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Henrik Stenson critical of fencing

World number eight Henrik Stenson expressed criticism of the crowd barriers at the British Open on Saturday after his tee shot on the final hole hit a spectator and cost him a double-bogey six.

“I think the metal fencing in the crowd is way too close to the landing area on 18 in these conditions,” a frustrated Stenson told Reuters after carding a one-over-par 71 at a breezy Turnberry in the third round.

The tall Swede, winner of May’s unofficial fifth major, the Players Championship in Florida, had been level for the tournament after 17 holes.

“It is bitter to finish with a six up the last,” the six-times European Tour champion said. “I was trying to hit a long iron down the right-hand side coming in off the breeze but I blocked it a bit right and hit a guy in the head.

“Without the crowd and the fencing in the wrong spot, I would have been another 60 yards up in the right-hand semi (rough) and would have had a fairly easy shot to get on the green and it would have been a different story.”

Stenson’s woes continued, however, after he chipped back out on to the fairway.

“I played a pitch-and-run which died a little bit and then topped it off with a three-putt,” he said after signing his card for a two-over total of 212.

The Swede had mixed birdies at the second, seventh and 17th with bogeys at the fifth and ninth to claw his back to even par overall before his untidy finish.