Cheers Luke. Who wouldn't be?

So here we go. Can Rory McIlroy become the third man to win three majors by the age of 25? He tees off in about seven minutes with a six-shot lead.

And with Rory approaching the first tee, I will sign off and hand over to the steady hands of Andy Cryer. He looks up for this...Rory that is, not Andy.

Dustin Johnson starts his final round with an accurate tee-shot on the first and Sergio Garcia pings his down the middle too. A nice start for the men at nine under.

Robert Karlsson on the second putts for birdie...drops. Seven under. Matteo Manassero in the group behind the Swedish player has a horrible shot from the rough...outrageous. His iron shot rolls up the green and to within a few feet.

Rory McIlroy moves from the range to the putting green. Penny for your thoughts Rory. Around 12 minutes until he tees off.

American Dustin Johnson on his chances of catching leader Rory McIlroy: "If I want a chance I need a good start to get pressure on him. He has a commanding lead. Get off to a good start and see what happens."

Johnson is nine under, seven shots behind McIlroy and is on the first tee-box.

Scott Drummond
BBC Sport on-the-course reporter

I'm very much looking forward to seeing these guys out here today and Victor, an aggressive player, is out with his driver at the first here.

Dubuisson just drove it straight into the hay.

Victor Dubuisson is quirky isn't he? A visor, a sleeveless jacket and white pants for the hirsute Frenchman. In typically bold fashion, he goes for driver on the tight first hole and it's in the rough. Edoardo Molinari his playing partner today.

Birdie chance for Graeme McDowell on two...nope. Rolls past, couldn't read the line. Marc Leishman for birdie on four...that's how you do it Graeme. Straight in the middle of the cup.

Leishman moves to six under, G-Mac stays on minus four. They really are packing up in a bunch in the race for second.

Beautiful from Shane Lowry. The big Irishman lofts his tee shot on nine to within three feet of the pin. Not a single hole in one this week. That would have been close with a tad more juice.

A tap-in birdie moves Lowry to six under.

Thomas Bjorn - who has twice finished tied second at the Open - taps in for a 67 and four under overall. It is a great round and good enough for tied 23rd overall.

Henrik Stenson, one of Europe's sure-thing Ryder Cup players, ends the week three shots behind the Dane.

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Sports psychologist Bob Rotella, who worked with Padraig Harrington when he won the Open in 2008, speaking to BBC Sport on the range:

"I think the danger is if Rory tries too hard. But I think he will stay in the present moment and play one shot at a time.

"Given the conditions it's important he goes out and plays his game. If he plays his game he'll shoot under par today.

"The chasing guys have got to shoot 60, 62 or something like that. I think they have the easy situation, there's no pressure on them. It's hard to get into that mindset when you're leading but I think Rory's proven in the past he can go low when out in front."

McIlroy tees off at 14:40 BST

Around 30 minutes until we see the lead group of Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler arrive on the first tee. The start of a procession or the beginning of a huge drama?

Darren Clarke and Charl Schwartzel are in for pars on the first drag, Jim Furyk and Robert Karlsson follow them up the fairway and set up small birdie chances while Scotland's Stephen Gallagher gets birdie on five.

The par fives will see a huge number of birdies today. A par there is a missed chance.

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport at Hoylake

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Top golf snapper David Cannon talked me through what makes a great Open photo. He picked three of his favourites so far from this week. Here's the first:

"I try to get the course as much as the player because links golf is so unique nowadays. For me it is what the game of golf is. The beauty of it is you get that unique rough. So for example a picture of a golfer with a huge clod of grass on the end of his club is great.

"You try to get one picture that will sum up the whole tournament. I took one of Rory McIlroy hitting his second to the 18th on Saturday evening to set up an eagle. There are the stormy clouds, this amazing amphitheatre of the 18th and the ball up against the dark sky. It just captured his round. Two eagles in three holes, what a finish. It's the power of the still photograph, isn't it? It's there forever."

Colin McCaw:, external Feels like death of childhood dream seeing Tiger Woods play so poorly. Really hope he finds top(ish) form again.

Peter Alliss
BBC Sport commentator

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"That round from Chris Wood will make people think if he can do it, I can do it. Very nice. You don't get a round much better than that."

Mr Lancey:, external Probably already answered, but why have the players got black ribbons on their caps?

The ribbons are in tribute to golf coach Bob Torrance, who died on Friday evening after a battle with cancer. Torrance helped Padraig Harrington to back-to-back Open titles in 2007 and 2008.

Our low marker for the day is in the clubhouse. Chris Wood putts for six under for the day and four under for the tournament. A superb round. No bogeys for the 26-year-old since the ninth hole of his third round.

His playing partner Paul Casey shows Royal Liverpool his is its equal with a birdie on the last to end level par for the championship. He does that thing where the hat is taken off to acknowledge the galleries. Is anyone else as shocked at me with how different players look without a hat?