“What are we all going to talk about next year?” Yes, well, Rory’s keeping his riff alive, isn’t he? It’s a good while today until the defending champ turns up for work, mind you, so in the meantime, here’s how the top of the leaderboard looked after 18 holes …

-5: Burns, McIlroy

-3: Kitayama, Day, Reed

-2: Lowry, Schauffele, Rose, Scheffler

-1: Li, Taylor, Fleetwood, Campbell, Rai, Bridgeman, Woodland