The Open 2023 LIVE: Final round golf leaderboard and updates as Brian Harman cruises to victory
Harman produced a composed final round to hold off the likes of Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood to win the 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake
Brian Harman won The Open in style as a nerveless final round saw him turn his healthy overnight lead into a convincing victory for his first major title.
The 36-year-old American won by six strokes after shooting a one-under-par final round of 70 in soggy conditions at Royal Liverpool to finish 13-under for the tournament.
His overnight lead of five strokes was never truly threatened and, in the end, there was a four-way tie for second place between Jon Rahm (70), Jason Day (69), Sepp Straka (69) and 21-year-old Tom Kim (67).
Home favourites Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy showed flashes of what they were capable of and looked set to close the gap on a couple of occasions but eventually fell away in the face of Harman’s mistake-free golf. His win was built on keeping his ball out of the bunkers and his brilliance on and around the greens. He missed just one putt under 10 feet all week on the Hoylake links to deservedly lift the Claret Jug.
Follow reaction from the fourth round of the 151st Open Championship at Hoylake below:
The Open 2023: Great save from Scheffler
Koepka +7 (17), Scheffler E (17)
Two holes to go for Scheffler but he’s in trouble having gone long off the tee. It stays away from the waste area that Fitzpatrick found himself in but it’s still tough from there. The world number one rolls it past the hole by some distance but his putter finally comes to his aid as he saves par with a good putt.
The Open 2023: Bogey start for Schauffele
Schauffele E (1), Cantlay -1 (1)
The American duo are great friends off the course and are paired together for this round today. Cantlay gets himself in some trouble off the tee but gives himself a look at saving par after a superb recovery shot. Not to be, the putt drifts past the right edge and it’s a bogey start.
The Open 2023: Michael Stewart battling away
Stewart E (5)
The 33-year-old was world number 868 heading into this week having punched his ticket to the Open at final qualifying last month. The Scott is certainly making the most of his stay here and birdies the par-five fifth to get back to even par for the tournament.
A remarkable acheievment.
The Open 2023: Canter into the red
Canter -1 (9)
Just the third birdie of the day on the third but it comes at an ideal time for the Englishman who moves back in to the red and -2 for his round today.
The Open 2023: Scheffler back to level par
Koepka +7 (15), Scheffler E (15)
A spirited final round from Scheffler who picks up his fifth birdie of the day at the par-five 15th to move back to level par for the tournament. Koepka, meanwhile, is moving the opposite way, with a bogey at 15 dropping him back to +7.
The Open 2023
Brian Harman is here: Two hours and 19 minutes before he begins his final round.
Cameron Smith will begin his final round as the Champions Golfer of the Year in two minutes.
The Open 2023: Final round weather forecast
It looks like we’ll have rain for the next few hours, according to AccuWeather.
Then it should let up between 2-4pm, with 34-41 percent chance of rain in that window.
But then between 5-7pm tonight there's an 81 percent chance of rain. So the conditions should be tricky for the remainder of the day.
The Open 2023
Koepka +6 (14), Scheffler +1 (14)
Koepka on 15, that drive fades right and is in the thick rough. It’s been a tough day for the five-time major champion.
Scheffler needs to bounce back here, with the rain starting to pour, his drive on 15 is in the middle of the fairway, gorgeous.
The Open 2023
Canter E (8), Ancer E (7), Meronk E (15)
Some movers who have not been shown on TV much this morning: Laurie Canter and Abe Ancer are both -1 today and that leaves them E for the tournament and T37. And what about Adrian Meronk, a Ryder Cup hopeful, the Pole is -4 today and back to level for the week.
The Open 2023
Scheffler E (13), Koepka +6 (13), Bland -1 (2)
It's 211 yards and after some relief, Scheffler sprays one out, but that's short of the green.
Bland with a fine chip on two and he’ll save par and stay at -1.
The rain is starting to come now. Still more than two and a half hours until the final group heads off.
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