Spieth led Conquering the tournament Competition from the first round and built Creating a five-shot lead going to the back nine on Sunday , but lost Earnings_and_losses six shots to par over the next three holes culminating Come_together in a quadruple-bogey on the 12th hole where he hit Attack two balls into Rae 's Creek .

Arnold Palmer birdied Body_movement the final two holes to win by one stroke Motion over runner-up Ken Venturi .

Trailing by five shots with six holes to play , Fowler played Competition them at six-under-par , going Motion birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to force Causation a playoff Competition .

After the three-hole aggregate playoff Competition ( holes 16–18 ) ended Process_end with Kisner and Fowler still tied Connect , they returned Motion to the 17th for sudden-death .

All entries played Competition 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making Action the cut and playing Competition 36 holes on the final day , with the additional provision Imposing_obligation that the final Process_end day 's field had to contain at least 32 professionals .

All entries played Competition 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making Action the cut and playing Competition 36 holes on the final day , with the additional provision Imposing_obligation that the final Process_end day 's field had to contain at least 32 professionals .

Park reached Arriving the turn in 39 after sixes at the 1st and 3rd holes .

Scott was the leader Becoming_a_member after 54 holes at 199 ( −11 ) , with Els six strokes Self_motion back , tied Connect for fifth .

After a birdie at the 14th hole , Scott was four strokes ahead with four holes to play Competition .

When Scott agonizingly bogeyed Motion each of the final four holes , he dropped Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to second and Els won the Championship Competition by a single stroke Self_motion .

In the final pairing Hostile_encounter with 54-hole leader Jerry Kelly , Woods played Competition the final nine holes on Monday .

at the previous open at royal birkdale seven years earlier in 1991 , o'meara was a co-leader after 54 holes , shot Motion 69 , and tied Connect for

Coody , co-leader with Nicklaus entering the round , rebounded from his bogey at 14 with two consecutive birdies and parred the final two holes while Miller , 23 , bogeyed two of the last three holes .

Coody , co-leader with Nicklaus entering the round , rebounded from his bogey at 14 with two consecutive birdies and parred the final two holes while Miller , 23 , bogeyed two of the last three holes .

It was a bit of redemption for Coody , who bogeyed the final three holes in 1969 to finish two strokes back .