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)
10th hole
Doc Redman (-4) becomes the first man of the day to reach the 4-under mark after a glorious second shot finishes a couple of inches from the whole.
12th hole
Francesco Molinari (-2) holes his eagle attempt and moves two shots under par for the week. He's 4-under for the round.
2nd hole
McDowell (-3) misjudged his third shot and left himself with a long putt for birdie, he didn't get it but made par.
18th hole
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (+1) joins Sharma, Turner and Bertasio as the players to birdie the last hole today. Three bogeys, five birdies and an eagle for Kiradech give him the lowest round of the day with a four under 67.
1st hole
Patrick Reed (-4) and Justin Thomas (-4) get game number 27 underway. The wind has picked up to about 18mph off the first tee. Patrick Reed finds the long rough to the left with Thomas in the fairway.
4th hole
173 yards to the pin for G-Mac on the fourth, he doesn't get it that far but finds the green and will have a putt for birdie.
4th hole
G-Mac's (-3) birdie putt doesn't trail to the left as he'd hoped so he settles for par.
14th hole
Molinari's (-2) approach to the 14th isn't the greatest so has has a long, long putt for a birdie. That putt is a poor one as well as Francesco leaves it about 6ft short.
Most of the leaders have arrived at the course, Brooks Koepka is the latest to arrive with Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry already here.
11th hole
Doc Redman's (-3) solid run of form comes to a halt on the difficult par-4 11th. He makes his second bogey of the day.
3rd hole
After his birdie on two Tyrell Hatton (-4) fails to replicate the result on the third pulling the putt up shirt. In the previous group Justin Harding (-4) made a birdie two.
1st hole
From the rough Patrick Reed (-4) holes his putt from around 9-10ft for a par.
Romain Langasque (-1) holed this beauty at the fourth. It's a good job too or else that ball was travelling miles:
5th hole
Tom Lewis (-4) goes back-to-back with birdies on the fourth and fifth to move 4-under par, McDowell (-3) has to settle for a par.
There are more and more umbrellas being opened, the rain is coming down and the wind is picking up as predicted.
4th hole
Tyrell Hatton (-5) makes it two birdies in four holes for the Englishman.
6th hole
McDowell (-3) is wide off the tee on the par-3 sixth. His chipped second shot comes in from the rough and finishes about a foot from the hole. Great recovery from G-Mac.
2nd hole
Justin Thomas (-4) on the second green has a birdie putt. He hits it well but it hovers over the hole when it stops. Thomas waits but it doesn't drop.
7th hole
McDowell's (-3) third shot into the seventh hits the front edge of the green and rolls back into the fairway. Up and down for par needed now for G-Mac.
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