The Open 2014: fourth round – in pictures

Shane Lowry of Ireland walks to make a putt on the 18th green with his caddie Dermot Byrne during the final round of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Sunday July 20, 2014. Photograph: AP

US golfer Tiger Woods has a bite to eat on his way to the 5th tee during his fourth round, on the final day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 20, 2014. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

US golfer Tiger Woods (R) walks with his caddie Joe Lacava to the 6th green during his fourth round, on the final day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 20, 2014. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Italy's Edoardo Molinari (L) and France's Victor Dubuisson on the 1st tee at the start of their fourth rounds, on the final day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 20, 2014. Photograph: Peter Muhl/AFP/Getty Images

US golfer Jimmy Walker returns to the 14th tee on a buggy after losing his ball during his fourth round 73. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Australia's Adam Scott prepares to take a drop after playing into a gorse bush on the 7th hole during his fourth round, on the final day. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Sergio Garcia of Spain putts for a birdie at the 1st green on the final day. Photograph: Gerry Penny/EPA

Sergio Garcia of Spain leaves his ball in the bunker on the 15th hole. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/R&A/R&A via Getty Images

People watch from their balcony as Rory McIlroy (L) starts his final round on the final day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 20, 2014. Photograph: Peter Muhl/AFP/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays from the 1st fairway during the final round of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England, Sunday July 20, 2014. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

US golfer Rickie Fowler lines up his putt on the 1st green during his fourth round, on the final day of the 2014 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, north west England on July 20, 2014. Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images

USA's Rickie Fowler and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (R) on the 3rd tee during the final round. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays from a bunker on the seventh hole. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

USA's Rickie Fowler intense concentration teeing off. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images

Rory McIlroy points out a heckler to a marshall on the 16th tee. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS

Rory McIlroy walks across the 17th green. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/R&A/R&A via Getty Images

Rory McIlroy throws his ball into the crowd to clebrate winning on the 18th green during the final round. Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/R&A/R&A via Getty Images

Rory McIlroy looks at the ball in the air on the 18th green Photograph: CathalMcNaughton/Reuters

Rory McIlroy celebrates his two-stroke victory on the 18th green with his mother Rosie. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Rickie Fowler of the U.S. (L) walks with Sergio Garcia of Spain on the 18th green after they finished as joint runners-up. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Garry Harvey engraves the name of Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland onto the band of the Claret Jug. Photograph: Mark Runnacles/R&A/R&A via Getty Images

Rory McIlroy poses as he holds the Claret Jug after winning the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Rory McIlroy kisses the Claret Jug after his two-stroke victory. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/R&A/R&A via Getty Images

Rory McIlroy looks at the Claret Jug in the locker room after his victory. Photograph: Ian Walton/R&A/R&A via Getty Images