The 138th Open, Turnberry
Date: 16-19 July
Coverage: Live TV coverage on BBC Two, Online and the Red Button, live on Radio 5 Live and text commentary online on all four days

By Ged Scott BBC Sport at Turnberry

Broadhurst hits an approach during his fourth-round 74 at Turnberry

Atherstone's Paul Broadhurst finally shook off the heavy cold that has dogged him at Turnberry to find his golf game a bit 'under the weather'.

"It was just a struggle really," Broadhurst told BBC Sport after his final-round four-over 74 to leave him at 10 over for the Championship.

"Saturday was the worst I've felt on a golf course in a long time and I couldn't really expect much.

"But although I felt much better today, it was the worst I've played all week."

Broadhurst began with a bogey five, a shot he instantly got back at the next, only to then double bogey the long seventh.

"I hit an awful tee-shot," he added. "And I ended up hacking my way up for a seven."

The Open's not easy. It's a real test of endurance and your game. You get put under the microscope and this week I've not passed the test Paul Broadhurst

Further dropped shots followed at 8, 12 and 14. He did get another birdie at 15 and should have had one more at 18 when he hit a wonderful approach to seven feet and missed the putt.

But he admitted: "I just didn't play well. I was leaking it to the right and 74 was not that bad an effort for the way I actually played. But it was what I deserved.

"I had great support out there. There were a few cries of 'Come on the Adders'," revealed the keen Atherstone United fan. "And it was nice to have the family there watching me.

"But they suffered as much as I did. They don't like to see me hacking my way out of the thick stuff.

"The Open's not easy. It's a real test of endurance and your game. You get put under the microscope and this week I've not passed the test."

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