Golf: Ryan Fox off the pace at British Open

New Zealand's Ryan Fox walks down the first fairway during the third round at the British Open Golf Championship. Photo / AP

New Zealand's Ryan Fox has moved down the leaderboard after shooting a four-over 76 in the third round of the Open Championship at St Andrews.

After making the cut at his first major appearance the Auckland pro had a poor start to his third round with a double bogey on the second hole. Two more dropped shots at the 4th and 6th holes saw him move to one-over the card at the turn.

Fox made a shot back at the par four 10th but had consecutive bogeys at 16 and 17 before finishing his round with his second birdie of the day.

The Kiwi sits in a share of 78th, 13 shots behind co-leaders Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Paul Dunne.