Tyrrell Hatton hunting Ryder Cup place and major glory at Royal Portrush
The Englishman is six shots adrift of the world number one, who sits at 14 under, but he knows there is a bigger picture.
'It's nice to be high up on the leaderboard in a major,' said the 33-year-old, who finished joint fourth at last month's US Open having been in contention until the last couple of holes.
'Certainly tomorrow is the last round for me to earn Ryder Cup points, there's a lot to play for tomorrow.
'I'm hoping that I can go out there and play a really good round of golf. I'd love to make the Ryder Cup team automatically and not rely on needing a pick.
'One thing I'm proud of the last three Ryder Cups I've played is that I've made the team automatically.
'Sure, since I joined LIV, I knew that was going to make things a lot harder for me to make it a fourth time.
'I guess for self pride I'd love to keep that streak going of being an automatic pick.
'That will make it even more pleasing, rewarding because I know that I've had a lot less tournaments than the other guys to do it.'
Hatton currently sits fourth in the European Ryder Cup standings. Only the top six qualify automatically.
A good finish at Royal Portrush will consolidate his position and that is the best he can hope for as he knows this is not the same as when he contended in the previous major.
'It is a very different challenge and at the moment a completely different situation,' he added after a round of 68, the highlight being a hole-out eagle at the par-five seventh.
'I'd have to have an unbelievable front nine tomorrow to be in the same position going into the back nine as what I experienced at Oakmont.'
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