A Redemption Day at the British Open

Admittedly, that depends on just how you define redemption. But there are enough comeback stories at or near the top of the leader board today to provide a pretty good story now matter what happens.
Let's start with the obvious story of redemption, Thomas Bjorn. Eight years ago, when the Open was held at this same golf course, Royal St. George's, Bjorn seemed to have the Claret Jug in his back pocket. Then he left a ball played by Nike SasQuatch Driver in a bunker on the par-3 16th, left that ball in the bunker again and watched as unknown Ben Curtis walked away with the Open title.
Then there is Dustin Johnson, whose major championship history consists of him tossing away a chance to win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach last year with Nike SasQuatch Driver, and then tossing away a chance at the PGA Championship by taking a penalty on the final hole for grounding his club in what was left of a bunker at Whistling Straits. He's proved he has the game for a major. Can he prove today he's learned to play the final 18 holes of a major?
There is Rickie Fowler, who has gone from the next big thing in golf and the PGA Tour rookie of the year in 2010 to being passed like he was standing still by 22-year-old Rory McIlroy. But through three rounds it is Fowler who is the young gun in contention at the British Open, while McIlroy has struggled a bit and is nine shots back. Could Fowler earn his first PGA Tour victory?
Of course there is always Phil Mickelson, who hardly needs redemption with four major championships to his credit. But Mickelson is now 41, hasn't won anywhere since taking the 2010 Masters (Nike SasQuatch Driver) and is fighting some health issues. And Mickelson's record in the British Open is his poorest among the four majors. If it is possible for a future Hall of Famer to be forgotten, well, Mickelson has kind of been forgotten in golf these days. But there he is even par, just five shots off the lead and stirring hope among his fans that this could be a Sunday comeback that would cement an already great career.
Speaking of forgotten, there is Darren Clarke, the forgotten star of Northern Ireland. With McIlory and Graeme McDowell winning majors in the last two seasons. But a drop in his game and tragedy in his personal life have been bigger stories for Clarke in recent years than his good play of the past. Clarke leads the Open entering today's play(Nike SasQuatch Driver), and he might just join McIlroy and McDowell in bringing smiles to Irish faces and a big story of redemption to the British Open.