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)
1st hole
Innchoon Hwang (-1) gets into the red on the first hole. His second shot was great, stopping five feet from the hole and setting up his birdie.
2nd
Stewart Cink (-1) joins him under par for the tournament with a birdie of his own on the second.
1st hole
Lucas Bjerregaard (-1) and Ernie Els (-1) are the first under par pairing to get started on the final round. Bjerregaard hits the middle of the fairway with the Big Easy hitting a six or seven iron and joining him.
13th hole
Shubhankar Sharma (+3) holes his second shot on the 13th for a birdie two. That's his fourth of the day.
9th hole
A bogey for Bubba on the ninth puts an end to his momentum. He's level par for the day going out in 36 despite and eagle and a birdie.
5th hole
Molinari (+1) recovers well from his tee shot as he nurses a birdie putt over and down a rise in the green to within a couple of feet to leave an easy putt for par.
1st hole
Els (-1) and Bjerregaard (-1) will have to settle for pars at best as they both miss long birdie efforts.
5th hole
Louis Oosthuizen (-1) makes his second birdie of the day. He stands over a five/six foot putt the wind blowing his polo shirt as he knocks it in. Is that a sign of things to come later in the day.
7th hole
Adam Hadwin! Over the back of the green in two, he plays a chip and run for his third and what a chip, the ball lands about halfway to the hole and it finds the line only stopping when it falls into the cup. He moves to (-1) with that eagle.
Birdies and more birdies
5th hole
Stewart Cink (-2) heads further into the red with a second birdie of the day.
4th hole
Joost Luiten (-2) boasts consecutive birdies on the second and third holes before making par on the fourth
3rd hole
Innchoon Hwang (-2) starts with birdie, birdie before letting a birdie putt slip by on three.
1st hole
Patrick Cantlay (-1) partners the great man Sergio Garcia (-1) for their final round at Portrush. Both start well, Cantlay with an iron into the fairway, Garcia taking driver with the same result albeit quite a way further down.
4th hole
Just as I was praising him, Hwang (-1) makes a bogey five on the fourth hole. He slips back to 1-under.
5th hole
Up in front of him Doc Redman, great name by the way, makes his third birdie of the day to go to (-2)
6th hole
Yosuke Asaji (evs) after dropping a shot on the fourth, responds with back-to-back birdies on five and six to drag himself to level par for the week. Joost Luiten (-3) heads to the sixth tee after carding a third birdie of the day on the fifth. He's yet to drop a shot.
1st hole
Mikko Korhonen (-1) and Dustin Johnson (-2) head off from the first tee. They both take driver, Korhonen finds the right bunker or he's very close to it. DJ hits the left rough.
1st hole
Sergio (-1) misses his putt for birdie.
8th hole
Molinari (evs) is in the rough on the left side of the green, he hits a very good high chip shot in close to the pin and should make par.
6th hole
A fourth birdie of the day almost drops for Luiten (-3) but rolls by the left edge.
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