The Open 2026: fourth and final round at Royal Birkdale – live
️Updates from the final day’s play at Royal Birkdale️Official leaderboard | Mail Scott with your thoughtsA good couple of minutes for Ireland. Rory McIlroy finally makes a putt, on 10, while Shane Lowry holes out from a bunker at 4. It’s back-to-back birdies for the 2019 champion, who clenches a fist in celebration. At -5, you can be sure he’s not going to admit defeat just yet. Rory is -4. But any faint Scottish hopes of a first title since Paul Lawrie seized the day in 1999 have gone south. Consecutive bogeys for Bob MacIntyre, at 6 and 7, and he’s back to -2.Russell Henley keeps on keepin’ on! He sends his approach at 11 from 156 yards to 14 feet, and the putt drops for his fifth birdie of the day. The rest of his card is unblemished, so he just needs another three birdies in the last seven holes to join Club 62. And there are scoring opportunities all around Royal Birkdale. Continue reading...