England's Paul Casey has an up-and-down start with a double bogey at the first and a birdie at the second Jose Maria Olazabal finds himself two over after seven holes, some way off repeating the eight under he carded in 2005 A shot ahead of him is five-times Open champion Tom Watson who will look to bring his score below par as the day goes on Paul Broadhurst moves to six under after nailing a fantastic chip and run on the 10th for his second eagle of the day Masters champion Phil Mickelson hits his approach shot to the 14th green as he finishes on 5 under for the championship David Duval chips out of a bunker on the 18th hole as he finishes on one over for the championship Spain's Sergio Garcia has a nightmare start to his final round bogeying two of the first three holes to slip back to 10 under Tiger Woods is all smiles after going close to birdieing the third hole as he maintains his position at the top of leaderboard South Africa's Ernie Els birdies the fifth to go to 13 under, but Woods eagles the same hole to take a two shot lead A woeful front nine from Garcia sees the young Spaniard's hopes of winning fade away as he slips to eight under Chris DiMarco makes up for bogeying the first hole with birdies on the sixth, 10th and 13th to move to 14 under A double bogey on the 18th ends Adam Scott's challenge and the Australian finishes on nine under at Hoylake Els throws his putter up in the air after missing a birdie chance on the 15th green during the final round at Hoylake After bogeying the 12th Woods birdies the 14th, 15th and 16th to move into a three-shot lead over DiMarco DiMarco celebrates after finishing with a 68 for his final round to go to 16 under and take second place at The Open Woods is comforted by caddie Steve Williams after breaking down in tears after sealing a two-shot victory at Hoylake An emotional Woods lifts the Claret Jug after winning his third Open title and 11th career major at Hoylake
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