It’s always nice to finish that way – Sam Burns ends final round with a flourish

Sam Burns carded a 64, the joint-best round of the week, on the final day of The Open (Richard Sellers/PA)

American Sam Burns produced the finish of the week with four birdies over his final four holes to shoot 64 and give hope to the pack chasing 150th Open Championship leaders Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland.

The 25-year-old, whose round matched the best of the week from Cameron Young on Thursday and Cameron Smith on Friday, was three under to the turn but failed to birdie the par-five 14th.