Adam Scott has expressed his disappointment after a spectacular collapse cost him the Open Championship.
The Australian, who had gone into the final day at Royal Lytham & St Annes with a four-shot lead, made four bogeys on the final four holes to gift Ernie Els the Claret Jug.
"I'm really disappointed," Scott told BBC Sport. "I hit a poor shot on each of the four holes and a course like this punishes you.
"I played so beautifully for the rest of the week I could not let this get me down. When I hit that shot into the green on the last I was confident that I could roll it in and earn myself some extra holes but it was not to be and that is golf."
Scott's previous best at the tournament was a tie for eighth in 2006.
