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Fourth round collated scores

Fourth round clubhouse scores in the The 139th Open Championship, St Andrews Old Course, Fife, Scotland
(GB & Irl unless stated, par 72):

272 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 65 67 69 71 (£850,000)

279 Lee Westwood 67 71 71 70 (£500,000)

280 Rory McIlroy 63 80 69 68, Paul Casey 69 69 67 75, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 74 67 71 (£256,666.666 each)

281 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 70 72 70 (250,000)

282 Nick Watney (USA) 67 73 71 71, Robert Rock 68 78 67 69, Sean O'Hair (USA) 67 72 72 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 69 71 68 74 (£96250 each)

283 Jeff Overton (USA) 73 69 72 69, Luke Donald 73 72 69 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 70 74 67

284 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 71 75 68 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 71 70 72, Tom Lehman (USA) 71 68 75 70, Jin Jeong (Kor) 68 70 74 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 71 72 72, Dustin Johnson (USA) 69 72 69 74, J.B. Holmes (USA) 70 72 70 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 69 71 73 71, Rickie Fowler (USA) 79 67 71 67

285 Tiger Woods (USA) 67 73 73 72, Stephen Gallacher 71 73 70 71, Graeme McDowell 71 68 76 70, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 74 75 68

286 Adam Scott (Aus) 72 70 72 72, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75 74 70, Matt Kuchar (USA) 72 74 71 69, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 68 73 75 70, Kevin Na (USA) 70 74 70 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 75 71 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 67 74 73, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 71 71 77, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 69 76 73 68, Bradley Dredge 66 76 74 70

287 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 73 74 74, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 74 70 71, Hunter Mahan (USA) 69 76 71 71, Colm Moriarty 72 73 72 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 73 76 70, Ross Fisher 68 77 68 74, Shane Lowry 68 73 71 75

288 Ricky Barnes (USA) 68 71 72 77, Bo Van Pelt (USA) 69 72 73 74, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 75 70 75, Darren Clarke 70 70 77 71

289 Phil Mickelson (USA) 73 71 70 75, John Daly (USA) 66 76 74 73, Lucas Glover (USA) 67 76 70 76, John Senden (Aus) 68 76 73 72, Stewart Cink (USA) 70 74 71 74, Simon Dyson 69 75 73 72, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 70 74 73 72

290 Steve Stricker (USA) 71 74 71 74, Steve Marino (USA) 69 76 69 76, Zane Scotland 70 74 72 74, Danny Chia (Mal) 69 77 74 70, Simon Khan 74 69 73 74

291 Marc Leishman (Aus) 73 71 72 75, Ian Poulter 71 73 76 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. (USA) 72 74 71 74, Heath Slocum (USA) 71 74 73 73, Peter Senior (Aus) 73 71 74 73, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 67 74 76 74, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 70 70 77 74, Jason Day (Aus) 71 74 75 71

292 Hirofumi Miyase (Jpn) 71 75 73 73, Colin Montgomerie 74 71 74 73, Steven Tiley 66 79 73 74, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 67 74 73 78

293 Andrew Coltart 66 77 74 76

294 Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 70 67 77 80

295 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 71 73 77 74, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 73 73 76 73

296 Zach Johnson (USA) 72 74 74 76, Scott Verplank (USA) 72 73 74 77

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