THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE FINAL ROUND

3pm

IRISH amateur Paul Dunne, the joint overnight leader, sees his Open hopes start to slip away as he bogeys the first then slices miles right off the second tee for another��

3.30

ZACH JOHNSON shoots three birdies in four holes to join Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington and Louis Oosthuizen in a five-way tie at the top.

4.20

AFTER Jordan Spieth four-putts the eighth, Leishman grabs the lead on 16 under par�� But Sergio Garcia (left) and Scott both miss minuscule putts to fall out of contention��

5.40

JOHNSON recovers from a topped shot and a bogey on the 17th hole to drain a 30-foot putt at the last for a birdie. The American cards a final-round 66 and posts the clubhouse target of 15 under par.

6.10

LEISHMAN fluffs a three-footer on 16 to slip back into a tie with Johnson. But Spieth wows the crowd with a 50-foot birdie putt to tie the lead.

6.40

HE sent the crowd wild on 16... but Spieth (right) bogeys 17 then finds the Valley of Sin on 18. His Open and Grand Slam dreams are over.

6.50

JASON DAY has a 20-foot putt to force his way into the play-off but looks on the verge of tears after leaving it short. Oosthuizen sneaks in.

7.10

LEISHMAN bogeys the first hole of the play-off, but Johnson and Oosthuizen birdie to leave the Aussie trailing two shots back.

7.37

JOHNSON is the only player to birdie the second but has a nightmare on the Road Hole. He escapes with a bogey, but Oosthuizen fails to better him.

7.57

JOHNSON is the Open champion. He pars the last before Oosthuizen misses a five-footer that would have tied the winning play-off score.