally the hot favourite to win on Sunday. But it's a surprise to see him at just 8/13 with Coral to take victory. Ernie Els is their 9/2 second favourite while Sergio is a best 15/2 with Sporting Odds. Chris DiMarco is 10s with Ladbrokes while our headline tip Jim Furyk is a general 14/1. Angel Cabrera is 22/1 with Sporting Odds, who go 66/1 bar.

1900: Chris DiMarco is very upbeat after finishing the day just one back and isn't phased by the remarkable stat that Tiger has been the leader or joint leader in 10 majors and gone on to win them all. "I think it's you guys that keep bringing that up," says DiMarco, pointing out that in most of those previous wins Tiger has had more than a one-shot lead. One big factor for DiMarco is that he feels there's some divine intervention at work this week following the recent passing of his mother. "My mom's name is Norma and I got on the first tee and the scorer, her name is Norma. And I've probably met about five Normas in my life. I've got somebody up there that's going to be looking over me tomorrow." Two minutes later and it's Tiger's turn to talk. Despite being brought an apple by a helpful member of the Open staff, he seems a little moody. He's asked about his negative strategy of taking irons off the tee but quite rightly points out that it's "got me into the lead so far". Tiger says if he'd putted normally he'd have a four-shot lead so he seems more than happy with his strategy and long game.

1825: Tiger birdies the 18th to give himself a one shot lead over Ernie Els, Chris DiMarco and Sergio Garcia. Jim Furyk and Angel Cabrera are just two back. Time to head into the interview area. DiMarco is first in.

1810: A gasp as Tiger misses one of those putts that Tiger never misses. He falls back into a tie for the lead with Chris DiMarco and Sergio Garcia.

1800: Unless Tiger goes mad over the last two holes, there's still plenty of players in the mix here. Tiger is now -13, one clear of Sergio Garcia and Chris DiMarco and two in front of Jim Furyk, Angel Cabrera and Ernie Els.

1740: Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia and Angel Cabrera are brought in for interview in quick succession. Furyk comments that he hasn't seen a press room at the Open for a while (due to him missing the cut in this event for the last five years). He says that he feels "in control of his game" and that "power is not a main ingredient" at this course. He also describes his amazing shot yesterday when he putted out of a bunker and saved par. Sergio doesn't have much to say beyond the fact that he's more than happy with his seven-under 65. He says simply that he will try and enjoy it tomorrow. But the Cabrera interview is very entertaining. He has an interpreter who, just before the conference begins, is replaced by another. Did the first one pull a vocal chord? He reveals that he played a practice round with Seve Ballesteros who told him that the key this week was to get as near to the green as possible. It means he's been hitting driver off almost every tee - a very different way of doing things to most players in the field. He's asked if he remembers watching Robert Di Vicenzo win the Open here in 1967. There's laughter as Cabrera points out that he is 35. You do the math. The press boys are desperate for him to say that Di Vicenzo is his best mate and both men will be weeping into the Claret Jug on Sunday night. But Cabrera won't go along with it, pointing out that he lives in Cordoba while Di Vicenzo lives in Buenos Airies and the pair are thus 700km apart and never see each other. Cabrera will be thinking about Cabrera the translator tell us.

1650: Jim Furyk cards a 66 to finish 11-under. A sterling effort from the American. Obviously his wife and kids flying in from the States has had a positive effect. But he actually loses his two-ball as Sergio Garcia cards a stunning 65 and is now tied for the lead with Tiger on 12-under.

1640: Harry informed me he saw England cricket captain Michael Vaughan earlier today. My celebrity spotting still remains hallucinatory. Today I saw Paula Radcliffe and Steve Redgrave. Except it wasn't them of course. However I was on the end of a misread myself. A couple of lads walked past me and one said to the other: "That was Duval wasn't it." It's not the first time I've been likened to the former Open champ to be fair. Judge for yourself although the picture of me at the top of the page was taken in 1997!

1630: A nice fightback by Jim Furyk with birdies on 16 and 17. It's more than can be said for Mike Weir who came home in 40 to card a miserable 73. Perhaps he missed by support as his collapse came after I stopped following him. Rod Pampling also had a limp finish and both these each-way punts look dead and buried now.

1625: And the Racing Post strikes back. Jeremy Chapman's tip Angel Cabrera leaps to -11, just one back.

1620: Just tucked into a bit of lunch with Harry and there's more posh behaviour on show from Mr Emanuel. I take my seat and, wouldn't you know it, Harry's poured me out a glass of red wine. A can of Fanta would have done to be honest.

1545: Jim Furyk is now three back after a bogey on 14. I'm glad I gloated about tipping him when I had the chance!

1540: Tiger, as expected, birdies the par five fifth and leads on his own again. Ernie only makes par and is one back alongside Garcia and Els. Furyk is two back.

1520: Well maybe 10 minutes. As expected, Furyk makes a bogey on 12 and drops out of the lead. But Jeremy Chapman shows a nice line in self-deprecation, saying it was a "brilliant tip" especially when compared to the main Racing Post one (Vijay Singh, who, like a couple of mine, bit the dust at halfway).

1515: "Tindall, you're man's in the lead," shouts Racing Post golf tipster Jeremy Chapman who's sitting just behind me. "You must be excited." Well, not overly because, as I said a minute ago, I think it will last for about five minutes.

1510: To see Woods and Els come through the third I have to stand on a poorly constructed garden chair so I'm only up there for a few minutes. I get a good view of their second shots but that vanishes when the crowd all file across the fairway.

1505: Well, I probably won't get the chance to say it again so... our 33/1 headline tip Jim Furyk is top of the leaderboard!!! A birdie on 11 means there's a four-way tie at the top but thanks to holes played and alphabetical order, Furyk's name is top.

1500: As I've said about a hundred times, the third hole is right outside the press tent so I'm going to watch Woods and Els come through.

1455: Woods makes a mess of the second, Ernie makes birdie and suddenly there's a three-way tie for the lead - Woods, Els and Garcia. And Jim Furyk's birdie on 10 means he's just a shot back.

1450: Bad news for Ernie Els as he finds the bunker with his approach to the second and misses a straightforward par putt. Tiger makes his four so remains one clear of Garcia who is now alone in second.

1440: That was a pleasant few hours in the company of Mike Weir and Rod Pampling. Weir pars three and four but then birdies the par five. The par three sixth looks set to really de-rail him as he pushes his tee shot way left and compounds the error by chipping into a bunker. But he almost holes from sand before tapping for a bogey. His birdie putt on seven lips out but he stiffs his approach to the eighth and taps in for birdie. He's now six-under. A great lag putt on nine gives him a par and again he's unlucky at 10 as his long eagle putt catches the edge of the hole. But his birdie finds the back of the hole and he's up to -7. Good work Mike. Pampling birdies the fifth but after that misses a string of birdie putts. By the time I get back to the press tent Weir has dropped a shot on 12 but he's still definitely in with a shout of a top five finish and an each-way payout. As is Jim Furyk. Thanks to the radio, I hear about a string of early Furyk birdies as he reaches the turn in 31 to move up to fourth place. But playing partner Sergio Garcia is even more prolific and an astonishing outward nine of 29 has taken him to 11-under and just one behind Tiger.

1220: Mike Weir and Rod Pampling - two of our tips - are just coming down the third which runs alongside the press tent so I'm off to follow them for a few holes. Weir has made an early birdie but Pampling has dropped a shot.

1155: I'm just going through my Betfair book on the Open and at the moment I'm on the wrong side of Tiger. A Woods win is a loser for me, Els, Goosen and Scott are good winners while I'm break even on the rest. So how best to play the situation? Well, I have the ideal man sat next to me, although at this exact moment he's wolfing down some overpriced food in the press canteen. Harry 'The Hat' Emanuel trades golf for a living on Betfair and makes more than enough to pay for his extravagant lifestyle. Every time I hear Harry on the phone he comes out with something like: "Let's crack open some bubbles and have some fun." And he doesn't mean fizzy coke. Still, it's been a real lesson for me listening to how he operates and hopefully I'll have an all green (profitable) book by the end of the day.

1140: And today's hot inside tip/useless rumour in the press tent concerns the identity of the next Sunderland manager. Old muggins here might just have a tenner on Mr X.

1130: There were 50,000 paying spectators yesterday according to the official figures although that tally was boosted by the young entrepreneurs I saw getting in for free by jumping the perimeter fence. Comparing the figures to St Andrews, Friday's numbers were a dead heat but there were 10,000 more spectators this week for the practice days. Hoylake also edged out St Andrews on day one, 38,500 compared to 38,000.

1125: Life is good for Aussie John Senden at the minute. After winning his first US Tour event last week, he's just had a hole in one at the 13th!

1120: I still can't believe we're going to have a thunderstorm today and, in truth, it's about a 4/1 shot. The official forecast says:
1000-1400: Cloud developing around midday, with possible shower by end of period. Wind becoming north to northwest 10 to 15mph around midday as sea breeze sets in.
1400-1800: Sunny intervals and chance of a few showers, which may last 10 to 15 minutes in duration. 20% chance of a very heavy shower with thunder, but it is thought the worst of the showers will be to the east of Hoylake. Wind north to northwest 10 to 15mph. 40% chance of some stronger gusts associated with the showers.
1800 to dusk: Scattered showers dying out and skies clearing. Wind north to northwest 10 to 15mph.

1110: Blimey, it's so hot out there. I do feel very fortunate to be able to come back into the press tent to cool off throughout the day. And, of course, it means I don't have to pay £1.90 for a bottle of coke. The hottest golfer on the course right now is American Scott Verplank. He's played the front nine in 31 and a birdie at 11 has taken him to six-under for the tournament.

1020: Andrew Marshall is now -4 for the day after 11 and -5 overall. That makes him tied ninth. Imagine if he posts eight-under and then the storms come!

1015: I'm staying in a place called Higher Bebington - about 20 minutes from the course. The house belongs to relatives of a work colleague and I have the run of the place as they're away on holiday. There was last-minute confusion when it was thought I'd been given the shed key instead of the front door one! Can't say I would have fancied that and, who knows, there might not have been any room if it had already been rented out to Americans. Unlikely (sheds don't have hot showers) but perhaps these could have been San Franciscan hippies who were on a big nostalgia trip having made the journey across from the Haight-Ashbury for the last Hoylake Open in 1967.

1000: Tiger Woods and Ernie Els are the final pair out at 2.30pm this afternoon. As for our three remaining tips, Jim Furyk goes out with Sergio Garcia at 12.55 while, very conveniently, the other two, Mike Weir and Rod Pampling, are paired together at 11.55.

0955: Some good early groups for the big crowds here to follow. Luke Donald and Paul Broadhurst are about to tee off while another all-English duo, Paul Casey and Simon Khan, follow them at 10.05. The best-placed Englishman so far is an unlikely one - Robert Rock. He's tied for eighth on six-under and is the only Englishman in the top 20. And while we're on the subject of the home boys, Andrew Marshall has played his opening nine holes in two under to move up to -3. With 71 players making the cut, Marshall is playing on is own so that's why he's making rapid progress around the course this morning.

0940: It's another glorious day at Hoylake with the sun shining down on us and not a hint of wind. But... play has been brought forward an hour today due to the threat of thunderstorms! Does that give fresh hope for the chasing pack? We've seen the incredible swings that can happen if the early starters cash in before the weather turns. At the moment, this Open looks to have a predictable ending but maybe the elements can change all that.