The Open 2019 result: Shane Lowry wins title with six-shot victory to seal famous first major championship
Re-live the action from the final day at the 148th Open Championship as Ireland’s very own Shane Lowry stormed to victory at a rain-sodden Royal Portrush
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Your support makes all the difference.Shane Lowry captured the imagination of his Irish fans with a stunning victory to win The Open Championship and clinch his first major title.
The 32-year-old hails from Clara some 160 miles south of Royal Portrush across the border, and enjoyed a passionate and ferocious support from a partisan crowd who roared him home from start to finish amid one of the greatest atmospheres ever witnessed in Open history.
Only on the first hole did Lowry look in trouble as he began his round with a bogey, giving Tommy Fleetwood a sniff of a challenge, but from there on no one was able to get close to the Irishman and he eventually held off his English playing partner to claim a six-shot victory and spark wild celebrations on the 18th green.
Fleetwood clinched his joint-best finish in a major but rued what could have been after failing to take his chances early on, while Tony Finau rose through the leaderboard with a supreme par round of 71 in tdreadful conditions to take third place. Re-live the action below.
What time does it start?
Ashton Turner gets the day underway at 7:32am, with the final pairing beginning at 1:47pm.
Where can I watch it?
The fourth round will be shown entirely on Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event from 7:30am. Highlights will be shown on BBC Two at 8pm.
Sunday tee times
7:32am – Ashton Turner
7:42am – Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thi)
7:52am – Eddie Pepperell, Nino Bertasio (Ita)
8:02am – Paul Waring, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)
8:12am – Jason Kokrak (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa)
8:22am – Jim Furyk (USA), Callum Shinkwin
8:32am – Kevin Streelman (USA), Bubba Watson (USA)
8:42am – Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Kyle Stanley (USA)
8:57am – Paul Casey, Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
9:07am – Adam Hadwin (Can), Matt Wallace
9:17am – Francesco Molinari (Ita), Thomas Pieters (Bel)
9:27am – Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Andrew Wilson
9:37am – Yosuke Asaji (Jap), Steward Cink (USA)
9:47am – Joost Luiten (Ned), Doc Redman (USA)
9:57am – Innchoon Hwang (Kor), Ryan Fox (Aus)
10:07am – Yuki Inamori (Jap), Charley Hoffman (USA)
10:17am – Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Ernie Els (Rsa)
10:32am – Aaron Wise (USA), Lucas Glover (USA)
10:42am – Patrick Cantlay (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
10:52am – Mikko Korhonen (Fin), Dustin Johnson (USA)
11:02am – Rory Sabbatini (Slo), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
11:12am – Romain Langaque (Fra), Kevin Kisner (USA)
11:22am – Tom Lewis, Graeme McDowell (Nir)
11:32am – Justin Harding (Rsa), Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)
11:42am – Tyrrell Hatton, Webb Simpson (USA)
11:52am – Byeong Hun-am (Kor), Matthew Fitzpatrick
12:07pm – Patrick Reed (USA), Justin Thomas (USA)
12:17pm – Sang Hyun-park (Kor), Russell Knox (Sco)
12:27pm – Xander Schauffele (USA), Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:37pm – Andrew Putnam (USA), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)
12:47pm – Matt Kuchar (USA), Alex Noren (Swe)
12:57pm – Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jordan Spieth (USA)
1:07pm – Tony Finau (USA), Jon Rahm (Spa)
1:17pm – Danny Willett, Lee Westwood
1:27pm – Rickie Fowler (USA), Justin Rose
1:37pm – Brooks Koepka (USA), JB Holmes (USA)
1:47pm – Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry (Ire)
14th hole
Willett (-6) hits the rim of the hole with his putt for par but the ball lips out and he makes bogey. Westwood (-7) holes in for par.
13th hole
Rose (-3) a little further away than the 6ft I thought, misses his putt for par, so too does Rickie Fowler (-6). They join the group to bogey 13.
12th hole
JB Holmes (evs) is making Rory McIlroy's first round look like a dream scenario. He takes a penalty drop on 12, misses his putt for bogey and gets a double. He's ten over for the day and level par for the week.
12th hole
Lowry (-15) finds the front of the green in three so will have a long, long putt for birdie. Fleetwood (-10) is closer in two and has an eagle putt incoming.
13th hole
Koepka (-6) finds the green on 13 and surprises everyone by setting up a putt for birdie.
12th hole
Lowry (-15) makes par with a long putt for birdie finishing close on 12. Fleetwood's eagle putt pulls up short but he manages to hole the birdie. There's not a sound from the crowd as the ball goes in and Tommy moves to (-11). He cuts the gap to just four and Lowry (-15) like the crowd know the job isn't done yet.
13th hole
The trap of 13 catches Tommy Fleetwood (-11) he shoots over the back. Lowry (-15) looks nervous as he hits his tee shot, unlike Tommy he doesn't pitch on the green but instead lands in the bunker to the left.
Previously Brooks Koepka (-6) had a putt for birdie which sailed wide, instead he made par which is the best result of this hole from the last four pairings.
13th hole
Fleetwood's (-11) second comes relatively close, close enough for a par, not as close as Lowry (-15) who pitches his from the bunker to within 4ft. He truly is a magician out the sand.
13th hole
Tommy (-11) adds a pinch of pressure onto the leader as he holes his putt for par but there's no signs of nerves from Shane Lowry (-15) just inside right of the cup and it falls for par. Four in front with five to play.
16th hole
A left-to-right putt for Lee Westwood on the 16th doesn't drop and he picks up another bogey to drop back to (-6). The putter has let him down on these last two rounds. Danny Willett (-5) finally stops plummeting as he makes a well earned par.
14th hole
Lowry's (-15) second leaps off the club face and flies to the back of the putting surface. In his favour is Tommy Fleetwood's (-11) ball in the bunker, it's not sitting well so Tommy whacks it high, he spoons it over to the right rough near the big screen. A par from here would be a miracle.
17th hole
Tony Finau (-7) has a birdie putt that he draws in close to the hole, he's up to third on the leaderboard and has had a good week.
15th hole
Rickie Fowler (-6) is one of those players that's always there or thereabouts in the majors. A good pick for an each way bet. He makes a really solid putt drop on the 15th to pick up a birdie and move up to fourth.
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