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
Scheffler E (13), Koepka +6 (13)
Scottie in a spot of bother here on 14, his ball is close to a platform, the lip, just a few inches above the ground, is hindering his backswing.
Koepka plays up and his second is short and trickles down the bank and right of the flag, he’s short-sided himself too, not much room to work with there to save par.
The Open 2023: US Open champion Wyndham Clark begins final round at Hoylake
T37: Todd E (2), Scheffler E (13)
The US Open champion Wyndham Clark is on the first tee, -1 for the tournament, he’ll want another strong finish here to carry momentum into the FedEx Playoffs and the Ryder Cup.
He finds the fairway, next is Richard Bland (-1), his tee shot is down the left and about 10-15 yards short of Clark’s.
Brendan Todd on two makes birdie, he’s back to E for the championship.
Scheffler rolls in his par on 13, stays at level.
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Scheffler E (12), Koepka +7 (12), Southgate E (8)
Stewart Cink and Henrik Stenson are out now, the 2009 and 2016 Open champions will attract a big crowd you would think.
Scheffler from a raised bank, bumps one in to about five feet, he’ll look to make par and keep rolling.
Matthew Southgate rolls in a fine par save, he remains at E, the fist pump shows just what it means to him.
Koepka is now frittering away strokes, a long par try is just short, he’s now at +7.
The Open 2023
Scheffler E (11), Koepka +6 (11)
Of course Scheffler moves to even for the championship, very impressive.
Lamprecht (a), who led after round one, has just drained a putt from about 20 feet, he stays at +10. A fine week for the Georgia Tech student athlete.
The Open 2023
Scheffler +1 (10), Koepka +6 (10)
Where has this man been the last couple days? Scottie Scheffler beautifully controls a wedge on 11 and he has another birdie look, this one to get back to level par for the championship.
The Open 2023
Scheffler +1 (10), Koepka +6 (10)
The wind is really picking up and Koepka is wayward once more with the driver, a tough weekend for the PGA champion.
It’s a rough day for Robert MacIntyre, he made a triple bogey on the third and it’s not got much better, +12 overall for the Scot, who started +5 today.
Defending champion Cameron Smith has arrived and is doing some putting practice, he’s off at 12:00pm.
The Open 2023
Scheffler +1 (10), Koepka +6 (10)
Koepka, from seven to eight feet on 11, and this one lips out, it’s his third bogey of the day, he’s back to +6.
No such problem for Scheffler, tidy work, he’s made five consecutive pars.
The Open 2023: Adam Scott building nicely
Scott +2 (6), Perez +3 (6)
Adam Scott with a delicious, raking cut with the driver.
He’s -1 today after that eagle on the fourth.
Scheffler from the thick stuff, muscling it out but the contours of the green see the ball bound left due to the lack of spin.
Scheffler and Koepka make hard work of 10th tee at The Open 2023
Scheffler +1 (9), Koepka +5 (9)
Tommy Fleetwood has arrived at Royal Liverpool more than three hours before he tees off at 1:45pm.
Now we reach the 10th, Scheffler with a fade but that looks to be in trouble and in the thick rough.
Koepka is also wayward and this one leaks out to the left, the lie looks awful too.
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