THE OPEN RELATED STORIES The Open Home Page The Open Scores Round 4: Tiger Woods seals two shot victory Round 4: Emotional Tiger Woods thanks late father Round 4: Players give Hoylake top marks Round 4: Ernie Els continues impressive Open run Round 4: Marius Thorp wins Silver Medal Round 4: Sergio Garcia takes positives from Open Round 4: Chris DiMarco consoled by second place Round 4: Tiger Woods edges ahead of field Round 3: Sergio Garcia in sight of first major title Round 3: Ernie Els happy to still be in the mix Round 3: Putting problems keep Woods back Round 3: Chris DiMarco counts on experience Round 2: Woods and Els set for showdown Round 2: Singh & Monty amongst cut casualties Round 2: Ernie Els relishes being in contention Round 2: David Duval frustrated again Round 2: Phil Mickelson well off the pace Round 2: Poor showing by Ryder Cup hopefuls Round 1: Woods makes move with eagle on 18th Round 1: Clarke to take break to care for wife Round 1: Seve Ballesteros happy with opening 74 Round 1: Ernie Els finds putting touch again Round 1: Garcia amongst early front runners Leading contenders for the British Open Tiger Woods ready for Open defence Geoff Ogilvy enjoying life as a champion Weather set fair at Hoylake Phil Mickelson in confident mood Tiger Woods & Nick Faldo fued simmers Trevor Immelman pulls out of Open Players expecting to score low at Hoylake Ben Curtis has sights on second Open title Montgomerie still optimistic about breaking duck Rest of the World catching the Americans Hoylake ready for a new chapter Europeans seeking a Major turnaround Trevor Immelman celebrates birth of first child Tiger Woods is bookmakers favourite Hot, dry and fast Hoylake awaits players Nick Faldo & Tiger Woods row diffused Hoylake a mystery to the whole field John Daly plays "The Cavern" Retief Goosen not confident heading into Open John Senden joins record number of Australians Woods starts Open defence with Faldo The Open Preview Course Guide: Hoylake - Royal Liverpool 2006 European Tour Schedule GOLF TODAY TOP STORIES Greg Norman struggles at Troon Ochoa leads with flawless 65 Mike Weir amongst leaders Four share lead in Russia Padraig Harrington hungry for more success Michelle Wie to play on PGA Tour again GREAT GIFTS FOR GOLFERS Golf Breaks to Portugal & Ireland Half Price Golf Vouchers InstructaCard - your portable pro! The Father & Son Golf Ch'ship Golf Insurance

270 Tiger Woods (USA) 67 65 71 67

272 Chris DiMarco (USA) 70 65 69 68

275 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 65 71 71

276 Jim Furyk (USA) 68 71 66 71

277 Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 72 68 66 71, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 71 65 73

278 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 68 66 73

279 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 72 70 69, Andres Romero (Arg) 70 70 68 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 69 70 72

280 Anthony Wall 67 73 71 69, Ben Crane (USA) 68 71 71 70, SK Ho (Kor) 68 73 69 70

281 Sean O'Hair (USA) 69 73 72 67, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 66 72 73

282 Robert Rock 69 69 73 71, Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 71 72 71, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 69 73 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 69 70 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 70 69 74, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 69 68 74

283 Mark Hensby (Aus) 68 72 74 69, Phil Mickelson (USA) 69 71 73 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 66 72 71, Greg Owen 67 73 68 75

284 Paul Broadhurst 71 71 73 69, Rory Sabbatini (USA) 69 70 73 72, Lee Slattery 69 72 71 72, Hunter Mahan (USA) 73 70 68 73, Jerry Kelly (USA) 72 67 69 76

285 Lee Westwood 69 72 75 69, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 71 68 74 72, Simon Khan 70 72 68 75, Scott Verplank (USA) 70 73 67 75

286 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 70 71 75 70, John Senden (Aus) 70 73 73 70, Luke Donald 74 68 73 71, Rod Pampling (Aus) 69 71 74 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 71 71 74, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 71 72 75

287 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 71 73 71, Brandt Jobe (USA) 69 71 75 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 70 76 74, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71 72 74, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 71 74, Jeff Sluman (USA) 71 72 68 76, Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 71 68 68 80

288 (x) Marius Thorp (Nor) 71 71 75 71, Tom Watson (USA) 72 70 75 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 72 71 74 71, Simon Dyson 74 69 70 75, Simon Wakefield 72 71 70 75, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 69 73 76, John Bickerton 72 70 70 76, Andrew Marshall 72 71 68 77

289 David Duval (USA) 70 70 78 71, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 73 68 76 72, Mike Weir (Can) 68 72 73 76, Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn) 67 73 70 79, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 69 69 79

290 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 72 69 72 77, Graeme McDowell 66 73 72 79

291 Marco Ruiz (Par) 71 70 80 70, Mark O'Meara (USA) 71 70 77 73

292 Chad Campbell (USA) 70 73 74 75

294 Vaughn Taylor (USA) 72 71 77 74, Fred Funk (USA) 69 74 75 76

295 (x) Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 70 77 75, Todd Hamilton (USA) 72 71 74 78

296 Bart Bryant (USA) 69 74 77 76

298 Paul Casey 72 70 79 77

The following players failed to make the cut:

144 Rich Beem (USA) 71 73, Scott Drummond 73 71, Jeff Maggert (USA) 75 69, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 74 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 75 69, Paul McGinley 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 73, Bradley Dredge 70 74, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 75, Phillip Price 74 70, Tom Pernice (USA) 71 73, Mark Pilkington 76 68

145 Ted Purdy (USA) 74 71, Lucas Glover (USA) 72 73, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 74, John Daly (USA) 72 73, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 75, Tom Lehman (USA) 68 77, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 73

146 Sandy Lyle 73 73, JJ Henry (USA) 73 73, Richard Green (Aus) 71 75, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 76, Brett Wetterich (USA) 74 72, Bo Van Pelt (USA) 74 72, David Smail (Nzl) 76 70, Ben Curtis (USA) 73 73, KJ Choi (Kor) 72 74, Fred Couples (USA) 70 76, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 76, Zach Johnson (USA) 73 73, Stephen Dodd 73 73, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 74

147 Nick Dougherty 74 73, (x) Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 75, Davis Love III (USA) 75 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 78 69, Bradley Hughes (Aus) 72 75, Darren Parris 75 72, Billy Andrade (USA) 72 75, Kenny Perry (USA) 73 74, Shaun Micheel (USA) 72 75, Michael Wright (Aus) 72 75, Adam Bland (Aus) 73 74

148 Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 74 74, Nick Faldo 77 71, Ross Wellington (Rsa) 75 73, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 74 74, Colin Montgomerie 73 75, Arron Oberholser (USA) 73 75

149 Stewart Cink (USA) 72 77, Johan Edfors (Swe) 75 74, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 76 73, Tim Herron (USA) 76 73, Padraig Harrington 75 74, Toshinori Muto (Jpn) 75 74, JB Holmes (USA) 74 75, Jim Payne 73 76

150 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73 77, Barry Lane 75 75, David Howell 74 76, Paul Lawrie 76 74, Brett Quigley (USA) 79 71

151 Jamie Donaldson 75 76, Darren Clarke 69 82, Yasuharu Imano (Jpn) 73 78, Ian Poulter 75 76, Severiano Ballesteros (Spa) 74 77, Nick Ludwell 75 76

152 Bruce Vaughan (USA) 75 77, Tatsuhiko Ichihara (Jpn) 78 74, Warren Bladon 76 76, Adam Frayne 71 81

153 Warren Abery (Rsa) 76 77

154 Danny Denison 78 76, Gary Lockerbie 78 76

155 Wayne Perske (Aus) 76 79

156 Unho Park (Aus) 82 74

157 Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 81 76, Sam Little 83 74, Ben Bunny (Aus) 74 83

158 Gary Day 82 76

163 Jon Bevan 82 81

Withdrawn: Kenneth Ferrie