Ryan Fox becomes the fourth player from New Zealand to win a golf major.

Bob Charles and Michael Campbell have won one of golf's big four in the men's game, while Lydia Ko is a three-time women's major champion.

Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

Isn't that a lesson for everybody? You don't have to play slow - there was no doubt in his mind.

Get on with it, get the job done!

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Ryan Fox did it in style.

He made birdies at four of the last six holes, with a bogey at the 15th in there too.

The 18th has been difficult all week but he played the hole of his life.

The celebrations can begin.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Royal Birkdale

What a moment!

Draining that birdie putt for victory!

He's done it! What a way to finish!

The arm was aloft before the ball dropped.

New Zealand's Ryan Fox is a major champion.

Not to be for Sam Burns this time. Another near miss at a major for the American.

The TV cameras pan to Cameron Young on the driving range.

His final round finished a couple of hours ago and he might be heading back out again for a play-off, unless Ryan Fox finds the cup from 12 feet.

Sam Burns to putt first for birdie.

Not to be for Kim Si-woo, who has disappointment etched on his face after finishing with a bogey.

The South Korean was briefly a shot clear at the top of the leaderboard at 10 under but back-to-back bogeys on the 11th and 12th stymied his momentum.

After rounds of 68, 67 and 67 he will be a little annoyed to end with a final round of 72.

Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

The shot of his life!

Oh wow - a great second shot from Ryan Fox as well!

He has a 12-foot putt left to win The Open.

Sam Burns is about 30 feet away and will putt first, knowing he needs to hole it to keep his hopes of a first major alive.

It would be the first for 11 years at an Open and only the sixth this century.

Here are the winners with their aggregate winning score, and Els took an extra sudden-death hole...

• 2002: Ernie Els, 16, 4, Muirfield
• 2004: Todd Hamilton, 15, Royal Troon
• 2007: Padraig Harrington, 15, Carnoustie
• 2009: Stewart Cink, 14, Turnberry
• 2015: Zach Johnson, 15, St Andrews

Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's certainly not an easy shot in but for Ryan Fox to hit a tee shot like that is huge.

The fairway gets so narrow here, but both he and Sam Burns have executed when it matters.

Two unbelievable tee shots.

The first piece of the jigsaw is in place for Ryan Fox - his drive finds the fairway, as does that of Sam Burns.

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Scottie Scheffler explains that drop on 17 and his chat with the rules official:

"I said, if I find it, does that help me; can I drop it - since that would be about 50 yards closer to the hole. He said, yes, you can then use that spot, but you might have to go to the other side of the TIO, which I didn't know exactly where that would be, and that's not a great angle coming across there.

"So decided to stop the search and go back and drop it doing point-of-entry TIO relief. Actually I did that once this year during the Byron as well. Not something I'm proud of but I was familiar with."

Did anyone try to find his ball?

"I stopped them. They had guys pointing from up there, like it landed right here, and I just kind of hauled up there, and I was like, guys, get out of there, stop, do not find the ball.

"Fortunately it was my security guy that I've had for a few years here. His name is Brucey. And then Woody was up there as well. So both those guys are pretty - I know them quite well, so when I said, please don't look for the ball, they got out of there."

Seems a long time ago now since Lucas Herbert stood over a five-footer for the first 61 in men's major history.

He missed it, and while he's battled well over the weekend, a few wild swings have cost the Australian when it really mattered.

It's a closing 71 for the 30-year-old, who pockets his first top-10 major finish.

Ludvig Aberg signs off with a 71 too. The Swede slumped to a couple of early bogeys and was never in contention after that.

It's the scenario every golfer dreams of - needing a birdie at the 72nd hole to win your first major.

Well... obviously you'd love a four-shot lead coming down the last, but that would just be greedy.

Tom Grundy
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Birkdale

More than two hours after he finished his round, Cameron Young is back on the practice range in anticipation of a possible play-off.

He started in the short-game area and is having plenty of dialogue with his coaches as the scoreboard updates in front of him.

Spectators have started to head back into the range area, that was empty 15 minutes ago, to catch a glimpse.

10 feet for birdie for Ryan Fox... only just wide!

So then... a birdie down the last to win The Open, a par to force a play-off.

Sam Burns needs a birdie at the very least and then must hope his playing partner takes at least one more shot on the 18th.

Ben Croucher
BBC Sport journalist at Royal Birkdale

Just moments after Tommy Fleetwood sunk his putt on the 18th, his army of fans are heading for the exit. Thousands are leaving.

He was the main attraction, the local hero and his supporters lived every shot with him.

Sticking around for a potentially fascinating closing few holes? Not this time.