Open Championship 2013: Sunday timeline

The latest updates as the final round of the 2013 Open Championship at Muirfield gets underway

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Open Championship 2013: Sunday timeline

7 am - The Golf Monthly team is up early to play Gullane number three. It's a short but rough-strewn layout with some spectacular holes, including the par-3 11th (below).

9 am - As the final round gets underway, the Golf Monthly team give their predictions on who will prevail at the Open.

Mike Harris: Henrik Stenson Alex Narey: Tiger Woods Jezz Ellwood: Lee Westwood Paul O'Hagan: Tiger Woods Nick Bonfield: Tiger Woods

10 am - Conditions update: it's noticeably colder at Muirfield today and the baking sunshine that's been ever-present over the first three days is yet to arrive. The wind isn't as strong as it's been at points throughout the tournament. Conclusion: there is a relatively low round out there.

11.30 am - fight for the Silver Medal. Jimmy Mullen has just carded a second-round 75 to finish 72 holes on 15-over-par. He's currently five behind Matthew Fitzpatrick, who has seven holes to play.

1.10 pm - Leaders just an hour away from going out. Lee Westwood was very calm in his press conference last night and said he felt no pressure or nerves playing alongside Tiger Woods in round three. Perhaps he is trying to manage his own expectations; perhaps he is being honest; perhaps he's putting a brave face on it. Still, if he genuinely believes what he says, he'll have a great chance of major glory today.

1.30 pm - Heading out to the course to walk a few holes with Travelers Champion Ken Duke - the man I spotted strolling into ScotBet in North Berwick at 9.30 pm last night.

3 pm - The crowd in the tented village are going absolutely bisurk as Ian Poulter goes eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie to reach level par. He drops a shot at 16, but one over could win this.

4 pm - At the start of the day, three players were under par. Westwood makes a gutsy bogey putt at seven to stay at two under, one ahead of Henrik Stenson. At this stage, it looks as if level par will be a very competitive 72-hole score.

5.30 pm - Well, a tournament that looked like it would go right down to the wire has come to a slightly anti-climatic end, thanks to the genius of Phil Mickelson. Yes, we all wanted Lee Westwood to do it, but sometimes you have to hold your hand up and say the best man won. A worthy champion indeed.

Nick Bonfield
Content Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, commissioning and feature writing. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x