Open 2022 LIVE result: Final leaderboard as Cameron Smith beats Rory McIlroy to Claret Jug
Follow reaction from the final round of the Open Championship as Smith lifts the Claret Jug at St Andrews
Rory McIlroy’s wait for a fifth major goes on after he was beaten to the Claret Jug by the sensational Australian Cameron Smith.
Smith produced a string of birdies to close out with a round of 64, beating his playing partner Cameron Young by one shot, as McIlroy ended up finishing third with a final round of 70.
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Smith’s birdie putt on five is dead weight, tap-in par. -14 and two back.
Fleetwood (-12) on the charge, but his birdie putt on eight is just off.
Young with a crucial par putt on six to stay with Smith at -14.
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Hovland can’t follow McIlroy in for birdie, so he sits at -15, two behind McIlroy at -17.
The Norwegian will be looking over his shoulder too, Smith and Young have got to -14 and fancy a run at McIlroy.
Young from the thick rough on six too, this one can’t check and he joins Smith at the back of the green hoping to make par.
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A big, snaking 50-footer for eagle for Smith, leaves himself about eight feet.
A chance to move to within two of McIlroy and one of Hovland.
McIlroy to -17 with birdie on five, a big step. Smith from thick rough on six, could this slow his push after reaching -14, it lands with a thud on the green and chases to about 30 feet, solid..
The Open 2022: Viktor Hovland makes bogey, hands Rory McIlroy lead
It’s a bogey for Hovland, he three-putts to slip to -15. McIlroy leads outright on -16.
Smith (-13) on five from the whispy rough, leaves himself a big 30-footer for eagle. Make it? He’d only be one behind McIlroy.
Adam Scott makes birdie, he’s up to -12 with Spieth and DJ.
That’s a horrible spot for Hovland down a mount and in the rough on five. McIlroy just off the fairway, he’s OK.
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It’s 78.5 feet for Hovland on four, the enormous putt can only be cut down to 10 feet, a tester for par coming up.
Schauffele for birdie on 16, it stays out left. He remains at -11.
McIlroy with the same putt that Young made on four, but he slides by, just a par. Still tied at the top on -16.
The Open 2022: Cameron Young makes his move
Majestic from Spieth on seven, perfect distance and it rolls to four feet. He’ll move to -12.
That’s ideal pace from Smith on four from about 20 feet, tap-in par. Still -13 and three back.
Young wants birdie on four, down the hill, left to right, it’s brilliant, back-to-back birdie and up to -13.
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McIlroy misses from just six feet, a chance escapes. Still tied at the top on -16.
Meanwhile, Cam Smith, from 166 yards on four, narrowly escapes the bunker but will be about 20 feet from the flag.
DJ up on five, the eagle putt is wide, but he can convert for birdie from close range to get up to -12.
The Open 2022: Rory McIlroy with birdie chance to take outright lead
Schauffele with a brilliant 221-yard shot on 14, it cuts the 614-yard par five in half and just a couple feet for his eagle. He's now at -11, -6 today.
Hovland can only par the third, McIlroy staring at birdie and a one-shot lead.
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Good bounceback from Young, birdie at three takes him back to where he started and -12.
Filippo Celli is about to win the Silver Medal, the Italian amateur follows in the footsteps of Matteo Manassero, who won the prestigious award for amateur players at the Open Championship in 2009.
An eagle putt is narrowly wide, he’ll tap in for birdie to end a sensational Open, posting -5.
Celli beats out Aaron Jarvis, who came home earlier on +1.
The Open 2022: Cam Smith closes gap on Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland
It’s a birdie for Smith, he closes the gap to three shots at -13 and sits two clear of the big group in fourth.
Spieth for eagle on five, so close, but an easy birdie coming up to move to -11.
Hatton is heating up out there, -4 through seven and -11 overall.
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