Els drops shot at 14th hole

British Open final round Leaderboard

7 under - Ernie Els (Rsa) (68)

6 under - Stuart Appleby (Aus) (72)

Thomas Levet (Fra) (71)

Steve Elkington (Aus) (71)

5 under - Gary Evans (72)

Padraig Harrington (72)

Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) (71)

Soren Hansen (Den) (68)

4 under - Peter O’Malley (USA) (72)

Scott Hoch (USA) (72)

Retief Goosen (Rsa) (72)

Thomas Bjorn (Den) (71)

Sergio Garcia (Spa) (70)

3 under - Davis Love III (USA) (72)

Nick Price (Zim) (72)

Peter Lonard (Aus) (71)

Justin Leonard (USA) (69)

2 under - Bob Estes (USA) (72)

Greg Norman (Aus) (72)

Duffy Waldorf (USA) (72)

Selected others:

1 under - Chris Riley (USA) (72)

Toshimitsu Izawa (Jpn) (72)

Mark O’Meara (USA) (72)

Corey Pavin (USA) (72)

David Duval (USA) (72)

Des Smyth (71)

Justin Rose (69)

Even - Tiger Woods (USA) (72)

Pierre Fulke (Swe) (72)

Berhard Langer (Ger) (72)

1 over - Ian Woosnam (72)

Darren Clarke (72)

5 over - Nick Faldo (72)

6 over - Phil Mickelson (USA) (72)

13 over - Colin Montgomerie (72)