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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The Open 2022: Kaewkanjana moves to -9
Sadom Kaewkanjana is enjoying a magnificent final round so far, with a birdie at 11 seeing him move to -9. That’s the best score of any player currently out on the course.
Back at the first, Bryson DeChambeau has got his final round underway alongside Francesco Molinari.
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Schauffele on four, his birdie putt is agonisingly wide, he stays at -8.
The Open 2022: Jon Rahm suffers setback
That’s a blow for Rahm, a nasty three-putt from 17 feet on three pushes him back to -4.
Finau for eagle, from 20 feet, it almost grazes the right edge, just not enough right to lef in it, a tap-in birdie to come and he’s up to -7.
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Finau with a bullet from the fairway on the 604-yard 14th, it chases up and onto the green. Eagle putt coming from about 15 feet to take him to -8, currently he’s -4 for his round.
Sam Burns has the low round of the day, 64 takes him to -6 overall.
Rahm, -5, a beauty into three, checks up and then crawls down from the upper tier, impeccable distance control.
Sam Burns ends his Open campaign with a flourish to offer hope to chasing pack
American Sam Burns produced the finish of the week with four birdies over his final four holes to shoot 64 and give hope to the pack chasing 150th Open Championship leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.
The 25-year-old, whose round matched Australian Cameron Smith’s best-of-the-week effort on Friday, was three under to the turn but failed to birdie the par-five 14th.
But he then finished with four successive threes, including a brilliant approach to the notoriously difficult 17th, to get to six under for the tournament.
While that did not challenge the first page of the leaderboard – McIlroy and Hovland were 16 under and were not due to tee off until 2.50pm.
The Open 2022: Lee Westwood aiming for fourth straight birdie
Lee Westwood setting up another great chance at birdie on eight.
He’s made four birdies in five holes and three in a row. Could he make another to move to -7?
And that’s a par for Aaron Jarvis (a) on the last, he’ll finish up at +1 for the tournament, another good step for the UNLV student, he’ll be short of Filippo Celli in the battle for the Silver Medal, the Italian is struggling though at +2 today and -2 for the tournament, but he has a three-shot cushion.
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Theegala on the 2nd, heaves an iron to within a foot of the pin, it kicks on and checks, a good birdie chance for him to move to -6.
Meanwhile, Jon Rahm (-5) and Victor Perez (-5) have hit their tee shots on the 1st.
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Richard Mansell, who made the cut on the number at E, he’s now -4 after racing around yesterday with the marker for a round of 68.
He’s got a birdie try on the first to improve his score even more.
The Open 2022: Justin Thomas set to move into top 20
Justin Thomas has just spanked his drive to within a short chip of the green on the 12th, hoping to go low after starting today at -2, two shots from here will take him to -6.
Patrick Reed on 17, chases in a fabulous iron shot to within eight feet for birdie, and the pace is perfect as the ball drops to push him to -5.
Scoring is good overall, with Kokrak (-5) birdieing the 12th.
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