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Robert Hynes

Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington chasing bumper paydays at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Rory McIlroy and Padraig Harrington are targeting bumper paydays at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

The Irish pair are playing in the same group during the final round of the tournament at St Andrews.

McIlroy goes into Sunday eight shots behind leader Richard Mansell, but just four off Daniel Gavins, Ryan Fox and Alex Norén, who are all tied for second.

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Harrington is a shot further back behind McIlroy, with the pair starting their round at 10.36am.

Although they both have a mountain to climb to win the tournament, they could still pick up big paychecks for finishing high up the leaderboard.

Mansell produced heroics in terrible weather on Friday at the Old Course, St Andrews, and shone again on a bright but breezy day on Saturday, just half an hour up the road in Carnoustie, posting six birdies and one bogey to reach 15 under.

Noren, playing his third round at the Old Course, spent much of the day alongside Mansell at the summit but signed for a 69 after five birdies and two bogeys.

Gavins and Fox both produced strong finishes to their rounds at Kingsbarns Golf Links to get into the mix while McIlroy has a huge task on his hands, eight shots back after his 66 at the Home of Golf.

Robert MacIntyre, hoping to be the first Scottish winner of the three-venue event since Colin Montgomerie in 2005, is on the same seven-under mark as McIlroy.

Mansell, who has three top-five finishes this year as he chases a first DP World Tour win, said: “I played really, really good. We had one bogey on nine. I hit a good shot in and, again, was just really in control of my golf ball. I’ve putted good.

Richard Mansell (Getty Images)

“I did a lot of good work. Me and my coach, Mike Kanski, he’s helped massively. He was here at the start of the week. And I feel really in control of my golf game right now.

“I’ve been in contention a lot this year and had chances on Sundays. Every time, they say in golf, that you don’t lose, you learn. That’s what I feel like I’ve done really well this year.

“Tomorrow there’s a lot of golf. It’s links golf, anything can happen. It’s St Andrews. People can shoot 60. I’m just really focused on myself right now. I’m going to try and shoot a good score and see where it puts me. And just not worry about anyone else.”

Here's a full breakdown of the prize money:

1 $800,000
2 $533,330
3 $300,480
4 $240,000
5 $203,520
6 $168,000
7 $144,000
8 $120,000
9 $107,520
10 $96,000
11 $88,320
12 $82,560
13 $77,280
14 $73,440
15 $70,560
16 $67,680
17 $64,800
18 $61,920
19 $59,520
20 $57,600
21 $55,680
22 $54,240
23 $52,800
24 $51,360
25 $49,920
26 $48,480
27 $47,040
28 $45,600
29 $44,160
30 $42,720
31 $41,280
32 $39,840
33 $38,400
34 $36,960
35 $36,000
36 $35,040
37 $34,080
38 $33,120
39 $32,160
40 $31,200
41 $30,240
42 $29,280
43 $28,320
44 $27,360
45 $26,400
46 $25,440
47 $24,480
48 $23,520
49 $22,560
50 $21,600
51 $20,640
52 $19,680
53 $18,720
54 $17,760
55 $16,800
56 $15,840
57 $14,880
58 $14,400
59 $13,920
60 $13,440

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