OPEN SNAPSHOT

THE TOP 5

268: Jordan Spieth (US)

65, 69, 65, 69

271: Matt Kuchar (US)

65, 71, 66, 69,

274: Li Haotong (China)

69 73 69 63

275: Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) 71 68 69 67

Rafael Cabrera (Spain) 67 73 67 68

PLAYER OF THE DAY Jordan Spieth – the American added golf’s oldest and most prestigious trophy to his 2015 US Masters and US Open crowns.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“This is a dream come true for me, absolutely. I was able to drink some wine out of this, Zach Johnson won it a couple of years ago, and I was told that was bad luck – it was looking like that for a while there.” – Spieth after recovering from a mid-round collapse to claim the famous Claret Jug. The 64 of Aaron Baddeley (pictured) matched fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch’s magical six-under-par effort on the way to winning the 1991 Open at Royal Birkdale.

STAT OF THE DAY

Spieth joins Jack Nicklaus as the only players to have won three of golf’s four majors before the age of 24.

SHOT OF THE DAY

Spieth almost holing out for an ace on the par-three 14th set up a birdie and gave him a share of the lead again just minutes after an extraordinary penalty-shot bogey from the driving range.

HOW THE AUSSIES FARED Weekend rounds of 66 and 65 earned Marc Leishman his third top-10 result in four years. He finished at four under. Adam Scott was equal 22nd, Aaron Baddeley and Jason Day shared 27th, Andrew Dodt (70) was equal 44th at plus three on his major debut, while Scott Hend finished joint 54th.