Final Round Leaderboard: -3 Mickelson (66), Par Stenson (70), +1 Westwood (75), Scott (72), Poulter (67)
An incredible final round of 66 saw Phil Mickelson storm to victory at Muirfield by three shots and claim his fifth major title. It was a solid opening nine holes as two birdies gave the American hope of posting a target for the leaders to surpass. However, Mickelson found some inspired golf to make four more birdies, including the 17th and 18th, on the back nine to take his tournament score to -3. In the end it was too much for everyone else who couldn't get near Mickelson's incredible score. Henrik Stenson took second place on level par after a one under round of 70. Third round leader Lee Westwood struggled with his putting and dropped four shots on his final round to finish in joint third on one over par. Ian Poulter shot an impressive 67 to claim joint third alongside Adam Scott, who could only manage 72 shots for his final round.
My Favourites: Tiger Woods trailed away again on the final day of a major after a three over par round of 74 left him joint sixth on +2. Sergio Garcia finished in joint 21st after shooting 75 and finishing on +7. Ernie Eles was one shot worse and came joint 26th after scoring 74. Bubba Watson struggled with the conditions all weekend and ended in joint 32nd place with a score of +9 after a round of 73.
My Opinion: That was simply incredible from Phil Mickelson. To shoot 66 and finish with two birdies in a row was deserving of a champion performance. Nobody else could compete with golf like that. Ian Poulter set the early target with one over par after a trying 67 but it was not enough. It shows how tough the course was set up and with the very challenging conditions that there was only one player to finish under par for the tournament. Henrik Stenson can be pleased with his efforts whilst Lee Westwood proves one again that his putting lets him down in a final round of a major. Adam Scott could not find anything magical and again misses out on The Open title.
Performance of the Day: Phil Mickelson for a miraculous round of 66 and win the title.
Performance of the Tournament: Henrik Stenson deserves this for four solid and consistent rounds of golf.
Amateur Performance of the Tournament: Matthew Fitzpatrick who finished on ten over par for the tournament.
Lowest Round of the Day: Phil Mickelson with 66.
Lowest Round of the Tournament: 66 and -5 was scored by Zach Johnson in the first round and by Phil Mickelson in the final round.
Highest Round of the Day: 88 and +17 was scored by Scott Piercy in the second round.
Highest overall score of the Tournament: 307 and +23 shots were taken by Sandy Lyle.
Disappointment of the Day: Lee Westwood's putting woes.
Disappointment of the Tournament: My two favourite players, Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler both missed the cut.
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