The Open final round as it happened

Summary

Rory McIlroy wins the Open by two shots on -17 after a round of 71
Northern Irishman wins third major title at age of 25
Garcia, Fowler tied for second on -15; Furyk -13; Leishman, Scott -12
McDowell -10; Mickelson, Rose -5; Watson +1; Woods +6

Live Reporting

Ben Dirs, Andy Cryer and Luke Reddy

Get involvedpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
John McEnerney:, external Watch your back McIlroy, Sergio is moving like a bull in Pamplona at the San Fermin Festival & is after you! Vamos Sergio
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More sand for Fowler (-11) from off the tee on six. Leader McIlroy (-16) is inches away from stopping on the green but it keeps rolling and rolling and slips down the slope, off the green. That is not easy to get up and down for par from there. This is very much championship on.
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Two-time Open champion Greg Norman tweets:, external Now the pressure mounts! This is why we love this great game. Watching or playing.
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Hope for Garcia and he keeps his cool with a tee shot down the fairway on seven. At -12, the Spaniard is just four shots behind McIlroy as he chases his first major.
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McIlroy back to -16 - leads by fourpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
Four shots the difference now. McIlroy pushes his putt past the right on the par-five fifth and drops back to -16. The Northern Irishman is only one of four men in the top 30 not to be under par for their round today.
Leaders: -16 McIlroy (NI); -12 Garcia (Spa); -11 Fowler (US); -10 Dubuisson (Fra); -9 Lowry (Ire), Karlsson (Swe), Leishman (Aus).
McIlroy in trouble on the fifthpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
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Suddenly you just begin to wonder..... McIlroy's chip from off the green on par-five fifth is short and leaves him a horror for par. Segio Garcia (-12) shows nerves of steel for par on six.
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David Leadbetter
Leading golf coach on BBC Radio 5 live
"Sergio Garcia looks very focused here and he's got the crowd behind him. He's probably the second favourite and we all know how popular Spaniards are in Britain. He's a young 35, he hits the ball a mile and looks 25, so I think there's plenty of time for him yet."
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Leader McIlroy (-17) gets a free drop after being wedged underneath the grandstand. Still a tough-looking shot from the willowy rough and he gets a flyer. His chips flies across the green and rolls off the back to leave him a horrible up and down for par. Champagne golf from Fowler as he chips out from the bunker to within 10 feet of the hole, despite a horrible stance. Birdie chance for Fowler (-11).
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A rueful smile from Garcia (-12) after his tee shot on six. All fine though as he gives himself an outside chance for birdie.
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Fowler finds the bunker with his second on the par-five fifth. McIlroy gets lucky with his lie in the rough but doesn't look happy with his connection and rightly so. His ball lands close up to the grandstand on the right.
Garcia moves to 12 underpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
No problems for Garcia. Birdie on five and five shots adrift. He's behind you Rory.
Past Open championspublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
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Birdie chance for Garciapublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
Looks like another birdie for Garcia on the par-five fifth. Delicate chip from the rough to within a few feet off the hole. The Spaniard keeping things interesting and should move to -12, just five shots adrift of McIlroy.
Stand aside Henrik, Robert's in townpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
Swedish golf fan Magnus speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Conor McNamara: "We came for Stenson when we arrived but Robert is the man today."
Robert Karlsson (-10) is four under through seven holes while Stenson, European number one last season, finished one under for the tournament.
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Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport at Hoylake
Tiger Woods says Rory McIlroy can attack or defend given the size of his lead going into the final round:
"I think the beauty is having such a large lead. You can make mistakes and still win. The guys have to come to get you. He did a wonderful job of making that three-four-three in the last three holes [on Saturday]. All of a sudden he went from tied to a six-shot lead. He can afford to play conservatively. He can also afford to play aggressively. When you've got a big lead like that, you can play both ways."
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Second birdie of the day for Justin Rose on eight and he moves to seven under. Rickie Fowler, who made par on four, (-11) just about ok off the tee on five. McIlroy in an awkward spot after finding the rough. Still looking good for his six-shot lead though.
Poulter practising not watchingpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 20 July 2014
Image source, Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter tweets:, external "Sometimes this is the best thing. Reset the brain be alone and start flushing it. Never ever say it's not possible.
"Just been a little unsettled last couple on months, all will be clear very soon.... Then it's full systems go. Time to press really hard!"
Poulter missed the cut for the weekend.
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Peter Alliss
BBC Sport commentator
"It's a bombardment of birdies. I don't think I've seen anything like this for many a year."