Open championship final round drama

HARRINGTON JOINS GARCIA IN LEAD

Padraig Harrington had joined long-time leader Sergio Garcia in a share of the pole position at seven under par overall in the final round of the Open championship at Carnoustie.

The Irishman was seven under after 11, the Spaniard, who had started the day at nine under par, was seven under par after 10.

Then came Andres Romero (Argentina) and Ernie Els (South Africa) on six under par. Romero had played 13 and Els 11.

Steve Stricker was sharing the next spot at five under par with R Green. Green had finished his 72 holes, Stricker had eight holes to play.

Tiger Woods was obviously not going to "do a Paul Lawrie" over the final round. Woods was "only" two under par after 16 holes.

EARLY OPEN FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
281 Ben Curtis (US) 72 74 70 65
285 Mark Calcavecchia (US) 74 70 72 69
288 Charley Hoffman (US) 75 69 72 72, Shaun Micheel (US) 70 76 70 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 75 69 73 71, Mark Foster 76 70 73 69
289 Rory McIlroy (am) 68 76 73 72, Ryan Moore (US) 72 72 74 71
290 Arron Oberholser (US) 73 71 72 74, John Senden (Aus) 72 74 71 73, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 75 73 72, Ross Bain 73 71 72 74
293 Kevin Stadler (US) 75 71 74 73, Tom Lehman (US) 73 73 74 73
294 Brian Davis 74 72 71 77, David Howell 72 74 73 75, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 75 74 75, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 72 77 75
295 Michael Campbell (NZ) 68 78 72 77, Anders Hansen (Den) 72 73 74 76, Scott Verplank (US) 72 73 72 78
296 Mark O'Meara (US) 74 72 76 74, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 74 77 74, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 72 72 76 76
297 Jon Bevan 73 73 79 72, Luke Donald 70 76 73 78
298 Sandy Lyle 73 73 73 79, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 69 76 79
299 Sean O'Hair (US) 71 75 74 79, Alastair Forsyth 70 71 78 80
300 Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 74 76 80, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe).