HIGHLIGHTS-Golf-Day Four at the British Open

Highlights of the final day at the 148th British Open golf championship at Royal Portrush on Sunday (times GMT): 1356 BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES HELP LOWRY EXTEND LEAD

Back-to-back birdies in the fourth and fifth holes helped Shane Lowry to regain control with a five-shot lead at the top. Earlier, Lee Westwood shook off a poor start to fire three birdies in the first five holes to go 10-under in third place behind Fleetwood and Lowry.

World number one Brooks Koepka snapped a string of four straight bogeys with a superb eagle on the fifth to get back to seven-under. READ MORE:

Lowry breaks course record to seize control Four-shot lead no guarantee for Lowry

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Westwood trailing after blistering start 1308 LOWRY MAKES NERVOUS START

Overnight leader Lowry began his final round amid increasingly breezy conditions at Royal Portrush, with the temperature around 16 degree Celsius. Irishman Lowry, who carded a course-record eight-under 63 on Saturday to hold a four-stroke lead over Fleetwood, began with a wayward shot that landed in the rough on the left and found the bunker with his second shot, before he recovered for a bogey. His lead is cut to three shots.