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: Positive start for Schauffele
Schauffele -3 (6), Cantlay -2 (6)
Another birdie finds the cup on the sixth for Schauffele. His third of the day moves him to -3 for the tournament.
The Open 2023: Bogey for Hojgaard
Hojgaard -2 (1), Jordan -3 (1)
The home-course hero shows some great touch with the putter to lag a putt wholeside and make par. Hojgaard is not as fortunate and it’s an opening-hole birdie for the Dane.
The Open 2023: Cantlay birdie
Cantlay -2 (5)
The American has taken care of the fifth which looks one of the few gettable holes in these tough, rainy conditions. Up to -2 he moves.
The Open 2023: Opening-hole par for McIlroy
McIlroy -3 (1), Grillo -3 (1)
It’s a downhill putt for Rory but it’s just left out to the left. A par on the first is no mean feat today. Grillo was in trouble off the tee but recovers nicely to save his par.
Back on the tee, local hero Jordan gets underway to a rousing reception. Can he continue this wonderful weak with a magical final round?
The Open 2023: McIlrory underway
McIlroy -3, Grillo -3
It’s almost certainly too far back for Rory but nevertheless the crowds are deep as the watch the world number two tee off. It’s stipped a long way down, just catching the rough but his second finds the fairway and it’s a look at birdie on the tricky first.
The Open 2023: Close shave on the first for Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick -2 (1)
So close to the perfect start for the Englishman whose chip from off the green just catches the right edge of the cup but doesn’t drop.
The Open 2023: Scheffler in the clubhouse
Scheffler E (67)
The world number one can’t find a birdie at the par-five last but a four-under-par 67 is a nice way to finish for the American who has endured a poor week by his own lofty standards.
The Open 2023: Silver medal for Christo Lamprecht
Lamprecht +11 (74)
The South African tumbled down the leaderboard after his superb opening round but as the only amateur to make the cut this week, Lamprecht will take home the Silver Medal given to the best-performing amateur.
The first ever South African to win it as well - nicely done.
The Open 2023: Bogeys for Fowler and Lee
Fowler E (1), MW Lee -1 (1)
A lot of players going in the wrong direction early on. Is that a sign of difficult scoring conditions? Min Woo Lee and Rickie Fowler get in trouble off the tee and can’t recover to make par. An opening pair of bogeys.
The Open 2023: Round of the morning for Meronk
Meronk E (67)
A birdie at the last for the tall Pole who moves back to even par for the tournament. That’s a four-under-par round of 67 - one of the best of the morning - which will do his Ryder Cup ambitions no harm whatsoever.
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