2016 Open Championship Final Round This, That & Clippings

The Met Office has nailed the forecast as of this posting: cold and windy (gusts to 30 mph) to noon, with clouds and cool and and wind easing as the day progresses.

Barring some very strange occurrences, it's a two-man race at Troon between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson, who tee off at 2:35 pm local time.

Derek Lawrenson's Daily Mail story on day three.

Thanks all for voting, as Stenson won 54% to 40% for Phil in our poll.

Your final round tee times.

The leaderboard.

For American audiences, your Golf Channel/NBC telecast times.

TheOpen.com also features live coverage.

Scott Miller helms The Guardian's live blog today.

Bob Harig on Phil Mickelson playing Troon his way Saturday. Will he do it again Sunday?

Phil's scolding of early-shooting photographers Saturday.

Martin Kaufmann at Golfweek.com on day three of Open coverage and NBC's first day. He sees NBC struggling to incorporate David Feherty and Mike Tirico.

Gene Wojciechowski at ESPN.com says Andrew Johnston "has a personality, and a 1-year-old beard that belongs at a barn raising or the James Harden Facial Hair Hall of Fame."

Johnston has some fun stuff engraved on his wedges, Alex Myers notes.

Sean Zak at Golf.com stayed overnight at the latest grow-the-game effort, The Village. Think music festival living without the music.

Although the week started slowly, the Village added 100 new campers on Thursday, creating an amicable mix of families and boisterous millennials. The Village reached max capacity Friday night (500) and is expected to do so again Saturday.

If you want to relive Phil's 63, Michael David Murphy has done a supercut.