PLAYER OF THE DAY: Jordan Spieth - the American added golf's oldest and most prestigious trophy to his 2015 Masters and US Open crowns to clinch the third leg of golf's fabled career grand slam.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "This is a dream come true for me, absolutely. I was able to drink some wine out of this, Zach Johnson won it a couple of years ago, and I was told that was bad luck - it was looking like that for a while there." - Spieth after recovering from a mid-round collapse to claim the famous Claret Jug.
ROUND OF THE DAY: Aaron Baddeley's 64 matched fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch's magical six-under-par effort on the way to winning the 1991 Open at Royal Birkdale.
STAT OF THE DAY: Spieth joins Jack Nicklaus as the only players to have won three of golf's four majors before the age of 24.
SHOT OF THE DAY: Spieth almost holing out for an ace on the par-3 14th set up a birdie and gave him a share of the lead again just minutes after an extraordinary penalty-shot bogey from the driving range.
FLOP OF THE DAY: Dustin Johnson - the world No.1 was tied seventh on Saturday night but wasn't a factor down the stretch as he closed with a 77 to fade to equal 54th.
HOW THE AUSSIES FARED: Weekend rounds of 66 and 65 earned Marc Leishman his third top-10 result in four years, the 2015 runner-up finishing at four under for the championship. Adam Scott (67) was equal 22nd, while Aaron Baddeley, with a sizzling 64, and Jason Day (71) shared 27th at one over. Andrew Dodt (70) was an impressive tied 44th at plus three on his major debut, while Scott Hend (74) finished joint 54th at four over.
TALKING POINT: Spieth, who celebrates his 24th birthday on Thursday, will head to next month's US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow striving to become only the sixth player after legends Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan to complete a career slam.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: With a 72-hole total of 12-under-par 268 after his final-round 69, Spieth denied fellow American Matt Kuchar (69) by three shots in one of the most dramatic climaxes in Open history. China's Haotong Li, at six under after a blazing Sunday 63, was outright third at six under, with former champion Rory McIlroy (67) sharing fourth with Rafael Cabrera Bello (68) a further stroke behind.
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