The Open

Martin Dempster reports from The Open.

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00:00Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:07Royal Troon on the morning of the final round in the 152nd Open Championship. We're going

00:17to complete this week with another tough day here on the Ayrshire coast. It was windy the

00:24first couple of days, turned very wet on Saturday afternoon for the third round, and

00:32today is going to be another real test for the World's Top Players. The rain is spitting

00:39through at the moment, however it's set to be dry for the majority of the day, but the

00:46wind, it's coming from a slightly different direction once again, from early in the week

00:52it's a little bit off the west, which means it's going to be a crosswind, and that's going

00:59to make it very difficult indeed in the battle for the Claret Jug. After what can only be

01:05described as a chaotic final hour in the third round, American Billy Horschel, bitten to

01:12land his first major win, leads by a shot on four under par, one shot ahead of a group

01:20of six players that includes major winners, the current PGA Champion Xander Shoffley,

01:26former US Open Champion Justin Rose, and lurking ominously behind them is the world

01:33number one Scottish Sheffler. Near Nametjerk, Callum Scott, he holds a three shot lead in

01:41the battle for the silver medal, a big day ahead for him. Ewan Ferguson, he's on four

01:46over, he's looking for a big finish here to boost his PGA Tour card bid for next season,

01:53and Bob McIntyre, he starts out on six over par, and what a thrill for him as he plays

02:01in his group today with Phil Mickelson, who he describes as his boyhood hero. It's been

02:09quite a week so far, Scottish summer at its best you could say, but it's certainly going

02:15to be fascinating today to see how he comes out on top and is named champion golfer of

02:21the year. To keep up to date with everything about the 152nd Open, log on to Scotsman.com

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