The Aussie contingent went low on moving day at The Open with four of the six Australians shooting under par rounds.

Jason Day and Scott Hend led the way firing rounds of 65 to now be T18 on even par. The Aussie duo have set themselves a final round tee time together.

Having thought he would miss the cut, Day made the most of being around for the weekend and was a much happier human after his third round.

I drove it much better. I hit a lot of good iron shots and I holed putts. It’s a lot more fun today. I’m just saying that a lot of people with a lot of smiles walking off today — a golf course like today,” said Day.

“Not like yesterday. Or not like what I was yesterday. I honestly thought I missed the cut, that’s why I stormed off.

“I was like, this is going to be my third one in a row, and not the direction that I want to go into, especially the WGC and the PGA.

“But I got lucky and I got myself into the cut line and got off to a pretty solid start today and finished off strong.”

Hend got off to a tough start with two bogeys to open, however he quickly got things back on track adding seven birdies to his card.

“The positive is I didn’t make a double bogey today. I made a double every other day. If you make two bogeys, it’s like making a double and I bounced back from that and just trying to play,” said Hend.

“The last couple of days I was either getting the right line and leaving it short or getting the wrong line and hitting — I just couldn’t get the right speed to where I wanted to putt it to, and today we just managed to all of a sudden on the back nine there and in the front nine rolled a couple of putts in and it went well.”

Hend is hoping for a good final round and result at The Open to ensure his place in the year’s final Major; the PGA Championship.

“I think the cut off for the PGA may be after this weekend. I’m like 106 in the world right now and I’m pretty sure that — nobody knows the exact number that’s going to get in, but I’d rather be sitting well inside that,” added Hend.

“Getting an opportunity to play in Quail Hollow, which is one of my favourite courses in the U.S. So I really want to go play there.”

Marc Leishman also found plenty of birdie at Royal Birkdale firing 4-under 66, moving himself 32 places up the leaderboard. He heads into the final round tied 29^th on 1-over the card.

Playing alongside Hend in the third round, Leishman felt he left a few shot out on course at Royal Birkdale but enjoyed sharing his day with a fellow Aussie.

“I had a few chances I didn’t take advantage of out there today. But holed a couple of long putts that made up for that,” said Leishman.

“We had a good day. He got off to a rough start the first couple of holes, but really got things going. And I got off to a good start and then dropped off a little bit.

“And then we both finished pretty well. It’s nice when you can play with a friend and both play well, especially in a big tournament like this,” added Leishman who hopes Hend finishes strong to secure a start in the year’s final Major.

“I like to see him play well. I think he has to have a good week this week to get into the PGA. I want him to play well and get in there. Generally, when you play with someone who’s playing well, you tend to feed off that and make a few birdies which was nice.”

Shooting 1-under the card on Saturday Andrew Dodt is tied 43^rd and joined on the leaderboard by Adam Scott who have an even par third round.

Rounding out the Australian contingent is Aaron Baddeley who battled on course shooting 2-over 72 to be T75 and 7-over the card heading into the final round.