The 147th Open Championship provided all of the thrills any golf fan could ask for in a major, but when a leaderboard full of major winners started to slide, only Francesco Molinari was able to string together pars and hang on at the top. At one point, six golfers were all tied for first place, including the likes of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. Woods even held the solo lead at one point. Molinari, playing with Woods, was a runner-up at the PGA Championship last year and now has broken through as a major champion. Winning majors is a big way we judge golfers, and given the leaderboard he bested, it feels like Molinari should get bonus points for being the one who kept it together during a windy day at Carnoustie. A breakdown of the leaderboard from The Open Championship: 1. Francesco Molinari (-8): While the rest of the field had to deal with the consequences of their mistakes on tough day at Carnoustie, Molinari was the only one who could hold it together. His bogey-free final round was compliment of a great showing on and around the greens, chipping and putting his way to his first major championship. T2. Xander Schauffele (-6): It seemed like the 24-year old two-time PGA Tour winner played his way out of contention early with bogeys on No. 5 and No. 6 and then a double bogey on No. 7. But while while the wheels fell off for his playing partner, three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, Schauffele held things together and still had a chance to win with two holes to play. He's the real deal, and likely going to be a major champion sooner rather than later. T2. Justin Rose (-6): Rose needed a birdie on 18 to make the cut on the number on Friday, then fired a 64 on Saturday morning and put himself in contention to win The Open with another birdie on 18 in the final round. Up to No. 2 in the world coming into the week, Rose has been consistently at the top of leaderboards all year. T2. Rory McIlroy (-6): The ball striking has been there all week, but Rory couldn't get enough putts to drop early in the round to make his late charge be enough to win. This is the third straight top-five finish for McIlroy at The Open, and it's probably time we pencil him in as a top-10 lock from now on anytime he's healthy enough to play at this championship. T2. Kevin Kisner (-6): The putter that propelled him to the top of the leaderboard and put him in position to win after 54 holes finally cooled off on Sunday. Kisner shot a 40 on the first nine and quickly played his way out of contention but rallied with a couple of birdies coming in to the clubhouse. This is Kisner's best major championship finish (T7 at 2017 PGA championship) and a big jump for him at The Open (T54 best finish in three starts). T6. Tiger Woods (-5): There will never be another player who grips the sports world like Tiger, and the way everything seemed to stop as soon as Woods got near -- and then took -- the lead was a sweet hit of nostalgia for fans everywhere. What followed on the final nine holes was a reminder that even playing great golf isn't enough to win major championships, and while Woods certainly had his game together this week, he didn't have that extra juice needed to avoid mistakes that cost him a shot to win. . T6. Eddie Pepperell (-5): After failing to shoot in the 60s all week, Pepperell told reporters that he had a bit too much to drink on Saturday night and played Sunday morning with low stress and a light hangover. The result was a 67, the low round of the day, and his first top-10 finish at a major. T6. Kevin Chappell (-5): Always near the lead but never out in front of the pack, Chappell finished his Open Championship week with a grinding 73. At times he was in the mix, starting the day at 7-under and sniffing the lead at 6-under but didn't have a lot of scoring opportunities throughout the round. T9. Jordan Spieth, Matt Kuchar, Tony Finau (-4): Sunday was particularly disappointing for Spieth, because even while he wasn't playing well it wasn't until late in the day that winning no longer seemed likely. There were plenty of mistakes around the course from the leaders, but his 5-over 76 was the worst round from players who finished in the top 25. Miss anything? CBS Sports was with you the entire way Sunday updating this story with the latest scores, highlights and analysis from a fantastic final round of action Carnoustie. If you are unable to view the updates below, please click here. Thanks for stopping by.<doc-sep>What: The British Open. When: Thursday-Sunday. Where: Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland. TV: Golf Channel, 1:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Friday. Live stream: At TheOpen.com. Buzz: Welcome to our coverage of the golf's third major championship of the year, the 147th Open Championship, from Carnoustie Golf Club. Follow along with the action on all four days with our live leaderboard. • LIVE LEADERBOARD Jordan Spieth won last year's Open Championship. Phil Mickelson tees off at 3:03 a.m. Thursday. Spieth tees off at 4:58 a.m. Tiger Woods tees off at 10:21 a.m. All tee times. Analysis: Here's our pick to win 147th British Open at demanding Carnoustie Twitter updates Live updates for mobile users.<doc-sep>
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Tiger Woods turned back the clock and briefly tied for the lead en route to a 5-under 66 as players plundered Carnoustie in perfect conditions in the third round of the British Open on Saturday. Woods posted a 5-under 208 total that left him three strokes behind American on-course leader Kevin Kisner, who had completed six holes. In scenes reminiscent of those in the prime of his career, waves of excitement rippled through the massive gallery as 14-times major champion Woods charged up the leaderboard. Throwing caution aside after starting the day six strokes behind, Woods wielded his driver aggressively and was rewarded with six birdies in the first 14 holes. A tap-in at the par-five 14th lifted him to the top of a major championship leaderboard for the first time since the second round at the 2013 Masters. But no sooner had he done so than his six-iron to the par-three 16th trickled off the side of the green, from where he could not avoid dropping his first and only shot of the day. He got a lucky break at the last, where his pulled tee shot came within inches of landing in the Barry Burn. His ball stayed dry but with 246 yards left to the hole, he decided to lay up from the rough before punching a 100-yard wedge to 3 feet and saved par. The three-times Open champion walked off to a rousing reception from the gallery, before signing for his lowest score in 11 sorties around Carnoustie at the Open. The 42-year-old, on the comeback trail after a successful spinal fusion last year, has not won a major since 2008. Earlier, Justin Rose set the tone with the lowest score in Carnoustie’s British Open history, a flawless 64. A day after making the cut with nothing to spare thanks to a birdie at the 36th hole, Rose made the most of his reprieve on a serenely calm morning on the east coast of Scotland.